Full-Time
OSP Engineer
Joint Use
Updated on 9/12/2026
Pearce Services
1,001-5,000 employees
Maintains critical telecom and energy infrastructure
Compensation Overview
$32 - $38/hr
Remote in USA
Remote
Bachelor's, Associate's
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- At least 3 years of experience in OSP engineering, telecommunications engineering, joint use, pole attachments, or a related field.
- Demonstrated experience with aerial fiber design and pole-attachment projects.
- Working knowledge of the joint-use application and approval process.
- Experience with make-ready engineering, including identifying pole modifications and attachment conflicts.
- Knowledge of NESC requirements, utility standards, pole clearances, guying, anchoring, and telecommunications attachment requirements.
- Ability to read and interpret OSP construction drawings, utility maps, field notes, pole data, work prints, and engineering specifications.
- Experience with OSP design and mapping platforms such as AutoCAD, O-Calc Pro, Katapult, IQGeo, ArcGIS, SpatialNet, or similar systems.
- Familiarity with GIS and utility mapping systems.
- Experience coordinating with electric utilities, municipalities, permitting agencies, telecommunications providers, and construction teams.
- Understanding of aerial and underground fiber construction methods.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects, applications, and deadlines simultaneously.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate technical information to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Ability to work independently in a remote or distributed-team environment while maintaining consistent communication and project-status reporting.
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to producing accurate, construction-ready engineering deliverables.
- Ability to identify engineering or permitting issues and proactively develop solutions to keep projects moving forward.
- Design and support aerial and underground OSP fiber projects, with a primary focus on joint-use and pole-attachment engineering.
- Prepare, review, and manage joint-use and pole-attachment applications for telecommunications facilities.
- Review field data, pole information, photographs, measurements, utility records, and existing attachment conditions to support engineering decisions.
- Perform or review make-ready engineering to identify required pole modifications, transfers, replacements, guying, anchoring, or other corrective work.
- Evaluate proposed telecommunications attachments for compliance with applicable utility standards, NESC requirements, clearance requirements, and customer specifications.
- Perform or review pole loading analysis and identify potential structural or clearance issues associated with proposed attachments.
- Develop and review OSP engineering packages, including work prints, construction drawings, route designs, pole details, bills of materials, and supporting documentation.
- Coordinate with pole owners, electric utilities, telecommunications providers, municipalities, permitting agencies, and other stakeholders throughout the joint-use process.
- Track joint-use applications from initial submission through review, make-ready, approval, construction, and closeout.
- Respond to utility comments, application rejections, design changes, and requests for additional information.
- Coordinate with permitting teams to ensure designs meet applicable right-of-way, encroachment, traffic-control, and jurisdictional requirements.
- Identify existing utilities, pole ownership, attachment locations, easements, rights-of-way, and potential construction conflicts.
- Support fiber route selection and constructability reviews for aerial and underground networks.
- Review engineering work completed by internal teams, contractors, vendors, or offshore and remote design resources for accuracy and compliance.
- Maintain accurate project documentation and provide regular status updates to project managers, customers, utilities, and other stakeholders.
- Work closely with field personnel to resolve discrepancies between field conditions and engineering records.
- Support redlines, design revisions, as-built documentation, and construction-related engineering changes.
- Manage multiple work orders and projects while meeting customer deadlines, service-level agreements, and quality expectations.
- Assist with quality-control processes and identify opportunities to improve joint-use engineering workflows and project delivery.
- Experience reviewing or performing pole loading analysis.
- Familiarity with permitting requirements, including right-of-way, encroachment, excavation, and traffic-control permits.
- Previous experience supporting major telecommunications carriers, fiber providers, electric utilities, or broadband deployment programs.
- Experience working with ILEC, CLEC, FTTH, FTTx, or broadband expansion projects.
- Experience with utility-specific joint-use systems and application portals.
- Experience performing pole loading analysis using O-Calc Pro or similar software.
- Knowledge of GO 95, NESC, or state- or utility-specific joint-use requirements, depending on the assigned market.
- Experience supporting high-volume fiber deployment programs involving multiple utilities and jurisdictions.
- An associate's or bachelor's degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Telecommunications, Construction Management, GIS, or a related discipline; equivalent industry experience may be considered.
Pearce Services maintains and engineers mission-critical telecom and renewable energy infrastructure across the United States, with 24/7 service for tower maintenance, repair, and EV charging equipment maintenance delivered by directly employed technician crews under service contracts or project-based engagements. It provides tailored maintenance and engineering solutions, operating around the clock to minimize downtime by using skilled field crews and proprietary logistics and quality tools to plan, execute, and monitor work. Differentiators include nationwide directly employed crews, a broad service scope (tower maintenance, repair, EV charging maintenance), and a safety-focused approach supported by proprietary technology. The goal is to ensure reliable, high-availability infrastructure for telecom and renewable energy clients through comprehensive, safe, and responsive maintenance and engineering services.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
Acquired
Total Funding
$1.2B
Headquarters
Paso Robles, California
Founded
1998
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- CBRE projects Pearce revenue above $660 million and EBITDA above $90 million in 2026.
