Field Technician

Ventia; Townsville City; On-site; AUD 61,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tool of Trade vehicle

Overtime rates

Uniforms, tools and equipment supplied

Career progression

Training and development

Health programs

Job summary

Ventia is seeking a Field Technician in Townsville to maintain and restore telecommunications infrastructure across North Queensland. You will perform fault finding, jointing, splicing, and restoration on NBN fibre and copper networks, with after-hours roster and potential regional travel.

Experience in telecommunications, strong fault-finding skills, and a current driver's licence are highly valued. Ventia offers extensive training and career progression in a supportive team environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in telecommunications, NBN, fibre or copper networks is highly regarded.
• Strong fault-finding and troubleshooting capability.
• Experience with cabling, testing, jointing or splicing activities.
• Understanding of fibre optic and/or copper network infrastructure.
• Current Driver's Licence.

Responsibilities

• Splicing, jointing and network testing.
• Fault diagnosis and repair across fibre and copper networks.
• Cable hauling, replacement and restoration activities.
• Reactive maintenance and service restoration projects.
• Planning, documentation and reporting of completed works.
• Communicate effectively with customers, stakeholders and fellow technicians.

Skills

Fault-finding

Troubleshooting

Cable testing

Customer communication

Tools

Splicing equipment

Testing equipment

Job description

Join Ventia as a Field Technician based in Townsville, playing a key role in maintaining and restoring telecommunications infrastructure across North Queensland. This is a hands‑on field‑based role supporting the NBN network, where you'll work on fault finding, cable replacement, jointing, splicing and restoration activities that help keep communities connected.

What's On Offer

• $46.47 per hour + super + allowances (LAHA, meals, on-call etc.)
• Tool of Trade vehicle
• Overtime rates
• Uniforms, tools and equipment supplied
• Supportive team environment with genuine opportunities for career progression
• Comprehensive ongoing training and development within a growing telecommunications contract
• Health programs and initiatives such as Fitness Passport
• Employee benefits including novated leasing, private health discounts, travel discounts and savings with major retailers including Woolworths, Coles, Booking.com and Expedia

About the Role

As part of our NBN operations team, you'll be responsible for reactive maintenance and restoration works across fibre and copper networks. No two days are the same, as you'll work across a variety of fault investigation and network repair activities.

Key responsibilities include:

• Splicing, jointing, and network testing
• Fault diagnosis and repair across NBN fibre and copper networks
• Cable hauling, replacement and restoration activities
• Working on reactive maintenance and service restoration projects
• Assisting with planning, documentation and reporting of completed works
• Communicating effectively with customers, stakeholders and fellow technicians

This position operates on a roster that includes after-hours on-call work and occasional travel throughout North Queensland. While most work is based around Townsville, there may be periods of working away from home to support regional network activities.

About You

We welcome applications from candidates with telecommunications, fibre or cabling backgrounds and provide training and support to develop copper fault-finding capabilities.

• Experience working within telecommunications, NBN, fibre or copper networks (highly regarded)
• Strong fault-finding and troubleshooting capability
• Experience with cabling, testing, jointing or splicing activities
• Understanding of fibre optic and/or copper network infrastructure
• Current Driver's Licence

About Ventia

As a leading services provider, we maintain, operate, and manage the essential infrastructure that makes modern life possible across Australia and New Zealand. With more than 35,000 employees and subcontractors across 400 sites, joining Ventia means becoming part of a team that values its people, supports career growth, and helps everyone go further towards their full potential.

Our commitment to Fairness, Inclusion and Respect shapes how we lead, collaborate, hire and support one another. We welcome applications from people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all genders, identities, sexual orientations, beliefs and caring responsibilities. We are dedicated to providing an accessible recruitment process and encourage you to request adjustments at any stage.