Installation & Repair Field Technician (Future Opportunity)

110 Alaska Communications Systems Holdings, Inc.; Anchorage (AK); On-site; USD 62,419 - 70,298; Full time

Job summary

110 Alaska Communications Systems Holdings, Inc. is looking for a skilled technician to install and maintain communication services across Anchorage, Alaska. Candidates should have a high school diploma and relevant training, with a focus on safety and quality service.

The ideal applicant will have experience in telecommunications, possess a valid driver's license, and pass necessary background checks. Join us to deliver world-class connectivity solutions while serving local communities!

Qualifications

• Must possess and maintain a driver's license.
• Four years training in a relevant telephone apprentice program or equivalent experience.
• Ability to climb and perform work functions on poles.

Responsibilities

• Install and maintain Alaska Communications services, facilities, and products.
• Complete service orders, repair orders, and maintenance work.
• Perform preventive maintenance inspections.

Skills

Ability to operate necessary equipment

Ability to read and interpret schematics and diagrams

Climbing and performing work functions on poles

Color differentiation

Education

High school diploma

Four years in a telephone apprentice program or equivalent

Tools

Alaska Commercial Driver's License (CDL) Class A

Job description

Overview

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. This is an ongoing posting and we routinely review applications for current and future openings. We are unable to support remote international applicants or sponsor work visas. The compensation range for this job is $45.31 - $51.03.

This is a Future Opportunity. Applications will be actively reviewed for current and future openings and filled as vacancies become available. Please note while you may not be contacted immediately, we welcome your interest and look forward to connecting as openings arise.

Responsibilities

• Install and maintain all Alaska Communications services, facilities, and products in assigned work areas, remote and non-remote. This includes but is 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.
• 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.
• Install all business and residential station wiring and establish the demarcation point.
• Perform preventive maintenance inspections to determine potential deterioration in service.
• Install aerial and underground drops and perform underground drop location.
• Splice to plant as required.
• Correct 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

• 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.
• Ability to read and interpret schematics and diagrams.
• Ability to climb and perform work functions on poles and to differentiate colors.

Certifications and Licenses

• As listed below, some levels may require possession and maintenance of 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 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.