Installation & Repair Field Technician

110 Alaska Communications Systems Holdings, Inc.; Fairbanks (AK); On-site; USD 94,000 - 106,000; Full time

Job summary

Alaska Communications is seeking a Field Technician to install and maintain services across Alaska, including copper, fiber, wireless, and microwave infrastructure. The role covers both remote and non-remote work areas with a focus on network reliability.

Candidates must hold a high school diploma and a valid driver’s license, plus completing a relevant apprentice program or equivalent with journeyman level experience. DOT/Drug testing may apply.

Qualifications

• Must have a high school diploma and a valid driver’s license.
• Four years training in a relevant telephone apprentice program or equivalent, with two years in the shown skills.
• Ability to operate needed equipment and read schematics/diagrams.
• Ability to climb poles and differentiate colors.

Responsibilities

• Complete service orders, repair orders, capital work orders, and maintenance work.
• Complete Line Station Transfers and cuts.
• Install and qualify data cabling to current specifications.
• Install business and residential station wiring and establish the demarcation point.
• Perform preventive maintenance to identify deterioration in service.
• Install aerial and underground drops and locate underground drops.
• Splice to plant as required and fix wiring deficiencies.

Skills

Reading schematics

Pole climbing

Driver's license

Education

High school diploma

Telephony apprentice program

Job description

At Alaska Communications, we’re committed to putting our team first, always being customer focused, having a can‑do attitude, owning our results and always acting with integrity. This is what we hire for and what our team members exhibit each day. Want to make an impact with us? We are unable to support remote international applicants or routinely sponsor work visas.

The compensation range for this job is: $45.31 - $51.03

POSITION SUMMARY

Field Technicians duties are to install and maintain all Alaska Communications services, facilities, and products in assigned work areas, remote and non‑remote. This is including but not limited to terrestrial (buried and aerial) Copper and Fiber Optic Plant, Wireless and Microwave towers, facilities such as Remote nodes, Access Points, and cross connects.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Reasonable Accommodations Statement

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Examples of Job Duties

• Complete service orders, repair orders, capital work orders, and maintenance work.
• Complete Line Station Transfers and cuts.
• Install and qualify data cabling to the current specifications.
• Installs all business and residential station wiring and establishes the demarcation point.
• Makes preventive maintenance inspections to determine potential deterioration in service.
• Installs aerial and underground drops and does underground drop location.
• Splices to plant as required.
• Corrects deficiencies in wiring by splicing or replacing to include distribution, house cables, station wiring, or underground, as well as aerial drops.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education and Experience Required

Must have a high school diploma and must possess and maintain a driver’s license.

Four (4) years training in a relevant telephone apprentice program or equivalent experience leading to journeyman level performance in this specialty, with two (2) years' experience in the skills and work this position will typically perform.

Ability to operate necessary equipment.

To read and interpret schematics and diagrams.

Ability to climb and perform work functions on poles and to differentiate colors.

Certifications and Licenses Required

As listed below, some levels may require you to possess and maintain an Alaska Commercial Driver's License (CDL) Class A, as well as a valid Certificate of Medical Examination (Medical Card) and pass a Drug and Alcohol Background check. Med Card Wireless I&R/Field Services Bush Technicians Facility Techs Inspectors

Additional Job Requirements

External applicants must successfully pass a pre‑employment suitability assessment and either a DOT or non‑DOT drug test, depending on position.

We hope you’ll join us as we change lives through technology. For more than 120 years, our team has served Alaskans with critical telecommunication services. As technology becomes increasingly woven into our lives, we’re focused on delivering world‑class connectivity solutions to our customers, from family homes to statewide enterprises. With career opportunities across the Last Frontier, our team takes pride in serving customers and giving back to our local communities. Exciting challenges are in front of us. We’re actively building Alaska’s fastest internet with fiber to the home. In rural Alaska, we’re building a state‑of‑the‑art network to bridge the digital divide for communities that have gone unserved for too long.