Fibre Delivery Project Manager – Job Specification

Role Details

·       Contract Duration: 16 Months

·       Reports To: Head of PMO

Role Purpose

·       The Fibre Delivery Manager will be responsible for the end-to-end delivery of a strategic High-Speed National Fibre Project utilizing both company-owned and third-party infrastructure assets.

·       The role will oversee detailed planning, civil construction, fibre deployment, contractor management, health and safety, governance, budgeting and executive reporting.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

·       Lead end-to-end delivery of the National Fibre Ring project.

·       Manage and lead civil engineering, fibre cabling, fibre splicing, testing and commissioning activities.

·       Structured management of contractors, suppliers and third-party infrastructure providers.

·       Maintain project plans, budgets, RAID logs and governance reporting.

·       Develop and manage the project schedule and deliver the project to challenging timelines.

·       Manage project finances, forecasting and change control processes.

·       Ability to identify and initiate delivery process improvements.

·       Ensure compliance with construction health and safety legislation.

·       Provide status updates to Head of PMO, CTO and ELT, and steering committees.

Key Competencies

·       Results driven with a strong focus on delivery and accountability.

·       Exceptional planning and organizational skills.

·       Ability to priorities competing demands in a fast-paced environment.

·       Strong leadership and decision-making capability.

·       Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively at C-Level.

Orion Network

Ireland’s Open Access National Fibre Corridor

The Orion Network is a high-capacity open access fibre platform connecting Dublin, Galway, Limerick, Cork, Wexford and New Ross through resilient inland and coastal

infrastructure. Built for international and national traffic flows, Orion enables low-latency connectivity between subsea landing regions, data centre environments and key interconnection

locations across Ireland. As demand for secure, scalable and diverse connectivity continues to grow, the network provides infrastructure-grade backbone capacity for long-term deployment.

We’re building a new ultra-low-latency, high-capacity fibre ring across Ireland, using a combination of Enet’s existing owned duct network and duct capacity leased from third-party infrastructure owners.

The programme involves designing and optimising the end-to-end route, securing third-party duct access, surveying and proving the existing infrastructure, completing civils and remediation where required, and deploying new fibre through the combined duct footprint. From there, the network goes through splicing, testing and commissioning before being brought into service.

It’s a complex multi-party infrastructure build, with significant dependencies across network design, engineering, third-party suppliers, civils, fibre deployment and commercial requirements. The objective is to create a resilient national ring with an optimised physical route to deliver ultra-low latency and high-capacity connectivity for wholesale customers.