Pole Engineer

POSITION TITLE:              Pole Engineer

DEPARTMENT:                 Plant Engineering

REPORTS TO:                  Pole Engineering Supervisor

FLSA STATUE:                 Full-Time, Exempt, Benefited

COMPENSATION DETAILS: $71-$80k annually

Position Summary:

The Pole Engineer is responsible for the creation, review and editing of make ready and pole loading calculations. Reviews and interprets field survey data in order to design and engineer aerial plant.

The Pole Engineer will work with various departments and vendors to collect needed information in order to engineer pole attachments and compile application documents.  Experience with electric utilities, telecommunications or an engineering services company is required.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:

The Pole Engineer is a full time, exempt position. The work schedule may vary due to project construction responsibilities.  This role can be done fully remote.

Travel:

No travel is needed.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

The Pole Engineer will not have supervisory responsibilities.

QUALIFICATIONS:

The following reflects management’s definition of essential functions for this job but does not restrict the tasks that may be assigned. Management may assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Act as an internal consultant to the Plant Team: gathering information on Plant fiber projects, providing strategies and options for advancing Sonic's goals.
• Maintain positive working relationships and open communication within all workgroups.
• Demonstrate knowledge of outside plant design and new attachment permitting processes.
• Develop Sonic fiber project solutions, well organized and highly adaptable to an ever-changing environment.
• Help find creative ways to get Sonic on poles using all known engineering tools available.
• Work within the pole engineering team in a collaborative environment to ensure projects are handed off to construction per internal schedules.
• Produce project make-ready engineering documents escalating project issues to the Plant Project Manager and Plant project team members.

Job Requirements:

• Three years of experience in outside plant survey and make ready design for aerial fiber, structure access and joint pole field inspections.
• A thorough knowledge and understanding of General Order 95 of the state of California and NESC (National Electric Safety Code).
• A good understanding of joint pole new attachment permitting.
• A working knowledge of all joint pole regulatory compliance requirements.
• Proven ability to develop motivated, collaborative and productive cross-functional teams.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Solid knowledge of aerial construction, products, vendors and support alternatives.
• Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication and presentation skills.
• Experience in one or all of following pole loading programs: O-Calc, Spida-Calc and EZ-Load

Work Environment & Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is consistently required to sit; key/type, talk, hear, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Equal Opportunity:

Sonic is an equal opportunity employer. Sonic is committed to providing a work environment free of harassment, discrimination, retaliation and disrespectful or other unprofessional conduct based on sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), race, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), color, gender (including gender identity and gender expression), national origin (including language use restrictions and possession of a driver's license issued under Vehicle Code section 12801.9), ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, registered domestic partner status, age, sexual orientation, military and veteran status or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law or ordinance or regulation. It also prohibits discrimination, harassment, disrespectful or unprofessional conduct based on the perception that anyone has any of those characteristics, or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of those characteristics.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

Sonic is an at-will employer. The job description does not constitute an employment agreement, or contract, between the employer and employee and is subject to change. Other functions may be assigned and/or reassigned by the employer as the needs of the employer and requirements of the job change. The only employment contract that exists between you and Sonic is that of at-will employment. Employee signature below constitutes employee's understanding of the requirements, essential functions and duties of the position.