Job Description
Job Description
Position Title : Network Planning Engineer
$77,000 to $128,000 annually DOE
Comprehensive health benefits include - medical, dental, vision, 401k, flexible spending account, paid
sick leave and paid time off, parental leave, quarterly performance bonus, training, career growth and
education reimbursement programs.
At Ziply Fiber, our mission is to elevate the connected lives of our communities every day. We are
delivering the fastest home internet in the Northwest, with a focus on areas traditionally underserved by
mainstream internet companies. And as our state-of-the-art fiber network expands in WA, OR, ID and MT, so does our need for team members who can help us grow and realize our goals.
We may be building internet, but we are reaching real people. We strive to build relationships and provide customers and communities with refreshingly great experiences.
We emphasize our values in all our interactions :
Genuinely Caring : Our customers and colleagues are people, and quite possibly our neighbors. We put
ourselves in their shoes and give them our full attention.
Empowering You : We empower our customers to choose the products that best meet their needs, and
we support our employees to implement solutions that elevate the experiences of our customers and
coworkers.
Innovation and Improvement : We always look for ways to make the experiences of our customers –
and each other – better.
Earning Your Trust : We earn trust by communicating simply and transparently as real people, not as a
corporation.
Job Summary
This Network Planning Engineer will be focused on Commercial Business services and is responsible for
determining customer service solutions, order coordination, planning, budgeting, and project oversight of a geographical area. Communication and interdepartmental partnering will be crucial to be successful in
this role. This role could also take on broader wire center planning responsibilities based on the initial
skillsets of the candidate. The Planner uses various inputs to determine the optimal network plan based
on available capacity, architecture, funding, and anticipated growth. The Planner analyzes the existing
ziplyfiber.com network, identifies build targets, determines solutions, leverages business partners, and provides the strategic vision and approach.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities :
The Essential Duties and Responsibilities listed below are a range of duties performed by the employee
and not intended to reflect all duties performed.
additional customers or services.
innovation based on technology capabilities.
solutions for complex issues.
and reliability.
Qualifications :
three (3) years’ experience in an outside plant position.
and federal entities.
capacities.
method.
o Access networks
o FTTP / FTTN
o BBDLC network
o Ethernet Services
o Feeder / Distribution facilities
o Customer Prem solutions
o MDU / MTU solutions
o SONET
o Wireless
o Transport / Data dependencies.
o CPE solutions
underground, direct buried, aerial, and building applications.
ziplyfiber.com
split, and inside wiring solutions.
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outcomes.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities :
situations.
Company Background
Northwest Fiber (NWF) recently entered into an agreement to purchase Frontier Communication’s
northwest operations (WA, OR, ID, and MT) – the transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2020. What this means is that we are about to become one of the largest internet providers in the Northwest region. The leadership team of this new company successfully built-up Wave Broadband which sold in 2018 for 2.4 billion dollars – so they know what it will take to make this new opportunity a success.
Work Authorization
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US for any employer. Sponsorship is not available
for this position.
Physical Requirements
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to
successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to
enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Essential and marginal functions may require maintaining physical condition necessary for bending,
stooping, sitting, walking, or standing for prolonged periods of time; most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position with frequent opportunity to move about. The employee must occasionally lift and / or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment
Work is performed in an office setting with exposure to computer screens and requires extensive use of a computer, keyboard, mouse, and multi-line telephone system. The work is primarily a modern office
setting.
At all times, Ziply Fiber must be your primary employer. Unless otherwise prohibited by law, employees
may not hold outside employment nor be self-employed without obtaining approval in writing from Ziply
ziplyfiber.com Fiber. In holding outside employment or self-employment, employees should ensure that participation does not conflict with responsibilities to Ziply Fiber or its business interests.
Diverse Workforce / EEO :
Ziply Fiber is an equal opportunity employer. Ziply Fiber will consider all qualified candidates regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, and the presence of a non-job-related handicap or disability or any other legally protected status.
Ziply Fiber requires a pre-employment background check as conditions of employment. Ziply Fiber may
require a pre-employment drug screening.
Ziply Fiber is a drug free workplace.
Network Engineer • Everett, WA, US