Job Description:

Company Summary

Crown Castle is the nation’s largest provider of shared communications infrastructure: towers, small cells and fiber. It all works together to meet unprecedented demand—connecting people and communities and transforming the way we do business. Whenever you make a call, track a workout or stream music and videos, we’re the ones providing the communications infrastructure that makes it all possible. From 5G and the internet of things to drones, autonomous vehicles and AR/VR, we enable the technologies that help people stay safe, connected and ready for the future. Crown Castle is a Fortune 500 company, publicly traded on the S&P 500, and one of the largest Real Estate Investment Trusts in the US, with an enterprise value of ~$100B.

Position Title:   Manager, Utility Relations - M2

Position Summary

The Manager, Utility Relations establishes, grows and leads utility relationships on behalf of all groups at Crown Castle, serving as a point-person in this arena for both external utility staff and internal Crown teams.  Working closely with Permitting, Legal, Project Delivery, Engineering and Construction, Government Affairs and Sales, this person navigates opportunities and hurdles to ensure the successful, timely buildout of Crown Castle’s communications infrastructure. The Manager, Utility Relations is responsible for negotiating complex utility agreements based on federal and state telecommunications regulations with utilities (investor owned electric utilities and telephone companies) as well as coordinating the resolution of national utility issues that impact Crown’s ability to meet customer objectives. 

Essential Job Functions 

• Develop and execute a market-specific strategy for utilities that aligns with Crown Castle’s business goals.


• Coordinate and monitor response to utility regulations changes, advising Crown management on progress.


• Strengthen relationships with utilities, serving as an advocate for Crown Castle and a lead contact and escalation point.


• Negotiate utility agreements as needed in accordance with Crown Castle guidelines, the Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 Section 224, and state regulations covering pole and conduit attachments.


• Advise and serve as internal point of escalation for Network and Tower groups with regard to pole and conduit access rights, power delivery, and project deployment


• Responsibility for application to “on air” timeline ensuring disciplined delivery throughout the process to expedite customer’s use of our site while maintaining Crown Castle standards and policies. This includes responsibility for team’s accurate forecasting and reporting. 


• Assist legal and regulatory teams to anticipate and promote state and federal legislation, FCC, and municipal code and/or zoning ordinance changes


• Leads and directs the work of a geographically distributed team, driving innovation and collaboration to ensure key financial and performance metrics are achieved


• Provide training and supervision for the team and internal functional groups. 

Education/Certifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in utility industry

Experience/Minimum Requirements

• A minimum of five (5) to seven (7) or more years proven experience working in a utility or for a utility vendor required.


• Knowledge of the rules and policies of the FCC and State Public Utilities Commissions, NESC, GO 95, OSHA, RF emissions regulations and other industry standards, as well as an ability to read construction plans/drawings is necessary


• Negotiation experience required.


• Experience in presenting and speaking to the public and utilities required, including extemporaneous and prepared speeches is required.


• Experience working on goal-driven, cross-functional teams required. 
  

Other Skills/Abilities

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  Strategic Mindset – Assesses future possibilities and translating them into breakthrough strategies.


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  Manages Complexity – Makes sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes-contradictory information to effectively solve problems.


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  Manages Ambiguity - Operating effectively, even when things are not certain, or the way forward is not clear.


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  Plans & Aligns – Plans and prioritizes work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals. Conveys clear objectives and ensures alignment across organization.


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  Builds Networks – Effectively builds formal and informal relationship networks inside and outside the organization. Builds influential connections across boundaries.


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  Builds Effective Teams – Building strong identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals.


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  Courage - Stepping up to address difficult issues, saying what needs to be said. Will confidently take a stand for their beliefs when faced with opposition.

Organizational Relationship

Reports to:  Regional Manager, Utility Relations

Title(s) of direct reports (if applicable): Utility Relations Supervisor

Working Conditions: 

Crown Castle is a federal contractor and the COVID-19 vaccination is a requirement of employment by your start date to comply with Executive Order 14042.

This role falls into our hybrid work model working in your assigned office approximately 60% of the time (3 days per week) and where you do your best work 40% (2 days per week).  There is an expectation of collaboration with teammates and stakeholders for moments that matter that requires up to 25% travel.

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Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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