Buried Fiber & Cable Technician – Travel‑Ready

Uniti Group Inc.; Melrose (FL); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401K Plan

Health Savings Account

Life Insurance

Educational Assistance

Job summary

Kinetic, a business unit of Uniti, seeks a Buried Drop Technician to install buried copper, fiber, and coaxial drops from the hub to customer residences in multiple markets. Overnight travel may be required to support outages and site work.

You will apply technical skills and strong customer focus to connect customers to Kinetic products and services, interpret drawings, and document work while training new team members.

Qualifications

• The ability to walk ½ mile+ while operating a drop plow.
• Ability to work overtime, callouts, and standby as needed.
• Valid driver’s license and safe driving record.
• Ability to pass pre-employment DOT physical.
• Color discrimination and color recognition.

Responsibilities

• Perform the physical installation of buried copper, fiber & coaxial drop cable to connect network to residence.
• Use 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 on daily job functions.
• Operate hand-held computer for retrieving and clearing job tasks.
• Perform locates on underground facilities, as applicable, during job tasks.
• Operate trenching and boring equipment for burying cable.
• All other tasks as assigned.

Skills

Customer focus

Overnight travel

Basic math

Color recognition

Lifting up to 70 lbs

Tools

Hand-held computer

Trenching equipment

Locator equipment

Job description

Kinetic, a business unit of Uniti, seeks a Buried Drop Technician to install buried copper, fiber, and coaxial drops from the hub to customer residences in multiple markets. Overnight travel may be required to support outages and site work.

You will apply technical skills and strong customer focus to connect customers to Kinetic products and services, interpret drawings, and document work while training new team members.