Associate Director Outside Plant

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As the Associate Director – New England Outside Plant (OSP) Engineering, you will provide operational leadership and technical direction for the design, engineering, and project management of physical telecommunications infrastructure across the New England territory. Leading a multi-tiered team of engineers and project managers, you will drive the expansion and modernization of our aerial, underground, and buried fiber optic network infrastructure to support Core, Fios, Fixed Wireless, and next-generation technologies.

Reporting to the Senior Director of Field Engineering & Construction, you will collaborate closely with construction operations, sourcing, local municipalities, and cross-functional partners to execute multi-million dollar capital build-outs safely, efficiently, on time, and within budget.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• OSP Infrastructure Design & Engineering: Oversee engineering teams tasked with designing complex optical distribution networks, Fiber-to-the-Cell Site (FTTCS), high-bandwidth/low-bandwidth (HBW/LBW) circuits, and route analysis for underground and aerial installations.
• Network Deployment Oversight: Direct end-to-end design initiation and project management for large-scale fiber optic infrastructure and transport asset deployments across major metropolitan and regional markets.
• Cross-Functional & Partner Alignment: Interface with Sourcing, External Suppliers, Construction Leadership, and Wireless teams (VZW) to assess capabilities, optimize costs, and align market-level deployment plans.
• Regulatory, Permitting & Right-of-Way (ROW): Oversee compliance and processes for securing municipal ROW permits, DOT clearances, environmental approvals, and joint-use pole attachment agreements.
• Fiscal Accountability & Cost Control: Manage annual capital expenditure (CapEx) and operating expense (OpEx) budgets, drive material oversight, anticipate technical challenges, and establish contingency plans to maintain schedules.
• People Leadership & Talent Development: Lead, mentor, and motivate a high-performing engineering organization; foster career pathways, promote continuous learning, and drive operational excellence.
• Innovation & Efficiency: Champion technological solutions and modern automation tools (including AI-driven workflows) to streamline design cycles and remove operational redundancies.

What we’re looking for…

You will need to have:

• Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience.
• Eight or more years of relevant experience required, demonstrated through one or a combination of work and/or military experience, or specialized training.
• Willingness to travel up to 25% of the time and be available for on-call/emergency response duties as needed.

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• A degree in Engineering or Business Management.
• Experience in Outside Plant/Inside Plant engineering, construction, and project management.
• Six or more years of experience in leading teams.
• Strong management and leadership skills.
• Experience in next generation transmission technologies and outside plant (OSP) construction and municipal permitting practices.
• Demonstrated experience partnering with unionized workforces and field construction operations.

If Verizon and this role sound like a fit for you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every “even better” qualification listed above

In this hybrid role, you'll have a defined work location that includes working from home and a minimum of three days per week in the office, which will be set by your manager. Employees are responsible for maintaining compliance with hybrid work policies.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Equal Employment Opportunity

Verizon is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to veteran status, disability or other legally protected characteristics.

Benefits and Compensation

Our benefits are designed to help you move forward in your career, and in areas of your life outside of Verizon. From health and wellness benefit options including: medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability, basic life insurance, supplemental life insurance, AD&D insurance, identity theft protection, pet insurance and group home & auto insurance. We also offer a matched 401(k) savings plan, up to 8 company paid holidays per year and up to 6 personal days per year, paid parental leave, adoption assistance and tuition assistance, plus other incentives, we’ve got you covered with our award-winning total rewards package. Depending on the role, employees have the opportunity to receive compensation in the form of premium pay such as overtime, shift differential, holiday pay, allowances, etc. Newly hired employees receive up to 15 days of vacation per year, which grows with additional service. For part-timers, your coverage will vary as you may be eligible for some of these benefits depending on your individual circumstances.

The salary will vary depending on your location and confirmed job-related skills and experience. This is an incentive based position with the potential to earn more. For part-time roles, your compensation will be adjusted to reflect your hours.

The annual salary range for the location(s) listed on this job requisition based on a full-time schedule is: $125,500.00 - $219,000.00.

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About Us

You want more out of a career. A place to share your ideas freely — even if they’re daring or different. Where you can learn, grow, and thrive. At Verizon, we power and empower how people live, work and play by connecting them to what brings them joy. We do what we love — driving innovation, creativity, and impact in the world. Our V Team is a community of people who anticipate, lead, and believe that listening is where learning begins. In crisis and in celebration, we come together — lifting our communities and building trust in how we show up, everywhere & always. Welcome to the V Team Life.

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