Fiber Splicing Technician

Warminster, PA | Full-Time | Field Position

Hess Broadband is seeking an experienced Fiber Splicing Technician to join our team based out of Warminster, Pennsylvania. This is a hands-on field position for a skilled fiber professional who takes pride in delivering high-quality work, can independently diagnose and resolve complex network issues, and serves as a trusted technical resource for other members of the field team.

The Fiber Splicing Technician will work across a variety of active OSP and ISP fiber optic networks, supporting both aerial and underground infrastructure. The work ranges from new-build splicing and testing to planned cutovers, troubleshooting, emergency restoration and customer-premise work.

We are looking for someone who brings strong technical expertise, sound judgement, and a commitment to quality and safety. The ideal candidate is comfortable taking ownership of challenging field issues, making effective decisions in the field, and providing technical support to technicians working alongside them.

Responsibilities:

• Splicing, testing, troubleshooting and restoring OSP fiber optic networks
• Working extensively with both loose-tube and ribbonized fiber optic cable
• Performing both single-fiber fusion splicing and mass fusion splicing
• Building fiber splice enclosures from start to finish - taking bare cable through cable preparation, buffer/ribbon preparation, routing, splicing, testing, sealing, bonding and final mounting
• Working with a variety of cable sizes, fiber counts, splice closures, cabinets and network configurations
• Using OTDRs, optical power meters, light sources, VFLs and other fiber test equipment to locate and diagnose network problems
• Troubleshooting fiber cuts, high-loss events, bad splices, macro-bends, damaged cable, connector issues and other optical impairments
• Performing planned network cuts, migrations, rearrangements, maintenance and service-window work
• Responding to outages and getting active networks back online quickly, safely and correctly
• Working in handholes, manholes, splice cases, cabinets, terminals, customer-premise locations and other OSP environments
• Reading and working from splice diagrams, fiber assignments, network drawings and OTDR traces
• Keeping accurate splice records, test results and field documentation
• Supporting other technicians in the field
• Coordinating with our construction teams, project managers, customers, network operator's NOC and service technicians, and other network operations personnel when needed

Availability & Schedule Requirements:

• Participation in an on-call rotation
• Night work during scheduled customer service windows
• Occasional weekend and holiday work
• Regional travel to customer and project locations
• Extended hours when necessary during major outages, network cutovers or restoration events

Required Qualifications:

• Valid driver’s license
• 3+ Years experience working in “live splice closures”
• Proven ability to independently perform all duties (splicing, testing, operate lift truck)
• Hands-on experience with aerial and underground fiber network deployments

Preferred Qualifications:

• OSHA 10-Hour certification, or the ability to obtain it; OSHA-30 or OSHA-40 training is a plus
• A positive genuine passion for fiber, telecommunications and the technical side of the trade
• Strong communication skills with coworkers, customers, network operators and other field personnel

Physical Requirements:

• Lift and carry up to 50 pounds
• Climb and work from ladders
• Stand, bend, kneel, climb and perform detailed hand work for extended periods
• Work outdoors in varying weather conditions
• Safely operate and work from bucket trucks and other aerial lift equipment

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s)incumbentin this position. Employee(s) Willbe requiredtofollow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments.

A review of this position has excluded the marginal functions of the position that are incidental to the performance of fundamental job duties. These duties and responsibilities are essentialjobfunctions and requirements and are subject topossible modifications to reasonably accommodateindividuals with disabilities.

To perform this job successfully, the incumbent(s) willpossessthe skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others.

The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities.