Field Tech: Fiber & Copper Plant Install & Test

Nsight; Glendale (WI); On-site; USD 42,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Nsight is seeking a field technician to install copper and fiber network infrastructure—buried and aerial—in line with Nsight and industry standards. You will operate trenchers, backhoes, plows, and other equipment to place network facilities and perform testing, troubleshooting, and repairs.

This role requires a high school diploma, a valid driver's license, DOT eligibility, the ability to lift up to 50 pounds (and occasionally more than 100), and comfort working outdoors in varying weather.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or educational equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Perform general construction labor in various weather conditions while utilizing safety fundamentals.
• Operate construction and other excavating equipment to construct and maintain outside plant copper/fiber facilities.
• Perform the placement of aerial and buried copper/fiber according to maps, staking sheets, and locate markings.
• Review and update GIS, maps, addresses, as-builds.
• Set peds, vaults, and handholes along with marking/labeling fiber optic and/or copper facilities.
• Operate test equipment associated with outside plant facilities and construction duties.
• Install, troubleshoot, test, splice, repair, and maintain copper/fiber optic facilities.
• Identify location of defective copper/fiber using various test equipment and repair buried and aerial facilities.
• Locate copper/fiber in response to customer requests and/or construction needs.
• Perform cable fault acceptance tests on newly constructed facilities.
• Ensure worksite and landscape is fully restored after project completion.
• Service, clean, and maintain equipment.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education

High school diploma or educational equivalent

Job description

Nsight is seeking a field technician to install copper and fiber network infrastructure—buried and aerial—in line with Nsight and industry standards. You will operate trenchers, backhoes, plows, and other equipment to place network facilities and perform testing, troubleshooting, and repairs.

This role requires a high school diploma, a valid driver's license, DOT eligibility, the ability to lift up to 50 pounds (and occasionally more than 100), and comfort working outdoors in varying weather.