What are the responsibilities and job description for the OSP Estimator position at Astound?
Responsibilities include:
- Plan and design fiber routes to prepare estimates
- Understand and learn actual costs from construction projects enabling precise estimates
- Take part of construction meetings understanding all current projects
- Work with many different resources; implementation team, network engineers, field personnel and contractors to ensure quality quotes
- Prepares special reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends
- Assist in keeping our pricing up to date for quotes
- Analyze and recommend upgrade/expansion strategies
- Work flexible hours
- Maintain a positive attitude and strong work ethic that can provide high productivity with minimal supervision.
- Participates in engineering, permit and construction processes
- Perform other duties as requested by supervisor
Minimum Qualifications:
- Experience with fiber optic network documentation tools
- 3 years of OSP construction or estimating experience
- Strong financial understanding
- College degree or equivalent experience
- Strong analytical skills - ability to translate data to strategy
- Ability to think creatively and strategically
- Strong communication skills are absolutely essential as is a cooperative attitude toward co-workers, customers and contractors
- Excellent organization and time management skills
- Visual design skills are a strong plus
- Ability to interact effectively with other team members
- Must be able to work independently without supervision
- Ability to adhere to Local, Federal regulations and Company policies
- Valid driver's license, auto insurance, with a satisfactory driving record
Physical Requirements:
- Must be able to sit for extended periods.
- Must have ability to frequently use repetitive motions of the wrist, hands and/or fingers.
- Must have ability to operate standard office equipment, to include personal computer, telephone, and calculator.
- Must have ability to communicate verbally by phone and in person.
- Must have close visual acuity for viewing a computer terminal, reading, transcribing and analyzing data and figures.
We're Proud to Offer a Comprehensive Benefits Package Including:
- 401k with employer match
- Insurance options including: medical, dental, vision, life and STD insurance
- Paid Time Off/Vacation: 80 hours per year and increases based on tenure with the organization (**PTO/Vacation is specific to our West region and could vary within other geographical regions.)
- Paid Holidays: 7 days per year
- Paid Sick Leave based on state and local ordinance (**Sick leave is specific to our West region and could vary within other geographical regions.)
- Tuition reimbursement program
- Employee discount program
The base salary range in CA, NY and WA, for this position is $68,000.00 - $105,000.00, plus opportunities for bonus, benefits and commission, if applicable. The base pay range represents the low and high end of the hiring range for this job. Actual pay will vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors including but not limited to relevant skills, experience, and capabilities. It is specific to CA, NY and WA, and may not be applicable to other locations.
Our Mission Statement:
* Take care of our customers
* Take care of each other
* Do what we say we are going to do
* Have fun
Diverse Workforce / EEO:
Astound Broadband is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We embrace, support, and thrive on each other's differences to maximize the experience of our teammates and our community. We are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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