Job Title: Projektleiter NE3 Rheinland
Location: Festanstellung, Dusseldorf
Salary/Rate: 65-90k
Start Date: 30/09/2024
Job Type: Contract

Company Introduction

A telecom company in Germany focused on building and expanding high-speed fibre optic networks. They play a key role in advancing digital infrastructure, ensuring quality and innovation in every project, and enhancing connectivity for urban and rural areas. Their work supports future technologies like autonomous driving and virtual reality.
We develop, finance, build, and operate state-of-the-art fibre optic networks, thus bringing high-performance digital infrastructure to urban areas. The foundation is a future-proof point-to-point architecture (P2P), where dedicated fibre optic cables are installed in every household. A consistently passive, open network concept ensures non-discriminatory access for all telecommunications service providers. We rely on close cooperation with municipalities, regional partners, and investors, making a valuable contribution to the digital transformation and location development of German cities-privately financed and without the use of tax money.

Job Responsibilities/Objectives
in this role, you will drive the development of our Digital Infrastructure Ventures and assist in building our deployment team. You will take on overall project management for Network Level 3 within our network department and further develop our project management functions and team. Additionally, you will be responsible for managing and approving construction performance.

1. Project Responsibility: Ensuring the timely, budget-compliant, and quality expansion of districts (NE3) in an IT-oriented infrastructure company.
2. Coordination: Efficient management of service providers (NE3, NE4, site inspections) to achieve project goals.
3. Resource Planning: Setting goals and distributing tasks for construction supervisors and service providers.
4. Quality Assurance: Monitoring adherence to quality standards and ensuring digital documentation by construction supervisors and service providers.
5. Regular Steering: Weekly coordination with service providers to ensure project progress and digital documentation.
6. Communication with Authorities: Responsible for coordinating with municipal authorities (eg, VRAO, road construction).
7. Escalation Management: First point of contact for construction supervisors regarding issues and delays.

Required Skills/Experience
The ideal candidate will have the following:

1. Entrepreneurial Thinking: Ability to manage projects with a goal-oriented and economically efficient approach.
2. Experience in Project Management: Proven track record in project management, preferably in fibre optic expansion.
3. IT and Digitisation Knowledge: Proficiency in IT tools and experience in digital documentation.
4. Leadership Skills: Ability to lead and develop teams and coordinate external service provider
5. Communication and Problem-Solving Skills: Strong in communication with various stakeholders and competent in escalation management.

Desirable Skills/Experience
Although not essential, the following skills are desired by the client:

1. Telecoms background
2. Construction background
3. Product management
4. Product sales background

Even if you do not fully meet every one of our requirements, we encourage you to take the leap and apply with us. For us, it's not just about the perfect match on paper but also your untapped potential, enthusiasm, and motivation.

Benefits & Perks
The company offers standard corporate benefits, including:

1. The opportunity to actively shape one of the key future topics in Germany.

2. Flat hierarchies with room for your ideas and initiatives.

3. A flexible working model with the possibility of home office and the option to work up to 20 days from another European country.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format.

Disclaimer
Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.

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