Fiber Optics Field Technician I - Grantsville, MD

Pillar Innovations, LLC; Golden Horseshoe; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Field Technician I in Fiber Optics, where you'll play a crucial role in stringing and maintaining fiber optic cables. This position offers hands-on experience with installations, repairs, and troubleshooting in various environments. You'll be supported with comprehensive training and mentoring, ensuring you grow your skills and advance your career. Enjoy a safety-first work culture with excellent benefits, including medical coverage, retirement plans, and opportunities for financial growth. If you're ready to embrace a dynamic role with room for advancement, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance

401(k) retirement plan with Company Match

Paid time off and holidays

Paid lodging and transportation for out-of-town work

On-the-job mentoring and training

Bonuses for working safely

Weekly pay with premium pay for Sundays and holidays

Scholarship opportunities for dependent children

Qualifications

• No prior experience necessary, but construction and flagging experience preferred.
• Valid Driver’s License required and ability to work at heights.

Responsibilities

• String and maintain fiber optic cable, including installation and repairs.
• Work safely in energized spaces and assist with hardware removal and installation.

Skills

Fiber Optics Knowledge

General Construction Skills

Color Code Identification

Safety Awareness

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Tools

Bucket Truck

Cable Puller

Ladders

Fiber Optic Splicers

Job description

About Us

Pillar Innovations is an Industrial Solutions and Service Company with over 15 years of experience in the Energy, Mining, Manufacturing, Industrial Construction, Aggregate, and Renewables Industries. The Corporate Headquarters are located in Grantsville, MD with several offices throughout the country. Are you looking for a place to expand your skills and grow in a career? Our company promotes continuous learning, diverse work opportunities, and flexibility. We also provide defined career path advancement, full benefits, and a variety of apprenticeship/continuing education programs. Openings for experienced workers and training for entry-level positions are always available. Start a career with us today!

Position Overview

Welcome to the role of Field Technician I – Fiber Optics. In this position, you will string and maintain fiber optic cable which includes pulling, tensioning, stranding, and spacing lines. This individual will troubleshoot, maintain, and repair fiber lines. This position will perform new cable installs, removals, modifications, and repairs in outside plant locations to include telephone poles, underground services, and conduit. The Field Technician I is also responsible for terminating, splicing, documenting, and testing fiber optic cables with an end goal of meeting customer needs and providing maximum operating efficiency. The work performed will be within communications and power spaces.

This individual understands each product and supports the improvement of operational efficiency and must be comfortable working at heights and in confined spaces for this position.

What You'll Do

• Qualify to work safely in energized spaces and from an elevated position in the bucket truck
• Assist when needed to remove old hardware from poles and install new
• Provide roadway flagging support for the operation to include obtaining Flagger Certification
• Assist with stripping, cleaving, terminating, and testing cable
• Become familiar with fiber optic equipment such as splicers, OTDR (optical time domain refractometer), traffic identifiers, light-source power-meter, fiber specific hand tools, etc.
• Learn proper methods and procedures for terminating, splicing, and testing fiber optic cables

Working Conditions

• Walk / use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls / reach with hands and arms / climb ladders and stairs / crawl / kneel
• Climb poles; carry, set-up and extend ladders weighing up to 65 pounds, as well as work with confidence on ladders and utility poles at heights of up to 60 feet in the air to perform tasks in communications spaces
• Work indoors, outdoors, and underground in various weather conditions
• Able to walk long distances
• Able to lift up to 65 pounds without assistance

What You'll Bring

• No prior experience necessary
• Valid Driver’s License is required
• Experience operating the following equipment: ladders, bucket truck, cable puller, and reel stands preferred
• Ability to identify independent colors and learn color codes
• General construction and/or flagging experience preferred
• Ability to obtain and maintain MSHA Certification
• Must be comfortable working at elevated heights and in confined spaces
• Ability to inspect, operate, and mobilize a bucket truck preferred

How We'll Support You

Perks/Benefits

• Comprehensive Benefits
  • Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance with Rx Coverage
  • Life insurance
  • 401(k) retirement plan with Company Match
  • Short/Long term disability
  • Paid time off (as outlined in the applicable Benefit's Summary) and 7 paid holidays
• Paid lodging, per diem, and transportation provided for out-of-town work
• Employee focused work environment
  • On-the-job mentoring and training
  • Internal job postings
  • Performance and salary reviews
  • Employee feedback program
• Safety-first and drug free work environments
  • Bonuses and incentives for working safely
  • Company provided tools and basic safety equipment
  • PPE allowances with no restrictions on vendors
• Weekly pay with premium pay for Sundays and holidays
• Overtime available as applicable
• Advancement through tailored employee career paths
• Financial tools/programs to help employees reach financial goals, manage money, get out of debt, and save for the future
• Scholarship opportunities for dependent children
• Applicant may also receive additional compensation based on the Company and individual's performances

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

This position requires the completion of a thorough background and pre-employment drug and alcohol screening. In accordance with The Company’s Drug and Alcohol policy, employees are required to participate in random, post-accident and reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing as requested.

AAP/EEO Statement
This Company is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer that provides opportunities without regard to any protected classes under applicable law.

ADA Statement
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Min

USD $20.00/Hr.

Max

USD $22.00/Hr.

Shift Differential (if working 2nd shift)