Lead Associate, JPA

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Assist with the daily administration, evaluation, tracking, and quality assurance of Joint Pole Association (JPA) and Joint Pole Committee (JPC) transactions for the Wireless SoCal department.

• Oversee daily and weekly task assignments for JPC Field Inspectors.

• Assess completed and uploaded field work for precision, thoroughness, and quality; identify shortcomings and request corrections or resolutions.

• Receive, log, track, and upload JPA forms in accordance with Circet guidelines and designated recipient locations.

• Analyze JPA transactions and correct, deny, evaluate, and authorize transactions based on procedures and customer specifications.

• Draft and send JPA responses to JPC members while documenting those responses.

• Create and write new JPA Intents/Forms; review foreign JPA Intents/Forms and upload necessary documentation.

• Monitor transfer, remediation, and other follow-up activities until resolution is achieved.

• Generate production, output, and JPC asset reports for customer deliverables and management responsibilities.

• Prepare and dispatch Rule 18 notifications to utilities.

• Track denied cost items, special cost items lacking documentation, and Section 1.2 denials.

• Monitor responses to Section 1.2 requests for additional quotes and agreements needing special approval per pole.

• Provide operational and administrative assistance to the JPC Department Manager and department personnel.

• Comply with occupational safety regulations, industry standards, and Circet safety initiatives.

• Engage in job site safety/hazard assessments.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Telecommunications, Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline; or a minimum of three (3) years of pertinent industry experience in place of a degree.

• Relevant experience in wireless telecommunications, Joint Pole Association (JPA)/Joint Pole Committee (JPC) operations, utility coordination, pole attachment programs, field inspection support, or a closely related area.

• Preferred working knowledge of JPA/JPC forms, intents, transactions, denials, transfers, remediation requirements, and associated pole-attachment documentation.

• Experience in reviewing field inspection documentation for thoroughness, accuracy, and quality, and coordinating corrections or follow-ups with field personnel.

• Ability to meticulously track high volumes of JPA/JPC transactions, forms, responses, cost items, quotes, approvals, and supporting documentation.

• Experience in preparing customer deliverables, production reports, asset reports, trackers, and other program documentation.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the capability to effectively coordinate with field inspectors, utilities, JPC members, customers, and internal management.

• Capability to prioritize multiple tasks, meet deadlines, identify issues, and independently ensure necessary follow-up until resolution.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and the ability to learn and maintain customer and internal tracking/document-management systems.

• Adherence to Federal and Local Occupational Safety and Health Regulations, Industry Consensus Standards, and the Circet USA Injury and Illness Prevention Program Manual.

• Participation in job site safety/hazard assessments.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance.

• Digital Health & Wellness Support.

• Critical Illness, Accident, & Hospital Insurance.

• Short-term & Long-term disability.

• Group term & Voluntary life insurance.

• Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts.

• Paid Time Off & 401K.

• Company Discount Website.