Director of Construction

Company Overview:

RLM Underground was established in 2016 and specializes in underground and aerial telecom construction projects throughout the Midwest. RLM has rapidly grown at staggering rates leading to expanding its construction and operating capabilities into being a full-turnkey telecommunications contractor. Over the years, RLM has expanded its operating region, opening offices in Central Kentucky and Central Illinois while focusing on smaller Telco providers throughout those regions.

Position Summary:

RLM Underground seeks a highly skilled and experienced Director of Telecom Construction who is self-sufficient, proactive and assertive with the ability to take-charge and manage, organize, plan, coordinate, and direct all of the necessary work and resources for all lower employees.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Directs OSP field staff in the daily and weekly planning process.
• Supervises all subcontracted construction personnel; monitors their activities and provides leadership.
• Monitors and reports on construction productivity and schedule performance.
• Develops a strong understanding of vendor contract intricacies and ensures the team enforces compliance among the vendor community in accordance with company standards and practices.
• Takes actions necessary to meet project budget and schedule requirements.
• Coordinates the Construction Completion Walk-downs and ensures the process is in place to close out of all punch list items.
• Assists with client interface and relations.
• Reviews and approves equipment rentals.
• Conducts weekly coordination meetings with crews.
• Reports weekly schedule and construction completion status to senior leadership.
• Monitors all extra work authorization requests, back charges, and supplier and subcontractor progress/final payment requests.
• Enforces Safety, Quality and Production requirements.
• Directly responsible for the Construction budget.
• Has full knowledge of the safety program and acts as the Safety Representative on site in the absence of the regular Safety Supervisor.
• Has general knowledge of all disciplines of construction and is able to stand in for each lead discipline.
• Monitors and controls regular time and overtime.

Job Type: Full Time 

Salary Range: $100-115K based on experience

Qualifications

• 5 or more years of experience required in Telecom Construction including several years in a management/supervisory capacity.
• Requires strong knowledge of MS Office applications, including; Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.
• High competence needed in proprietary software and tools utilized within the industry.
• Excellent decision making, leadership, mentoring/coaching, organizational, verbal, written, interpersonal, and collaborative skills to work effectively with teams throughout organization.
• Experience in the telecommunications industry is REQUIRED.
• Knowledge of Telecom construction technology, managing contract labor and the construction, operations and reliability of fiber-optic transport networks including FTTx and Gigabit network platforms.
• Knowledge of project budget process and tools.
• Knowledge of department budget processes and tools.
• Knowledge of Project controls.
• Risk assessment/management.
• Administrative policies and procedures.
• Construction Project Management Systems.
• Conceptual planning ability.
• Conflict management skills.
• Leadership ability (team building, coaching, mentoring, change management, advising).
• Multi-tasking ability (prioritize, organize, schedule work).
• Problem solving skills (identify, analyze, research, evaluate, resolve).
• Project management skills.
• Communication and meeting skills.
• Time reporting systems.
• Expense reporting policies and procedures.

RLM Underground is an equal-opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.