Senior OSP/ISP Engineer- Lead

Job Title: OSP/ISP Engineering Support Lead*

Job Location: Chiveres, BE

The OSP/ISP Engineering Support Lead: This position is contingent upon award.

• Shall manage and supervise the day-to-day tasking and assignment of OSP/ISP Contractors and assets to projects.
• Shall be familiar with all aspects of OSP/ISP to include-
  • Electrical: Grounding and bonding, Trenching, Encasements, Enclosure and Conduit, Installation of Rack and STeps, Concrete Caps and encasements, Surface Cuts, Building Entrances, Innerduct, duct seal and firestop materials.
  • OSP: Tracer Wire, Fiber Optic Fusion Splicing, FOC Termination Connectors, FOC Pigtail Cable Assemblies, FOM Case Enclosure.
  • ISP: Copper Horizontal Cabling (Shielded and Unshielded), Cable Routing, Cable Pathway and Raceway, Fiber Optic Distribution Panel, Patch Cables, Copper Patch Cables, Fiber Optic Patch Cables.
  • Testing: Testing of FOC and recording/reporting results.
• Shall submit accurate and timely reports for all assigned projects, daily Contractor assignments, morning reports, on-hand supply lists, project completion reports, system tests, and any locally generated required to the local communication provider agency.
• Shall verify documents when integrating capabilities to maintain reliable service.
• Shall submit, receive, process, coordinate and recommend concurrence or non-concurrence for all digging/excavation permits for all projects concerning or affecting the communications cable plant infrastructure (as required by the Prime Contractor).
• Shall communicate complex situations to Staff Officers, General Officers, and those unfamiliar with technical concepts or language.
• Travel up to 35%, This position is to be performed on Chievres, BE and Daumerie, BE. Both locations are within close proximity (less than 10 minutes) to each other. 

• An active, in-scope US Government issued Secret clearance.

• Due to the nature of the work and contract requirements, US citizenship is required.

• Shall have a minimum of five (5) years experience in support of installations, repair, troubleshooting or maintenance of communications electronic systems or equipment.
• Shall have a minimum of five (5) years experience working with the following:
  • Supervision, management, and direction of Surveyor, Investigators, Draftsman, Logisticians, Technicians and Installers on communication projects.
  • Shall have experience in preparing working engineering project packages for installation teams to include installation instructions, sketches, List of Modification (LOMs), and engineering and program documentation (PSAs).
  • Shall have experience in developing and execution of cutover plans for upgrades/installations of telecommunications and IT infrastructure.

• Ideal candidate will have previously successfully led work similar is scope and scale. 

• An associate’s degree or 5 years of recent specialized experience, OR; A major certification plus 5 years of recent specialized experience, OR; 10 years of recent specialized experience.

Trace Systems Inc. was founded to support and defend our nation's security interests at home and abroad–– whenever and wherever. We provide enterprise IT, engineering, full life-cycle communications, cybersecurity, cloud and virtualization services and solutions to the United States Department of Defense and other federal agencies.  

To Apply: We invite you to put your talents to work by joining a growing team of dynamic professionals here at Trace Systems! Be part of a culture at our leading-edge company where you can achieve great things while fostering a satisfying and rewarding career progression. To learn more about our current openings, text ‘tracejobs’ to 97211 or apply directly through our website at: www.tracesystems.com. #jointracesystems

Trace Systems is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, disability, veteran status, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.