Lineman

SupportFinity™; Mineral Wells (TX); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

SupportFinity™ is hiring for a position that involves fiber optic placing and splicing activities to establish connectivity. Candidates will be responsible for ensuring testing results are aligned with technical specifications.

The role requires familiarity with Telcordia standards and the ability to work within various environments, including customer premises. Benefits such as health insurance and a 401(k) plan are provided.

Qualifications

• Ability to read and follow design engineer’s instruction.
• Current valid driver’s license.
• Available to work nights & weekends.

Responsibilities

• Report to the manager responsible for fiber optic activities.
• Maintain the scope of work on projects.
• Pull up cable by hand and lay underground cable.

Skills

Ability to communicate and work with property owners

Inspect or test lines or cables

Travel to customers’ premises

Use a variety of construction equipment

Job description

Position Summary

Reporting to the Manager, Outside Plant Construction, this position is responsible for overall fiber optic placing & splicing activities required to establish end-to-end fiber connectivity between locations. Responsible for fiber optic testing results to ensure activities were completed correctly and within the required technical specifications.

Position Responsibilities

• Be familiar with Telcordia standards
• Ability to read and follow design engineer’s instruction
• Maintain the scope of work on the project
• Enter and maintain outside plant records
• Maintain all engineering and facility records through work order processing

  Essential Skills and Experience

  • Ability to communicate and work with property owners
  • Inspect or test lines or cables, recording and analyzing test results, to assess transmission characteristics and locate faults or malfunctions
  • 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
  • Set up service for customers, installing, connecting, testing or adjusting equipment
  • Place insulation over conductors or seal splices with a moisture‑proof covering
  • Travel to customers’ premises to install, maintain, or repair telecommunication electronic reception equipment or accessories
  • Pull up cable by hand from large reels mounted on trucks; then pull lines through ducts by hand or with winches
  • Lay underground cable directly in trenches or string it through conduits running through trenches
  • Install equipment to maintain the strength of communications transmissions
  • String cables between structures and lines from poles, towers or trenches and pull lines to proper tension
  • Measure signal strength at utility poles, using electronic test equipment
  • Dig trenches for underground wires or cables
  • Explain cable service to subscribers after installation
  • Compute the impedance of wires from poles to houses to determine the additional resistance needed for reducing signals to desired levels
  • Use a variety of construction equipment to complete installations such as digger derricks, trenchers or cable plows
  • Fill and tamp holes using cement, earth and tamping devices
  • Dig holes for power poles using power augers or shovels, set poles in place with cranes and hoist poles upright using winches
  • Participate in construction or removal of telecommunication support structures
  • Clean or maintain tools or test equipment

  Work Environment

  Job requires both inside and outside environment.

  Additional Responsibilities

  • Current valid driver’s license
  • Available to work nights & weekends

  Benefits

  • 401(k)
  • 401(k) matching
  • Dental insurance
  • Disability insurance
  • Health insurance
  • Health savings account
  • Life insurance
  • Long term disability
  • Paid time off
  • Vision insurance