Fiber Technician

Job Title: Fiber Technician

Job Description

The Fiber Technician installs, splices, tests, and maintains fiber optic cable across a variety of environments, ensuring high-quality connectivity and reliable network performance. This role combines hands-on field work with technical troubleshooting, including reading and interpreting technical documents, performing precise splices, and conducting detailed testing using specialized equipment.

Responsibilities

• Splice various types and sizes of fiber optic cable, including single-mode, multimode, stranded, and ribbon cables, with a strong focus on accurate ribbon splicing.

• Analyze and troubleshoot basic technical issues related to fiber optic installations, connectivity, and performance.

• Review, interpret, and work from maps, drawings, blueprints, schematics, and testing documents to plan and complete fiber work accurately.

• Perform daily tests, checks, and routine maintenance on splicing and testing equipment to ensure proper operation and reliability.

• Conduct optical continuity and conformance testing using tools such as OTDR and power meters to verify quality and integrity of fiber links.

• Make splicing rearrangements and modifications on existing fiber facilities in buried, underground, aerial, and in-building locations.

• Complete terminations and connections using appropriate hand tools and methods to meet technical and safety standards.

• Follow established safety practices and work procedures while performing construction, assembly, splicing, and wiring tasks in telecom and data center environments.

• Coordinate work sequences in construction and underground settings to support fiber optic installation and maintenance activities.

Essential Skills

• Hands-on experience in construction, assembly, splicing, wiring, cable, and electrical work related to fiber optic installations.

• Proficiency in working with single-mode, multimode, stranded, and ribbon fiber optic cables.

• Strong ribbon splicing skills, with the ability to perform precise and consistent ribbon splices.

• Skilled in OTDR testing and power meter testing for fiber optic networks.

• Ability to read and interpret blueprints, schematics, maps, drawings, and related technical documents.

• Experience with fiber terminations and confident use of a wide range of hand tools.

• Knowledge of optics, fiber optic principles, and telecommunication systems.

• Experience in telecom, data centers, underground construction, and fiber splicing work.

• Understanding of general labor practices in underground, telecom, and fiber optic installation environments.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Construction experience supporting telecom, data center, underground, and splicing projects.

• Familiarity with fiber optic installation in buried, underground, aerial, and building environments.

• Experience working in or around data centers and telecom infrastructure.

• Comfort working in general labor roles that support technical fiber optic tasks.

Why Work Here?

You will join a team that values long-term commitment and offers a clear path to direct hire, rather than temporary assignments. The organization invests in skilled technicians, providing opportunities to deepen your expertise in fiber optics and work with advanced testing and splicing technologies. You can build a stable career in a growing field while contributing to critical communications infrastructure.

Work Environment

This role is primarily field-based and involves working outdoors, with temperatures and conditions varying by location and season. You will work across multiple environments, including buried and underground pathways, aerial installations, and inside buildings such as telecom facilities and data centers. The position is hands-on and physically active, requiring frequent use of hand tools, splicing equipment, OTDRs, and power meters in real-world construction and installation settings.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Columbus, OH.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $28.00 - $35.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision

• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital

• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available

• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)

• Short and long-term disability

• Health Spending Account (HSA)

• Transportation benefits

• Employee Assistance Program

• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Columbus,OH.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Jul 20, 2026.

About Aerotek

Aerotek® Inc. provides staffing and services solutions in manufacturing, logistics, construction, aviation, facilities and maintenance. We provide the expertise, solutions and people required to rise to the challenges of North American industry. Headquartered in Hanover, Md., Aerotek operates a unified network of over 200 offices across North America, supporting more than 18,000 clients each year. Aerotek is an Allegis Group company, the global leader in workforce and business solutions. To learn more, visit: Aerotek.com | 1-888-AEROTEK.

Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance:

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Massachusetts Lie Detector:

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI):

We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.