Aerial Work Platform, Backhoe Loader, Communication Skills, Communications Equipment Maintenance, Concrete, Construction, Construction Equipment, Construction Equipment Operation, Crane, Customer Support/Service, Dental Insurance, Driver's License, Equipment Maintenance/Repair, Health Insurance, Hydraulic Engineering, Industry Standards, Life Insurance, Order Processing, Procedure Development, Record Keeping, Technical/Engineering Design, Telecommunications, Test Equipment, Testing, Vision Plan, Willing to Travel
Position Summary:\u202f
Reporting to the Manager, Outside Plant Construction, this position is responsible for overall fiber optic placing & splicing activities required to establish end-to-end fiber connectivity between locations. Responsible for fiber optic testing results to ensure activities were completed correctly and within the required technical specifications.\u202f
Position responsibilities:\u202f
Perform work in accordance with industry standards:
- Be familiar with Telcordia standards
- Ability to read and follow design engineer's instruction
- Maintain the scope of work on the project
- Enter and maintain outside plant records
- Maintain all engineering and facility records through work order processing
- Experience in operating construction equipment.
- Determine correct procedures for OSP placing
- Prepare and maintain records and diagrams
- Experience in the operation of hydraulic aerial lift and ladder mounted to the truck
- Right-of-way clearing using chainsaws and other related cutting equipment
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Essential skills and experience:
- Ability to communicate and work with property owners.
- Inspect or test lines or cables, recording and analyzing test results, to assess transmission characteristics and locate faults or malfunctions.\u202f
- Access specific areas to string lines or install terminal boxes, auxiliary equipment, or appliances, using bucket trucks, or by climbing poles or ladders, or entering tunnels, trenches, or crawl spaces.\u202f
- Set up service for customers, installing, connecting, testing, or adjusting equipment.\u202f
- Place insulation over conductors or seal splices with a moisture-proof covering.\u202f
- Travel to customers' premises to install, maintain, or repair telecommunication electronic reception equipment or accessories.\u202f
- Pull up cable by hand from large reels mounted on trucks; then pull lines through ducts by hand or with winches.\u202f
- Lay underground cable directly in trenches or string it through conduits running through trenches.\u202f
- Install equipment to maintain the strength of communications transmissions.\u202f
- String cables between structures and lines from poles, towers, or trenches and pull lines to proper tension.\u202f
- Measure signal strength at utility poles, using electronic test equipment.\u202f
- Dig trenches for underground wires or cables.\u202f
- Explain cable service to subscribers after installation.\u202f
- Compute the impedance of wires from poles to houses to determine the additional resistance needed for reducing signals to desired levels.\u202f
- Use a variety of construction equipment to complete installations, such as digger derricks, trenchers, or cable plows.\u202f
- Fill and tamp holes, using cement, earth, and tamping devices.\u202f
- Dig holes for power poles, using power augers or shovels, set poles in place with cranes, and hoist poles upright, using winches.\u202f
- Participate in the construction or removal of telecommunication support structures.
- Clean or maintain tools or test equipment.\u202f
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Work Environment:\u202f
Job requires inside and outside environment
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Additional Responsibilities:\u202f
Current valid driver's license
Available to work nights & weekends
Benefits:\u202f
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Disability insurance
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Long term disability
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance