Responsibilities
- Designing, installing, splicing, and testing fiber optic (single-mode and multi-mode) and copper cabling systems in aerial, buried, and conduit environments
- Reading and interpreting engineering drawings, OSP design plans, and permit documents and ensuring work complies with applicable codes and standards (BICSI, NEC, NESC, local/state regulations)
- Operating and maintaining OSP equipment including fusion splicers, OTDRs, power meters, cable locators, and aerial lift equipment
- Leading field crews on major outside plant projects
- Coordinating with general contractors, utilities, municipalities, and customers
- Performing fault isolation and emergency restoration on fiber and copper networks, including after-hours as required
- Conducting OSP site surveys and providing technical input for project scoping, materials estimation, and bid preparation
- Maintaining accurate as-built documentation, splice records, and work order closeouts in company systems
- Enforcing and modeling safety procedures including traffic control, confined space entry, trenching/excavation, and PPE compliance
- Mentoring and providing on-the-job training to junior and mid-level technicians
- Collaborating with engineering and project management teams to ensure on-time, on-budget project delivery
Requirements
- Experienced in outside plant construction and network cabling systems
- Hands-on expertise in installation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of fiber optic and copper telecommunications infrastructure
- Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, OSP design plans, and permit documents
- Knowledge of and ability to ensure compliance with applicable codes and standards (BICSI, NEC, NESC, local/state regulations)
- Experience operating fusion splicers, OTDRs, power meters, cable locators, and aerial lift equipment
- Proven ability to lead field crews on major outside plant projects
- Experience coordinating with general contractors, utilities, municipalities, and customers
- Ability to perform fault isolation and emergency restoration on fiber and copper networks, including after-hours as required
- Experience conducting OSP site surveys and providing technical input for project scoping, materials estimation, and bid preparation
- Ability to maintain accurate as-built documentation, splice records, and work order closeouts in company systems
- Commitment to enforcing and modeling safety procedures including traffic control, confined space entry, trenching/excavation, and PPE compliance
- Experience mentoring and providing on-the-job training to junior and mid-level technicians
- Ability to collaborate with engineering and project management teams to ensure on-time, on-budget project delivery
Nice to Have
- Holds—or is actively pursuing—a Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD) credential from BICSI
Additional Information
- After-hours work required for emergency restoration