Field Technician: RF, Fiber & OSP Maintenance

Astound; Northampton Township (Bucks County); On-site; USD 44,000 - 79,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k retirement plan

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Short-term disability

Paid time off

Floating holidays

Paid holidays

Paid sick leave

Tuition reimbursement

Employee discounts

Job summary

Astound is seeking a field technician to perform basic troubleshooting, repair and alignment of forward and return paths, including AC/DC voltage, RF levels, cable modems, and RSUs.

You will troubleshoot RF systems, read node prints, assist in status monitoring installations, and collaborate with other teams to resolve escalated issues while maintaining detailed daily logs and safe work practices.

Qualifications

• Construction knowledge and skills including splicing and use of various tools and equipment.
• Strong organizational, communication, and technical skills a plus.
• Experience with HFC system maintenance, repair, and outside plant preferred

Responsibilities

• Perform basic troubleshooting, repair and alignment of forward and return paths, including AC/DC voltage, RF levels, cable modems and RSUs.
• Perform RF troubleshooting and repairs, and escape unresolved issues to appropriate work groups as needed.
• Troubleshoot and repair network power supplies. Check voltage levels, reset circuit breakers, replace batteries, etc.
• Read and interpret node prints
• Assist in the installation of Status Monitoring
• Follow established engineering and technical processes and procedures
• Participate in advanced site surveys as required
• Provide technical support to other departments as required, including drop repair, plant construction, and headend/hub maintenance. Participate in "joint meets" with other Technicians to resolved customer escalated issues, either to identify the cause and refer the problem to the correct department, or to repair the problem.
• Maintain a daily log to track individual performance, maintain accountability, and use as reference/reporting tool.
• Respond to periodic requests to do a locate on any excavating activities found by other field technicians, supervisors, or when short term monitoring projects are required, when major excavation projects are underway in close proximity to the OSP.
• Respond to dispatches to any sites where underground plant damage occurs to aid in the investigation if one is initiated to determine why and/or how the OSP was damaged.
• Maintain positive relationships with other local utilities and government agencies in order to maintain open communication lines for speedy responsiveness to OSP related issues.
• Follow required procedures for establishing and maintaining a safe work zone
• Participate in on-call rotation schedule as needed (Market specific)
• Participate in Regional Market assignments
• Perform duties associated with construction of aerial and underground coaxial and fiber cable
• Splice coaxial and fiber cables
• Perform RF balancing of coaxial outside plant electronics
• Troubleshoot fiber optic equipment and fibers using state of the art test equipment
• Perform other duties as assigned

Skills

Troubleshooting

Communication

Technical skills

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Tools

Test equipment

Job description

Astound is seeking a field technician to perform basic troubleshooting, repair and alignment of forward and return paths, including AC/DC voltage, RF levels, cable modems, and RSUs.

You will troubleshoot RF systems, read node prints, assist in status monitoring installations, and collaborate with other teams to resolve escalated issues while maintaining detailed daily logs and safe work practices.