FTTP Field Engineer – Training, Break Fix & Fibre Splicing

Gigaclear; Swindon; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous employer pension

Health cash plan

25 days holiday

Training & development

Job summary

Gigaclear is recruiting a Field Engineer to support a full fibre network rollout in the UK. The role includes training on underground and overhead PIA, NRSWA, and fibre testing, with a clear progression path.

Starting salary £28,000 to £32,000 dependent on experience, with responsibilities for break-fix on FTTP networks, civils and testing, and adherence to Gigaclear standards and safety.

Qualifications

• Background in Civils, Fibre and/or Telecoms, ideally fibre optic networks (FTTH/FTTP).
• Previous experience of installations, fault fix, repair and/or maintenance.
• Ability to troubleshoot, diagnose and fault fix network issues.
• Previous knowledge and experience of in-the-field Civils specifications—e.g. NRSWA.
• Full driving licence (manual), held for 12 months+
• DBS check (or ability to pass).
• Ideally already hold a NRSWA Operative accreditation.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the allocated Break Fix schedules, working with stakeholders to deliver on time, safely and to standard.
• Break Fix could include traditional underground/buried network as well as PIA overhead and underground issues and fix.
• Service repair on PIA PON network communities.
• Initial first response to Gigaclear’s overhead poles to assess and feedback for contractor instruction.
• Fibre splicing and testing.
• Responsibility for their own and teams’ assurance across quality and Health & Safety standards.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Network fault diagnosis

Health & Safety

Team collaboration

Tools

NRSWA Operative accreditation

Fibre splicing equipment

Testing equipment

Job description

Gigaclear is recruiting a Field Engineer to support a full fibre network rollout in the UK. The role includes training on underground and overhead PIA, NRSWA, and fibre testing, with a clear progression path.

Starting salary £28,000 to £32,000 dependent on experience, with responsibilities for break-fix on FTTP networks, civils and testing, and adherence to Gigaclear standards and safety.