Project Controller

Role & responsibilities

• Supervise and control on-ground fiber deployment activities including cable laying, installation, splicing, testing, and restoration.
• Plan and validate work fronts by ensuring availability of approved drawings, ROW/permissions, materials, manpower, machinery, and site access.
• Monitor daily execution plans, crew productivity, project progress, and adherence to planned timelines and run rates.
• Supervise aerial, underground, duct, micro-trenching, and HDD-based fiber deployment activities.
• Oversee fiber cable installation, joint closures, splicing, FDMS/ODF/rack installation, cable handling, labelling, and tagging.
• Conduct and supervise fiber splicing and OTDR/power meter testing, ensuring compliance with link loss budgets and testing requirements.
• Ensure execution complies with approved designs, specifications, SOPs, quality standards, and applicable safety requirements.
• Conduct site inspections, identify non-conformities, drive corrective actions, and ensure snag/punch-point closure.
• Monitor material consumption against BOQ/BOM, identify shortages or wastage, and ensure proper storage and protection of materials.
• Maintain route-wise issue and risk trackers covering ROW, permissions, third-party damages, material/manpower constraints, and other dependencies.
• Escalate critical issues through the appropriate DOA and coordinate with internal teams, partners, contractors, and local authorities for timely resolution.
• Prepare and maintain DPRs, progress reports, site records, photographs, manpower/equipment reports, issue logs, and as-built documentation.
• Coordinate with partners and contractors for site inspections, SAT/final inspections, punch-list closure, and project handover.
• Support root-cause analysis and recovery planning for cable cuts, execution stoppages, delays, and other field-level issues.
• Ensure adherence to safety practices including PPE, excavation controls, traffic management, toolbox talks, and incident/near-miss reporting.

Preferred candidate profile

• Diploma / B.Tech / B.E. in Telecommunications, Electronics, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 68 years of experience in fiber optic project execution, deployment, and field supervision.
• Strong hands-on experience in fiber splicing and OTDR/power meter testing.
• Experience in fiber cable laying, installation, testing, restoration, and network deployment.
• Good understanding of ROW/wayleave, site permissions, work-front planning, and field execution.
• Proven experience managing field engineers, fiber technicians, splicers, contractors, and subcontractors.
• Strong capability in project tracking, issue escalation, productivity monitoring, and daily progress reporting.
• Proficiency in MS Excel and project reporting/tracking tools.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to coordinate with partners, contractors, internal teams, and local authorities.
• Field-oriented and willing to travel/deploy for extended execution periods, including extended working hours when required.
• Analytical, target-driven, detail-oriented, customer-focused, and committed to quality and safety.