KI Kinetic Ops - Construction-Line Worker

Windstream; Rio Vista (TX); On-site; USD 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team at a leading internet solutions provider where you will play a crucial role in enhancing connectivity for customers. As a Construction-Line Worker, you will be responsible for installing, repairing, and maintaining essential infrastructure, including poles and cables. Your expertise will ensure the safety of your crew while adhering to industry standards. This position offers the opportunity to work in diverse environments, tackle exciting challenges, and contribute to a mission of delivering ultra-fast internet. If you are ready for a rewarding career that combines technical skills with a commitment to safety, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

401K Plan

Health & Flexible Savings Account

Life and AD&D Insurance

Educational Assistance Plan

Identity Theft Insurance

Legal Insurance

Auto & Home Insurance

Pet Insurance

Qualifications

• Ability to operate various construction equipment for installations.
• Pole climbing certification and valid driver’s license required.

Responsibilities

• Install, repair, and maintain poles, cables, and conduits.
• Ensure crew safety and compliance with industry standards.
• Perform routine maintenance and operate heavy machinery.

Skills

Installation of poles and cables

Use of electronic test equipment

Heavy machinery operation

Safety procedures compliance

Climbing and working at heights

Time-management

Confined space work

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Tools

Digger derricks

Bucket trucks

Backhoes

Trenchers

Cable plows

Job description

KI Kinetic Ops - Construction-Line Worker

Rio Vista, TX 76093, USA

Job Description

Posted Tuesday, November 5, 2024 at 5:00 AM

Kinetic is a premier internet solutions provider on a mission to deliver ultra-fast, reliable internet to consumers and small businesses across the U.S., helping them Internet better.

As a line worker in the Kinetic construction and engineering organization, you will install, repair, and maintain poles, cables, and conduits; install aerial and buried cables with associated hardware as required to build jobs; and run fiber optic and copper cable, both aerial and in underground infrastructure such as manholes.
In this role, you will work to maintain the safety of the crew by providing direction regarding procedures, road safety, and manhole safety. You will attend safety meetings, maintain inventory, maintain DOT vehicle inspection, operate heavy machinery, and perform routine maintenance.

This job will include work on weekends, holidays, standby and unscheduled hours, and overtime. Travel of over 50% may be required. This is a safety-sensitive position.

What You’ll Do:

• Install, repair, and maintain poles. Use electronic test equipment to measure signal strength. Interpret staking sheets and blueprints.
• Install aerial cables (fiber and copper). Inspect these lines, analyze, and record test results and assess transmission characteristics to locate faults.
• Set up service for customers by installing, connecting, testing, or adjusting equipment.
• Access specific areas to string lines or install terminal boxes, auxiliary equipment, or appliances using bucket trucks, or by climbing poles or ladders, or entering tunnels, trenches, or crawl spaces.
• String cables between structures and lines from poles, towers, or trenches and pull lines to proper tension using jacks, hoist, and other equipment, as necessary.
• Pull up cable by hand from large reels mounted on trucks.
• Lay underground cable directly in trenches or string it through conduits running through trenches/manholes.
• Pull cable through ducts by hand or with winches.
• Dig trenches for underground wires or cables.
• Perform work in accordance with industry standards and RUS standards.
• Read and follow design engineers’ instructions and specifications, maintain the scope of work on the project and adhere to safety procedures.
• Prepare engineering field notes.
• Interpret buried underground and aerial telecom facilities in records, on maps and in the field with clarity and detail and make recommendations for changes in running line or construction methodologies.
• Participate in engineering, permit, and construction processes as required.
• Recognize and repair route issues including but not limited to, hand hole cleanup, sign placement, and weed control.
• Fill and tamp holes, using cement, earth, and tamping devices.

Do You Have:

• Ability to use a variety of construction equipment to complete installations, such as digger derricks, bucket trucks, backhoes, trenchers, or cable plows.
• Pole climbing certification.
• Ability to lift/push/pull up to 75 pounds.
• Ability to work in all weather conditions, year-round.
• Ability to work in confined spaces and at heights.
• Ability to work an on-call schedule rotation as well as days/nights/overnights/weekends/holidays/overtime, as needed.
• Valid driver’s license and ability to pass DOT certification pre-hire.
• Minimum qualifications to obtain a CDL post-hire.
• Ability to travel up to 50%.
• Exceptional time-management and attention to detail to complete all paperwork accurately and on-time.

Even Better:

• OSHA 10 Hour Safety Course and Buck Squeeze (Pole Climbing Certifications).
• Proficient at operating various Construction Equipment.

Physical Tasks – Standing Continuously: 67-100% | Walking Continuously: 67-100% | Sitting Occasionally: 0-33% | Driving - Car: Occasionally: 0-33% | Van: Continuously: 67-100% | CMV: Occasionally: 0-33% | Climbing: Continuously: 67-100% | Bending: Continuously: 67-100% | Crouching: Continuously: 67-100% | Pushing-Pulling: Continuously: 67-100% | Carrying: Continuously: 67-100% | Reaching Above Head: Continuously: 67-100% | Lifting-Lowering >1-15 lbs: Continuously: 67-100% | >15-30 lbs: Continuously: 67-100% | >30+ lbs: Continuously: 67-100%

Repetitive Hand Action: >Medium Dexterity: Continuously: 67-100% | Fine Manipulating: Continuously: 67-100% | Operate Foot Control: Continuously: 67-100%

Audio Visual Needs - Hearing: Continuously: 67-100% | Near Vision: Continuously: 67-100% | Far Vision: Continuously: 67-100% | Peripheral Vision: Continuously: 67-100% | Depth Perception: Occasionally: 0-33% | Color Discrimination: Continuously: 67-100%

Exposures to: Cold: Frequently: 34-66% | Heat: Frequently: 34-66% | Dampness: Frequently: 34-66% | Heights: Frequently: 34-66% | Vibration: Frequently: 34-66% | Skin Irritants: Frequently: 34-66% | Lung Irritants: Dust: Frequently: 34-66% | Fumes/Gases: Frequently: 34-66%

Equipment Used in Job Performance/Working Environment: Test Equipment, Ladders, Climbing Hooks, Hand and Power Tools, Van, Buried power equipment, Digger Derrick and other applicable heavy-duty equipment.

Types of Driver’s License Required: Driver’s License, ability to obtain CDL License.

Benefits:

• 401K Plan
• Health & Flexible Savings Account
• Life and AD&D, Spousal Life, Child Life Insurance Plans
• Educational Assistance Plan
• Identity Theft, Legal, Auto & Home and Pet Insurance

Windstream is an equal opportunity employer. Employment at Windstream is subject to post offer, pre-employment drug testing.