Site Acquisition Manager

FES- Further Enterprise Solutions a leading provider of engineering services, turnkey solutions, and software solutions, Founded in 2002 by wireless industry veterans, FES has rapidly grown to become a leading provider of innovative solutions to leading telecommunications providers and equipment manufacturers. FES is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA with branch offices through the U.S. and Canada to ensure a rapid response and face to face contact with our clients and staff.

The Site Acquisition Manager is responsible for overseeing all development, which may include site identification, lease negotiations, regulatory, zoning and permitting. The Project Manager will drive strong customer service, both internally and externally, and ensure client relationships are well maintained and project timelines are met within budget.

• Manage all deployment activities including but not limited to: site acquisition, leasing, due diligence, permitting and deployment meetings.
• Create, update and manage individual project budgets to ensure projects attain an acceptable profit margin and returns on investment.
• Create schedules and maintain milestones within the project database on a daily basis and communicate project updates and timelines to Program Management.
• Collaborate with Program Management to set proper customer expectations and then deliver results on time and within budget.
• Build and maintain strong customer relationships through consistent communication and management of customer needs and expectations.
• Proactively identify potential issues and collaborate cross-functionally to develop a preventive action plan to address identified risks and threats.
• Ensure goals, objectives, quality standards, policies and procedures are adhered to and met, and that consistent communication occurs throughout areas of responsibility.
• Coordinate with Construction Managers and Supply Chain to identify and partner with select vendors to perform outsourced services for an assigned project; review and approve project expense requests, purchase orders and vendor invoices.

• Demonstrated expertise in managing wireless professionals through infrastructure deployment projects for site acquisition services.
• Strong working knowledge of all aspects of the wireless tower industry including knowledge of tower citing, zoning, leasing and regulatory compliance.
• Able to work in a time-sensitive, high volume environment with functional groups throughout the organization to achieve business results.
• 4 year college degree in business, land use planning, or equivalent work experience in the wireless site development industry.

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