Job Description

The primary responsibility of the Scoping Manager is to oversee and manage the entire scoping program for all types of projects (initiatives) in his/her market, including recruiting, training and managing a team of scoping specialists who perform scoping for original OOMs, OOM revisions and financial true-ups in conjunction with project closeout. The Scoping Manager should be a quality minded leader who is able to communicate well at all levels of the telecom business. This position requires detailed knowledge of RBS product lines including LTE, UMTS, GSM, EDGE, CDMA. As well as a working knowledge of Ericsson, Nortel & Lucent, equipment deployed to cell sites.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

• Facilitate and Support Front End Scoping including LTE AC, NSB, Split Sector, Bandwidth Expansion and 4T4R initiatives.

• AutoForms responsibilities for all market initiatives. Responsibilities include interfacing with RAN, internal and external Site Acquisition Associates, Real Estate & Construction and Engineering Teams with cradle to grave ownership of RDFS movement.

• Work with Project Managers and Construction Managers to quote new turnkey cell site work to their customers to include developing the scope of work, engineering requirements, material requirements, resource requirements & detailed pricing.

• Attend internal department meetings as required to determine and verify SOW and pricing for individual projects
• Conduct audits to review, verify and approve site close out packages.
• A&E - Review project drawings and provide design recommendations. Review and interpretation of project drawings for accurate scoping (SOW and driver pricing. Provide input to Project Managers with redlines when required).
• Participate in post build site reviews to verify vendor quality.
• Must have a working knowledge of AT&T Turf contract and driver pricing and ensure they are enforced.
• Review, scrub and modify Norad OOM''s according to approved additions and subtractions (changes) made during construction.
• Review and manage RFDS and other RF Engineering related documents and ensure they are interpreted correctly by internal groups and external vendors.
• Provide early intervention during creation and modification of RF data to support just in time delivery of project material to eliminate ordering errors, and BULK ordering which results in surplus inventory
• Other duties as assigned by Management