Program Manager (JC, TN)

Program Manager

Description is a turnkey vendor that supports OSP and ISP construction for telecommunication efforts. They are a large general contractor that supports the East Coast with strategically located offices and continued expansion. The majority of their business is relative to the cable TV industry and support MSO's / customers such as Comcast, Cox, Zayo, Windstream, backhaul carriers, etc. They are looking for an experienced program manager to support their OSP telecommunications construction efforts not limited to commercial (metro E and SMB) and residential (multiple dwelling units), SDU (single dwelling unit) jobs. This will be mainly supporting Comcast and state broadband deployments and will be an 80 / 20 split between aerial / UG (this varies per region / location). The project manager will be involved with strategic oversight of cable TV expansions for a few major clients. They will have a team of construction coordinators / managers that report to them who are in charge of the day to day oversight of both internal / external crews supporting the construction builds and providing various updates. The program manager's role is more client facing, looking at current processes to gain efficiencies, vendor management, internal / external communication. For all intensive purposes they will be running that location and in charge of all general operations such as P&L, high-level fleet management, workforce development, presentations to Sr. leadership, etc. These will be turnkey projects so they will be responsible for overseeing a team of construction managers and technicians. The program manager should have previous experience with site surveys, site walks, creating and validating BOM's, approving line items, setting expectations with end clients, coordinating construction with various crews, performing QC, and working project through close out to validate As-builts, and overseeing the overall budget of projects. Again, they will have a team of resources executing the day to day, but need to be able to perform QC over all of that. They really need to be comfortable creating accurate timelines after assessing projects, getting the work done efficiently, correctly, and under / on budget. This is a direct placement opportunity with a stable and growing company. The main objective for this candidate will be to help take on the additional growth of the TN region and run a portion of the office as if it was their own business. Experience working across design, permitting, and construction is a plus. But they do have an in-house permitting team. Need to have great internal and external communication abilities.

Skills : OSP, construction, telecom, fiber optic, coax, project management, budget, PO, vendor management, lifecycle, site development, problem solving, hyper fiber coax, aerial, infrastructure, excel, material management, surveys, maps, designs, signal flow, implementation, project plan.

Top skills details : OSP, construction, telecom, fiber optic, coax, project management, budget, PO, vendor management, lifecycle, site development, problem solving, hyper fiber coax, aerial, infrastructure.

Additional skills and qualifications : This person needs to be motivated and have the ability to take initiative. They will have a strong support system and need to know when to escalate issues to higher managers. Also in charge of raising awareness around vendors performance. Tons of collaboration internally and externally.

Responsibilities :

• Providing updates and QC report tracking
• Reporting to client and the operations manager weekly
• Tracking in excel
• Assessing project defining scope find bill of materials approve line items
• Engaging in accurate timelines
• Working with contractors and in-house construction teams
• Be able to change digital to as-builds
• On call responsibilities will be helping to mitigate risk with outages. They will need to make sure the construction coordinators are working quickly to assure crews are responding in a timely manner.

Pay and benefits : The pay range for this position is $95,000.00 - $130,000.00 / yr. 2 weeks PTO, 1 week sick leave, health, dental, vision, 401K with company match, take-home company vehicle.

Workplace type : This is a fully onsite position in Johnson City, TN.

Application deadline : This position is anticipated to close on Nov 11, 2025.