Field Construction Manager

Description

Join our team

This is a transformational opportunity to work on TELUS’ #1 strategic investment; delivering an extraordinary customer experience by expanding and maintaining our PureFibre and copper infrastructure. We are on a mission to ensure speed and capacity for generations to come, and to create the foundation for access to future solutions like the connected home, smart cities, and our TELUS Health applications.

Here's the impact you'll make and what we'll accomplish together:

You will work together with our build partner(s) to maximize the build efficiency, increase schedule predictability and identify unit cost efficiencies while driving sustainable & strong engagement with our partners. You will provide field level oversight to lead the construction of our outside plant network while providing guidance around standards, quality and safety to build partner groups.

Here's how:

• You will lead TELUS’ build partners involved in the build of all TELUS PureFibre infrastructure
• By handling the implementation of our Outside Plant infrastructure across various communities in British Columbia
• By verifying that work site safety is being followed and by promoting a safe work environment through in-field safety audits
• You’ll be responsible for maintaining high quality standards and compliancy to ensure workload is retired as planned to meet strategic objectives by working closely with various internal and external teams to develop consistent operating processes within the construction discipline
• Part of your role with be to identify and remove challenges that would otherwise impede progress and actively communicate build project status and any risks
• We will trust you to ensure the quality of construction through in-field quality audits and activity seek solutions with build partners
• You will review financial documents in order to ensure accuracy and to find opportunities for savings
• This role is 70% in field (on the ground in neighborhoods and communities assigned) and 30% mobile office based

Qualifications

Here's how:

• You will lead TELUS’ build partners involved in the build of all TELUS PureFibre infrastructure
• By handling the implementation of our Outside Plant infrastructure across various communities in British Columbia
• By verifying that work site safety is being followed and by promoting a safe work environment through in-field safety audits
• You’ll be responsible for maintaining high quality standards and compliancy to ensure workload is retired as planned to meet strategic objectives by working closely with various internal and external teams to develop consistent operating processes within the construction discipline
• Part of your role with be to identify and remove challenges that would otherwise impede progress and actively communicate build project status and any risks
• We will trust you to ensure the quality of construction through in-field quality audits and activity seek solutions with build partners
• You will review financial documents in order to ensure accuracy and to find opportunities for savings
• This role is 70% in field (on the ground in neighborhoods and communities assigned) and 30% mobile office based

You're the missing piece of the puzzle:

• With your customer First passion and your ability to maintain a high level of performance under varying conditions and time constraints you will bring your experience collaborating with customers to resolve customer service issues
• With this desire to move the team forward, you can exemplify, illustrate, promote and apply the TELUS values
• You have behavioral flexibility, tenacity and positive oral and written communication skills, demonstration of sound judgment and decisiveness coupled with a proven track record as an authentic leader who leads by example
• Validated ability to analyze, monitor and manage a budget
• With your talent to improve performance through observing, assessing and sharing information about performance expectations with various teams
• Put your strong collaboration and influencing skills to use across the organization and up and down the hierarchy
• You have the aptitude to learn with an entrepreneurial spirit and a proficiency to prioritize in a dynamic environment
• You have a related degree/diploma or equivalent related experience

Nice to have's:

• Previous related management experience
• PMP certification
• 4+ years Telecom outside plant build experience
• Prior experience with TELUS systems like JIRA, SAP, MyWorld, SpatialNet, SRM

Must have's:

• Robust knowledge of Copper & Fiber Outside Plant and related work-site safety
• G-Suite & Microsoft group of programs
• Strong oral, written and interpersonal skills
• Class 5 driver’s license