Installation & Repair Seasonal Technician (Locator)

Alaska Communications; Anchorage (AK); On-site; USD 62,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Alaska Communications is seeking Field Technicians to perform locates and install/maintain all company services in Alaska. Duties include handling terrestrial copper and fiber, wireless towers, and related facilities in remote and non-remote areas.

Requires high school diploma, Alaska driver’s license, four years of relevant training or journeyman level experience, plus ability to read schematics, climb poles, and differentiate colors. DOT medical clearance may be required.

Qualifications

• High school diploma required and valid driver’s license.
• Four years training in a relevant telephone apprentice program or equivalent.
• Ability to operate necessary equipment and read schematics.
• Ability to climb poles and differentiate colors.

Responsibilities

• Complete service orders and maintenance work.
• Install and qualify data cabling to current specs.
• Install and maintain business and residential station wiring and establish the demarcation point.
• Perform preventive maintenance inspections and address wiring deficiencies.

Skills

Schematics reading

Pole climbing

Color vision

Equipment operation

Diagrams reading

Education

High school diploma

Telephone apprentice program / equivalent

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.

Primary Duty

The primary duties of this position will be performing locates. Additionally, 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 Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions listed below. 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 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 Driver's License, as well as a valid Certificate of Medical Examination (Medical Card) and pass a DOT Drug and Alcohol Background check.

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.