Construction Tech-Line Worker

Uniti Group Inc.; Waynesburg (Greene County); On-site; USD 52,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Uniti Group Inc. is seeking a line worker to install, repair, and maintain poles and cables across multiple sites in the U.S. You will operate bucket trucks and other equipment, read blueprints, and ensure safety standards are met. Travel over 50% and occasional overtime are expected.

You will contribute to underground and aerial fiber deployments, support testing and commissioning, and participate in safety meetings and DOT vehicle inspections. Weekend coverage may be required.

Qualifications

• Experience installing, repairing, and maintaining poles and cables.
• Ability to work safely in outdoor utility environments and follow procedures.
• Comfort with testing signal strength and reading blueprints.

Responsibilities

• Install, repair, and maintain poles and cables using appropriate equipment.
• Inspect aerial and buried lines, record test results, and locate faults.
• Set up customer service by testing and adjusting equipment.
• Work from bucket trucks, climb poles, or access trenches and tunnels as needed.
• Dig trenches, lay underground cables, and pull cables through ducts.
• Follow safety procedures and read design engineer instructions accurately.

Skills

Pole climbing

Safety procedures

Electronic testing

Blueprint reading

Tools

Bucket truck

Digger derrick

Backhoe

Trencher

Cable plow

Job description

Kinetic, a business unit of Uniti (NASDAQ: UNIT), is a premier insurgent provider of multi-gigabit fiber internet, whole-home Wi‑Fi, internet security, and voice services in 1,400 markets across 18 states in across the U.S. Additional information about Kinetic is available at www.GoKinetic.com

About The Role

As a line worker in the Kinetic construction and engineering organization you will install, repair, and maintain poles, cables, and conduits; install aerial and buried cables with associated hardware as required to build jobs; and run fiber optic and copper cable, both aerial and in underground infrastructure such as manholes.

In this role, you will work to maintain the safety of the crew by providing direction regarding procedures, road safety and manhole safety. You will attend safety meetings, maintain inventory, maintain DOT vehicle inspection, operate heavy machinery, and perform routine maintenance.

This job will include work on weekends, holidays, standby and unscheduled hours, and overtime. Travel of over 50% may be required. This is a safety sensitive position

What You’ll Do

• Install, repair, and maintain poles. Use electronic test equipment to measure signal strength. Interpret staking sheets and blueprints.
• Install aerial cables (fiber and copper). Inspect these lines, analyze, and record test results and assess transmission characteristics to locate faults.
• Set up service for customers by installing, connecting, testing, or adjusting equipment.
• Access specific areas to string lines or install terminal boxes, auxiliary equipment, or appliances using bucket trucks, or by climbing poles or ladders, or entering tunnels, trenches, or crawl spaces.
• String cables between structures and lines from poles, towers, or trenches and pull lines to proper tension using jacks, hoist, and other equipment, as necessary.
• Pull up cable by hand from large reels mounted on trucks.
• Lay underground cable directly in trenches or string it through conduits running through trenches/manholes.
• Pull cable through ducts by hand or with winches.
• Dig trenches for underground wires or cables.
• Perform work in accordance with industry standards and RUS standards.
• Read and follow design engineers’ instructions and specifications, maintain the scope of work on the project and adhere to safety procedures.
• Prepare engineering field notes.
• Interpret buried underground and aerial telecom facilities in records, on maps and in the field with clarity and detail and make recommendations for changes in running line or construction methodologies.
• Participate in engineering, permit and construction processes as required.
• Recognize and repair route issues including but not limited to, hand hole cleanup, sign placement, and weed control.
• Fill and tamp holes, using cement, earth, and tamping devices.

Do You Have

• Ability to use a variety of construction equipment to complete installations, such as digger derricks, bucket trucks, back hoes, trenchers, or cable plows.
• Pole climbing certification.
• Ability to lift/push/pull up to 75 pounds.