Senior Project Manager (Telecommunications Construction)

Location: Brea, California, United States; support Southern California office and site activity, with approximately 50%–70% nationwide travel including overnight stays and extended assignments.

Salary: USD 90,000–110,000 per year; USD 90k–110k DOE.

Company

General contractor delivering construction services across California in buildings, electrical, telecommunications infrastructure, healthcare, industrial, utilities, and telecommunications networks, with a focus on safety, integrity, and operational excellence.

What you will do

• Build integrated delivery plans across assigned markets from award and mobilization through construction, testing, final acceptance, and billing.
• Own portfolio budgets, revenue and margin forecasts, cost-to-complete estimates, billing readiness, and financial risk.
• Direct underground microtrenching, horizontal directional drilling or boring, and aerial construction, including constructability, sequencing, production rates, and cost decisions.
• Establish method-specific quality controls, allocate crews and equipment, qualify subcontractors, and manage scopes, unit rates, production, and corrective work.
• Lead customer delivery reviews, escalation management, scope changes, contract notices, and commercial issue resolution.
• Coordinate permits, rights-of-way, utility conflicts, pole-owner approvals, materials, inspections, safety, quality, cable placement, splicing, optical testing, documentation, and customer acceptance.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of telecommunications or utility construction project management experience, including 3 years leading concurrent FTTH builds or construction across multiple markets.
• Direct general contractor or utility contractor experience with responsibility for project financial performance, self-perform operations, subcontractors, change orders, and customer delivery.
• Demonstrated delivery experience across microtrenching, directional boring, and aerial OSP construction, including production, restoration, cost, and installation quality decisions.
• Experience mobilizing teams across jurisdictions and managing municipal permits, rights-of-way, utility conflicts, and pole-owner coordination.
• Strong customer communication, negotiation, team leadership, and financial forecasting skills.
• Proficiency with Excel, scheduling tools, and construction reporting systems.
• Working knowledge of applicable safety and construction standards, including Cal/OSHA and CPUC GO 95 and GO 128 for California work, plus applicable standards in other assigned states.
• Ability to travel approximately 50%–70% nationwide, including overnight stays and extended assignments, and support Southern California office and site activity between trips.
• Valid driver's license for required business driving.

Nice to have

• Experience launching new construction markets, managing unit-price and lump-sum contracts, and coordinating large FTTH deployments.
• PMP certification, OSHA 30 training, and experience with GIS, Procore, Smartsheet, or Microsoft Project.
• Related degree; equivalent construction leadership experience is welcome.

Culture & Benefits

• Work culture centered on safety, integrity, operational excellence, employee growth, and well-being.
• Opportunity to contribute to complex telecommunications, utility, electrical, and building infrastructure projects.
• Equal employment opportunity and protection from discrimination and harassment under applicable laws.