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Fiber Optic Technician

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.

Position responsibilities:

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

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.
• 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.
• Set up service for customers, installing, connecting, testing, or adjusting equipment.
• Place insulation over conductors or seal splices with a moisture-proof covering.
• Travel to customers' premises to install, maintain, or repair telecommunication electronic reception equipment or accessories.
• Pull up cable by hand from large reels mounted on trucks; then pull lines through ducts by hand or with winches.
• Lay underground cable directly in trenches or string it through conduits running through trenches.
• Install equipment to maintain the strength of communications transmissions.
• String cables between structures and lines from poles, towers, or trenches and pull lines to proper tension.
• Measure signal strength at utility poles, using electronic test equipment.
• Dig trenches for underground wires or cables.
• Explain cable service to subscribers after installation.
• Compute the impedance of wires from poles to houses to determine the additional resistance needed for reducing signals to desired levels.
• Use a variety of construction equipment to complete installations, such as digger derricks, trenchers, or cable plows.
• Fill and tamp holes, using cement, earth, and tamping devices.
• Dig holes for power poles, using power augers or shovels, set poles in place with cranes, and hoist poles upright, using winches.
• Participate in the construction or removal of telecommunication support structures.
• Clean or maintain tools or test equipment.

Work Environment:

Job requires inside and outside environment

Additional Responsibilities:

Current valid driver's license

Available to work nights & weekends

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Long term disability
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance