
Long Haul Facility Deployment Project Manager
Multiple U.S. locationsFull-time$77–119K/yrSeen 5 days agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago
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Job overview
Zayo seeks a Facility Deployment Project Manager to plan, engineer, construct, and deliver new and long-haul route facilities in the United States. The role uses project controls and proactive problem-solving to keep projects on time and on budget, while maintaining effective stakeholder communications. It reports to the Long Haul Implementation Senior Manager and requires experience with electrical utility forms and procurement, ISP construction standards, and project management.
Skills & qualifications
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United States
Full time
R0016561
Company Description
Zayo provides mission-critical bandwidth to the world’s most impactful companies, fueling the innovations that are transforming our society. Zayo’s 141,000-mile network in North America and Europe includes extensive metro connectivity to thousands of buildings and data centers. Zayo’s communications infrastructure solutions include dark fiber, private data networks, wavelengths, Ethernet, and dedicated Internet access. Zayo serves wireless and wireline carriers, media, tech, content, finance, healthcare and other large enterprises.
Zayo is seeking a Facility Deployment Project Manager who will be a critical member of the project team responsible for the development, planning, engineering, construction, and delivery of new and long-haul route facilities in the United States. Our Facility Deployment Project Manager utilizes tight project controls and proactive problem-solving to anticipate and mitigate issues and keep projects on time and on budget. Our Facility Deployment Project Manager maintains transparent and effective communications with stakeholders. Our Facility Deployment Project Manager reports directly to the Long Haul Implementation Senior Manager.
Responsibilities
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Oversee construction vendor management of telecom facilities
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Complete construction documents, designs and redlines
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Manage Electrical Utility Coordination and Design (AC/DC Power)
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Manage the ILA Vendor Relationships
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Create and maintain project budgets and schedules
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Update and maintain project trackers and providing internal weekly project readouts (Expert Excel skills/Sitetracker experience is a plus)
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Manage Capital expenditure forecasts
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Manage procurement of all facility-related materials and equipment
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Complete Electrical Utility forms and facilitate the Electrical Utility procurement process to ensure proper electrical design and delivery of power to the ILAs - this experience is a requirement.
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Work with municipalities and AHJs (Authority Having Jurisdiction) to meet all local and federal permit requirements
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Work cross-functionally across multiple internal functional groups including: Sales, Outside Plant (OSP), Inside Plant (ISP), Design Engineering, Field Operations and NOC (Network Operations Center to deliver and handoff facility projects
Qualifications
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Bachelor's Degree preferred, preferably in Construction Management or other related technical field, or equivalent work experience. Business degree/acumen, a plus
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Minimum of seven (7) years in the Construction industry with a telecom focus.
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Minimum of seven (7) years Construction Management experience
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Familiarity with all types of inside plant construction methods and best practices
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Working knowledge of ISP construction standards, DC Power, HVAC and Generator installation is required.
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Ability to read and interpret construction documents
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Familiar with all facets of ISP project management including quoting, construction and delivery
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Experience managing large capital projects including writing purchase requisitions and receiving/reconciling invoices
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Demonstrated exceptional problem-solving skills
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Ability to communicate technical topics clearly and effectively with both internal and external customers
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Business minded and able to maintain a commercial focus
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Proficient with Outlook, MS365, SiteTracker, Visio, Adobe and experience with AutoCAD, a plus
Estimated base salary range: $77,100 - $118,600 USD/annually
The base pay range shown is a guideline and reasonable estimate for this role. It takes into account the wide variety of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions. Actual compensation offered may vary from the posted range based upon geographic location, work experience, skill level, certifications, and other business and organizational needs. Non- sales roles may be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive plan. Sales roles may be eligible to participate in a sales incentive plan.
Additionally, this position may be eligible for certain benefits, such as health insurance, life insurance, disability retirement plans, paid time off.
The posting will be active for a minimum of 3 days. The active posting will continue to extend by 3 days until the position is filled.
Benefits, Rewards & Wellness
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Excellent Health, Dental & Vision Insurance
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Retirement 401(k) Savings Plan
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Generous paid time off policy including paid parental leave
Zayo is an equal opportunity employer to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact us.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
Are You Ready to Think Big?
At Zayo, we’re ambitious and authentic. Teamwork is how we get things done, whether it’s our focus on exceeding customer expectations or celebrating and growing our unique and dynamic culture. Our employees are driven and committed, with many options to connect and engage in our inclusive environment.
Welcome
Zayo is an equal opportunity employer to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact us.
How this job compares
Set against the 22,993 open Project Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$77–119K/yr
- Iowa median$105–186K/yr146 salary ranges
- US median$111–178K/yr14,446 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $98K, is 34% below the Iowa median midpoint ($147K) — in the lowest quarter of Project Manager salary ranges in Iowa.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 240 open Project Manager jobs in Iowa and 22,993 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Iowa
- Oracle31 open
- CDM Smith26 open
- J.E. Dunn Construction Company12 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 7 years of experience; Project Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years at the median (19,950 postings).
- Education
- 12,857 of the 22,993 open Project Manager jobs (56%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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