Project Manager - Telecommunications/Fiber Optics

ONSITE - Traverse City, MI

What You’ll Do:

• Manage project(s) and project resources throughout the entire project life cycle; ensure projects are on schedule and deadlines are met, manages project budget and forecast, efficiently identifies, escalates, and solves project issues.
• Responsible for the following: development of project milestones, project schedules, tracking project costs, tracking the design, development, and testing progress of the project, documenting, and tracking issues and risks, communication of project status to management
• Provides scheduled project progress updates to customer senior leadership, while leading internal cross-functional team in support of project execution
• Responsible for working with a vendor, contract, or internal resources to define project scope and technical requirements
• Serve as the conduit between the customer team and the internal project team to ensure business goals are achieved and create strategies for risk mitigation and contingency planning

Required Qualifications:

• High school diploma (or GED) with 7 years of project management experience; OR an associate degree with a minimum of 5 years of experience
• A thorough understanding of OSP principles, sufficient to manage large infrastructure projects
• Must be able to travel up to 50% of the time and have reliable transportation

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree with 3 to 5 years of job-related experience
• At least 3 years of experience in running large carrier-grade networks with an emphasis on operations
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification

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Who We Are:

ENTRUST Solutions Group, an ENR Top 100 company, is a community of people, 3,000 strong, who are committed to our clients and each other. We provide comprehensive and dependable engineering, consulting, and automation services to gas and electric utilities, telecommunication service providers, pipeline operators, and industrial companies.

In return for top talent, ENTRUST Solutions Group offers:

• Generous paid time off and benefits
• 401(k) retirement program with a company match
• Career development programs
• Tuition reimbursement
• Flexible work schedule

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ENTRUST Solutions Group is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law.

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Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $90,000.00 - $115,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) 4% Match
• 401(k) matching
• AD&D insurance
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible schedule
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Opportunities for advancement
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program
• Retirement plan
• Sabbatical
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Compensation package:

• Bonus opportunities
• Yearly bonus

Experience level:

• 5 years

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Telecommunications/Fiber Optics: 5 years (Preferred)
• Project Management: 5 years (Preferred)

Ability to Commute:

• Traverse City, MI (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Traverse City, MI: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person