Field Cell Site Engineer - Network Optimization & Maintenance

Verizon; Eugene (OR); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Verizon is seeking a Cell Site Engineer to maintain and upgrade cell sites across assigned locations in the South Eastern Oregon territory. You will perform periodic maintenance, audits, inventories, and site upgrades while evaluating network coverage and implementing improvements.

The role requires 3+ years in telecom/network, a valid driver’s license, and willingness to travel up to 25%. You’ll work onsite with rotating shifts, weekends, and holidays, and report to a defined job site with

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree or two+ years of work experience.
• Three+ years of relevant telecom/network experience.
• Ability to perform physical requirements of the job.
• Valid driver's license.
• Willingness to travel up to approximately 25% of the time.
• Ability to report to the designated job site/work location within 45 minutes to one hour of notice to provide rotational on-call coverage.
• Willingness to work rotating shifts, including weekends and holidays.

Responsibilities

• Perform optimization, troubleshooting, and maintenance of network systems and applications to identify overall system availability and performance.
• Evaluate network coverage to find gaps, make recommendations to improve coverage, and help implement those recommendations.
• Perform triage, fault isolation, and remediation of network events.
• Generate, drive, and update problem-tracking tickets via multiple systems and continuously improve business practices.
• Escalate issues to the appropriate internal/external engineer teams for resolution.

Skills

Physical ability

Driver's license

Willingness to travel

Rotating shifts

On-call coverage

Education

Associate degree or equivalent

Technical degree (electronics/telecommunications) - preferred

Tools

Lucent base station equipment

Motorola base station equipment

Nokia base station equipment

Samsung base station equipment

Ericsson base station equipment

OTDR

Fiberscope

Telephony Switching

Data Communications

Network Routers

Dark fiber testing

Lit fiber testing

Vendor management

Job description

Verizon is seeking a Cell Site Engineer to maintain and upgrade cell sites across assigned locations in the South Eastern Oregon territory. You will perform periodic maintenance, audits, inventories, and site upgrades while evaluating network coverage and implementing improvements.

The role requires 3+ years in telecom/network, a valid driver’s license, and willingness to travel up to 25%. You’ll work onsite with rotating shifts, weekends, and holidays, and report to a defined job site with