About Lumen
Lumen connects the world. We are igniting business growth by connecting people, data and applications – quickly, securely, and effortlessly. Together, we are building a culture and company from the people up – committed to teamwork, trust and transparency. People power progress.
Lumen’s commitment to workplace inclusion and employee support shines bright. We’ve made the Newsweek 2024 Greatest Workplaces for Diversity list and achieved a perfect score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index (CEI) for the fifth consecutive year. Plus, we’re the top employer in the communications and telecom industry, ranking 12th overall across all industries in The American Opportunity Index.
We’re looking for top-tier talent and offer the flexibility you need to thrive and deliver lasting impact. Join us as we digitally connect the world and shape the future.
The Role
Lumen is seeking multiple Senior Planning Engineers to join the Strategic Planning team. These hires will focus in part on Bulk Sold Deal Capital and also on Expansion/Market Planning. From a Bulk Sold Deal Capital perspective, the role will involve validating sold deals, managing order flow, and monitoring capital expense usage while collaborating with the Account and Offer Management teams to ensure accurate site lists for customer presentations. On the Expansion/Market Planning side, the role will support in the development of collaborative planning solutions to improve network efficiencies and drive revenue growth, including detailed service delivery plans with physical and network layer designs, maps, diagrams, and cost estimates.
The Senior Planning Engineers will drive operational excellence in partnership with internal stakeholders, vendors, and peers to foster continuous improvement while exemplifying Lumen’s 8 cultural beliefs of Teamwork, Trust, Transparency, Clarity, Courage, Customer Obsession, Growth Mindset, and Allyship.
Location
This is a fully remote position open to candidates based anywhere in the U.S.
The Main Responsibilities
- Validate sold deals and manage order flow into the correct workflow.
- Monitor and forecast capital expense usage.
- Partner with the Account Team and Offer Management to ensure accurate and complete site lists for customer presentations.
- Provide continued support through the contracted, work in progress, and completed stages by performing capital budget/variance management, network design reviews, reporting, and process adherence.
- Develop collaborative planning solutions to aid in the long-term growth of the company from a network advancement and revenue perspective.
- Improve network efficiencies by addressing latency, owned vs leased assets, and deployment of new technology.
- Drive revenue growth by identifying new near net assets in high revenue growth areas and expansion markets.
- Create detailed plans providing service delivery solutions to customer or data center locations, including physical and network layer plans, maps, diagrams, and cost estimates.
What We Look For in a Candidate
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent education and 6+ years of relevant experience
- 4+ years of related experience with a Master's degree
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills for data analysis and reporting with demonstrated proficiency in VLOOKUPs and pivot tables
- Effective collaboration and communication skills with ability to delegate to internal project stakeholders and third-party vendor partners
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with and foundational understanding of internal mapping tools like ArcGIS or comparable for designing within detailed maps and diagrams to depict design plan initiatives
- Project Management or Lean Six Sigma certification or demonstrated experience driving process improvement utilizing such methodologies
Compensation
The starting salary for this role differs based on the employee's primary work location. Employees typically do not start at the top of the range, though compensation depends on each individual's qualifications.
Location Based Pay Ranges
$80,510 - $107,340 in these states: AR, ID, KY, LA, ME, MS, NE, SC, and SD.
$84,740 - $112,980 in these states: AZ, AL, FL, GA, IN, IA, KS, MO, MT, NM, ND, OH, OK, PA, TN, UT, VT, WV, WI, and WY.
$88,980 - $118,630 in these states: CO, HI, MI, MN, NV, NH, NC, OR, and RI.
$93,210 - $124,280 in these states: AK, CA, CT, DE, DC, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, TX, VA, and WA.
As with the pay range variety that's based on the region of a country, specific offers are determined by various factors such as experience, education, skills, certifications and other business needs.
What to Expect Next
Based on your job application information you may be given the opportunity to complete a video interview immediately after applying. This will include a set of questions for you to record a response to in addition to Game Challenges. Completion of this video interview is a requirement in order to be considered for our open position. Now not a good time? No worries, we will also send you an email with a link to complete the video interview. We strongly recommend that you complete this within 5 days of your application date.
Requisition #: 334869
Background Screening
If you are selected for a position, there will be a background screen, which may include checks for criminal records and/or motor vehicle reports and/or drug screening, depending on the position requirements. For more information on these checks, please refer to the Post Offer section of our FAQ page. Job-related concerns identified during the background screening may disqualify you from the new position or your current role. Background results will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Equal Employment Opportunities
We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all persons regardless of race, color, ancestry, citizenship, national origin, religion, veteran status, disability, genetic characteristic or information, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, family status, pregnancy, or other legally protected status (collectively, “protected statuses”). We do not tolerate unlawful discrimination in any employment decisions, including recruiting, hiring, compensation, promotion, benefits, discipline, termination, job assignments or training.
Disclaimer
The job responsibilities described above indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not intended to include a comprehensive inventory of all duties and responsibilities for this job. Job duties and responsibilities are subject to change based on evolving business needs and conditions.
