Buried Cable Tech: Fiber, Copper & Coax Install

Colonial Group; Mount Pleasant (IA); On-site; USD 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Colonial Group seeks a Buried Drop Technician to install buried copper, fiber, and coaxial cable from the network hub to customers’ homes in a field-based role focused on safety and service quality.

You’ll connect customers to reliable internet and services, read work drawings, and complete paperwork while promoting Kinetic products. This entry-level full-time position offers hands-on training and growth in telecommunications.

Qualifications

• Ability to walk ½ mile or more while operating a drop plow.
• Ability to work the schedule including overtime, callouts, and standby as needed.
• Basic technology and math skills.
• Ability to distinguish colors present in color-coded cable.
• Ability to lift and carry up to 70 pounds.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a valid driver’s license and safe driving record.
• Ability to pass pre-employment DOT physical and maintain DOT physical attributes required of the job.
• Previous experience with buried cable, fiber optic installation, utility construction, drop plow operation, trenching, boring, or telecommunications field work is helpful, but not required unless specified by the posting location.

Responsibilities

• Perform the physical installation of buried copper, fiber, and coaxial drop cable to connect Kinetic’s network to customers’ residences.
• Use your technical expertise and customer focus to create meaningful connections with customers.
• Interpret work drawings and instructions and complete necessary paperwork.
• Sell and promote Kinetic products and services.
• Train new employees in daily job functions.
• Operate hand‑held computer for retrieving and clearing job tasks.
• Perform locates on underground facilities, as applicable, during job tasks, such as locating gas, power, and communication lines.
• Operate machinery including trenching and boring equipment for burying cables.
• All other tasks as assigned.

Skills

Technical aptitude

Math skills

Customer service

Tools

Test Equipment

Hand Tools

Power Tools

Van

Job description

Colonial Group seeks a Buried Drop Technician to install buried copper, fiber, and coaxial cable from the network hub to customers’ homes in a field-based role focused on safety and service quality.

You’ll connect customers to reliable internet and services, read work drawings, and complete paperwork while promoting Kinetic products. This entry-level full-time position offers hands-on training and growth in telecommunications.