- Pearce keeps buying assets, including JoeMax Telecom in April 2025 and Unified Power in December 2024.
- Demand rises for grid batteries, telecom uptime, and EV charging maintenance across Pearce's end markets.
What critics are saying
- Worldleaks claimed a March 20, 2026 ransomware attack, risking customer trust and contracts.
- CBRE integration creates churn risk through 2026 as Pearce loses stand-alone operating independence.
- The 2027 earn-out pressures management to hit thresholds while cyber damage and integration distract teams.
What makes Pearce Services unique
- CBRE bought Pearce on November 4, 2025 for $1.2 billion cash.
- Pearce runs 24/7 field crews across telecom, renewable energy, data center, and EV charging.
- Its 4,000-plus employees support UPS, BESS, cooling, and power uptime nationwide.
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↑ 36%Worldleaks ransomware attack targets Pearce Services. March 21, 2026 Summary. On March 20, 2026, the ransomware group worldleaks claimed responsibility for a cyberattack against Pearce Services, a key player in the USA. The group has threatened to leak sensitive data unless negotiation terms are met. Incident Report. | Field | Details | | Target | Pearce Services | | Domain | N/A | | Country | USA | | Attacking Group | worldleaks | | Date Reported | March 20, 2026 | | Threat Actor Statement"N/A" | Recommended security actions. Ransomware attacks are increasingly targeting both enterprise and mid-sized organizations across all sectors. The following steps are critical to reduce impact and prevent future incidents: * Monitor continuously: Use DeXpose's dark web and infostealer monitoring platform to detect breached credentials, leaked databases, and threat actor chatter in near real-time - before damage spreads internally. * Conduct a compromise assessment: Immediately initiate a full incident review to determine how attackers infiltrated your network, what data may have been exfiltrated, and whether any persistence mechanisms remain active. * Validate your backups: Ensure that your backups are current, encrypted, and stored offline. Utilize immutable backup solutions to defend against ransomware encryption and deletion attempts. * Apply threat intelligence: Integrate external threat feeds, including DeXpose-provided indicators of compromise (IOCs), into your SIEM or XDR platforms for real-time alerting and correlation. * Harden employee defenses: Run phishing simulations and enforce multi-factor authentication (MFA) across all access points. Attackers often exploit weak or reused credentials sourced from the dark web. * Engage professional response teams: Involve cybersecurity incident response experts, threat analysts, and legal counsel before initiating any dialogue with ransomware groups or ransom brokers. How DeXpose helps you stay ahead. At DeXpose, we specialize in early detection and proactive defense. Our hybrid threat intelligence solution combines automated deep/dark web crawling, Telegram and forum monitoring, and real analyst verification to deliver: * Continuous scanning of ransomware group leak sites, stolen credential markets, and malware log dumps * Timely alerts for breaches linked to your domains, email addresses, and key personnel * Intelligence correlation that connects leaked credentials to infostealer malware infections, often weeks before a public ransom demand * Real-time visibility into supply chain and third-party exposures through passive surveillance of dark web channels Don't wait for public disclosure or ransom notices - gain visibility into your cyber exposure now. * Scan your domain for data breaches: Free Dark Web Report * Check employee or partner email exposure: Email Data Breach Scan Disclaimer. DeXpose does not engage in the exfiltration, hosting, redistribution, or purchase of stolen data. All breach information reported here is collected from publicly accessible dark web sources and threat intelligence platforms. Our mission is to equip organizations with early-warning indicators, contextual threat insights, and actionable intelligence that help them secure their digital assets against evolving cyber threats. Table of Contents Free Dark Web Report. Keep reading. September 4, 2023 Monterey Mushrooms, LLC, the largest marketer of fresh mushrooms in the USA, has fallen victim to a ransomware attack by... March 17, 2025 Are you wondering what kind of information about the Egyptian organizations the Darkweb has? As we all remember, the last... March 17, 2025 Introduction Lumma is a sophisticated information stealer, written in C/C++, that has been active in the wild since at least...
CBRE Group, Inc. announced the acquisition of Pearce Services, LLC for approximately $1.2 billion in cash, with a potential earn-out of up to $115 million. Pearce, a provider of technical services for digital and power infrastructure, will enhance CBRE's capabilities in these sectors. The acquisition is expected to be immediately accretive to CBRE’s earnings. Pearce's projected 2026 revenue is over $660 million, with more than $90 million in EBITDA.
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