What are the responsibilities and job description for the Connectivity ISP Quality Assurance Representative position at WSP in the U.S.?
Job Description
This Opportunity
WSP USA is seeking a Connectivity/ISP Quality Assurance Representative to join a data center construction project near Rayville, LA.
This full-time, onsite Quality Assurance staff member will be responsible as owners’ representative for observing and tracking the installation, testing, and room readiness of fiber and cable tray installation, of a large-scale mission-critical facility to ensure compliance with the project-specific drawings and specifications.
Your Impact
Required Qualifications
ABOUT US
WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.
www.wsp.com
WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.
At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?
WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.
The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.
NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:
WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.
This Opportunity
WSP USA is seeking a Connectivity/ISP Quality Assurance Representative to join a data center construction project near Rayville, LA.
This full-time, onsite Quality Assurance staff member will be responsible as owners’ representative for observing and tracking the installation, testing, and room readiness of fiber and cable tray installation, of a large-scale mission-critical facility to ensure compliance with the project-specific drawings and specifications.
Your Impact
- Ensures compliance with the client’s quality program and project-specific drawings and specifications via routine inspections (e.g., Level 2 commissioning) of all fiber inside pathways
- Use an electronic field device and software (e.g., iPad with ACC BUILD) to communicate and track results of inspections and note deficiencies of installed components throughout the construction and early commissioning process
- Work in a dynamic team environment as the owner representative with manufacturers, construction managers, general contractor and their lower-tiered subcontractors
- Will read project schedules and determine necessary inspections required based on project and client specifications
- Proactively schedule inspections and tests with the general contractor and lower-tiered subcontractors based on short term look-ahead schedule
- Prepare daily and weekly reports summarizing the inspections performed and their results
- Track documented inspection issues / shortcomings through to resolution
- Will tailor provided general inspection checklists for project specific equipment
- Recognize installation trends, take initiative to investigate root-cause analysis, and recommend process improvement
Required Qualifications
- 5- 7 years of construction and/or quality assurance experience, of which 2 years of experience include complex, mission-critical facilities; data center, hospital, or large-scale construction experience required
- Experience with pulling fiber throughout large-scale, mission critical data centers
- Demonstrated experience with major regulations, industry codes, and standards affecting connectivity installation and means of construction.
- Experience with fiber splicing, OTDR, power meters, and visual fault locator devises.
- Experience with deliverables such as fiber test reports and splice path records.
- Knowledge in network and telecom circuits.
- Ability to read cable maps and understand cable counts.
- Experience with traditional copper cabling.
- Working knowledge of structured cabling of Cat5e and Cat6.
- Knowledge regarding installing fiber splices cases, patch and fiber panels.
- College, trade school, or military training in technical discipline.
- Able to walk distances on uneven sites, climb small ladders, and work in an active construction environment
- Certifications in quality assurance or commissioning are desired, but not required (e.g., BICSI, telecom certifications, CDCAP, DCEP, ICC, CxA, NICET, ASHRAE, USACE CQM, etc.)
- Must pass background check
ABOUT US
WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.
www.wsp.com
WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.
At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?
WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.
The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.
NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:
WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.