OSP Field Designer

Job Type

Full-time

Description

OSP Field Designer

Location: Remote with Regular Fieldwork in Little Rock, AR and the surrounding areas

About the Role

Are you an experienced OSP fiber design professional who enjoys both fieldwork and design work? Sigma Technologies is looking for an OSP Field Designer to support telecommunications projects through a combination of field data collection, route verification, drafting, and design.

This role will initially support project work in the Little Rock, AR and surrounding areas. As project needs grow and shift, the assigned work areas may change. Applicants must be willing and able to travel outside of the initial starting areas, including overnight travel when required.

When not performing field data collection, this position will work remotely. Regular local fieldwork is required and work location can vary (50%-75% travel possible).

This position requires the use of your own vehicle for which we provide mileage reimbursement. Sigma covers the cost of hotels and provides daily per diem when overnight stays are required.

Note: New hires are required to attend a 1-week paid, in-person onboarding and training at our Perrysburg, Ohio headquarters.

What You Can Expect to Do

• Perform outside plant field walkouts, site surveys, and route verification to collect accurate infrastructure, attachment, pathway, and construction data.
• Identify, inspect, and document poles, attachments, equipment, structures, existing telecommunications infrastructure, route conditions, and potential construction constraints.
• Capture photos, measurements, GPS data, field notes, and other documentation needed to support drafting, design, and construction deliverables.
• Map collected field data and translate field conditions into accurate design inputs and construction-ready design packages.
• Execute OSP fiber designs for telecommunications projects, including FTTx, aerial fiber, underground fiber, joint-use, and general OSP fiber design.
• Perform 2-D civil drafting and design using CAD tools such as AutoCAD or similar design platforms.
• Interpret field notes, maps, schematics, customer standards, and established design guidelines to complete accurate OSP designs.
• Apply knowledge of OSP design standards and telecommunications construction practices to resolve design issues and recommend practical infrastructure solutions.
• Consider pole ownership, right-of-way, easements, permitting constraints, property ownership, and related project requirements as needed.
• Prepare or support joint-use applications, route analysis, project kickoff activities, scope review, work order processing, and related project documentation.
• Use customer-based proprietary software, GIS tools, CAD systems, and other computer applications to support the work order and design process.
• Collaborate with supervisors, project managers, designers, field technicians, drafters, administrative staff, and quality teams to complete assigned project work.
• Support initial fieldwork areas in and around Little Rock, AR, with the ability to travel to additional project areas as business needs expand.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

What We Are Looking For

• High school diploma or equivalent is required.
• An Associate degree or higher in engineering, drafting, telecommunications, GIS, construction management, or a related field is preferred but not required.
• Requires 2+ years of demonstrated outside plant fiber design, fiber drafting, telecommunications design, or related OSP design experience.
• Experience performing field data collection, field walkouts, or field verification specifically to support OSP fiber design work.
• Experience with FTTx, aerial fiber, underground fiber, joint-use, telecommunications infrastructure design, and/or fiber route design is preferred.
• Proficiency with computer-aided design programs such as AutoCAD or similar CAD tools is required.
• Ability to read and understand engineering schematics, maps, field notes, construction drawings, design standards, and customer specifications.
• Knowledge of telecommunications construction, OSP design practices, planning procedures, field documentation requirements, and design deliverable standards.
• Ability to learn and operate customer-based proprietary software, GIS tools, and other computer systems used to support the work order process.
• Strong technical knowledge, attention to detail, proble…