Network Construction Technician

Liberty Latin America; United States Virgin Islands; On-site; USD 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

Liberty Puerto Rico is hiring a Network Construction Technician to install, splice, maintain and test fiber-optic outside plant networks across aerial, underground and customer premises sites. You will diagnose outages with OTDRs and splicers, configure GPON and transport devices, and ensure service restoration while adhering to safety standards.

The role requires field engineering activities, documentation, and standby availability, with Puerto Rico driver’s license and bilingual communication

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Associate degree or technical credential in electronics, telecommunications, fiber optics or related field preferred.
• Two to four years of telecom outside plant or fiber optics experience preferred.
• Experience using fiber test equipment and field troubleshooting preferred.
• SCTE or fiber-optic certifications preferred.

Responsibilities

• Install, splice, maintain, test, and repair fiber facilities including OSP, backbone, and customer premises components.
• Diagnose and restore outages using OTDRs, fusion splicers, power meters and related test gear.
• Install and troubleshoot active and passive fiber equipment (GPON, EDFA, transceivers, WDM, power supplies).
• Calculate power budgets and verify transmit/receive levels; perform loss and continuity tests.
• Coordinate with NOC, field leadership, and contractors to provision and restore services.
• Assist in site assessments, design map validation, and preparation of as-built documentation.
• Maintain vehicle, tools, and inventory; adhere to safety standards and procedures.

Skills

Spanish/English communication

Fiber-optic troubleshooting

Test equipment operation

Education

High school diploma

Associate degree or technical credential

SCTE fiber-optic certification

Tools

OTDR

Fusion splicer

Optical power meter

VFL/OTDR test sets

Job description

What's the role?

As a Network Construction Technician you will be installing, splicing, maintaining, testing, troubleshooting, and restoring the company’s fiber-optic outside plant network, including aerial, underground, access, transport, power, active, and passive fiber infrastructure. The role supports preventive maintenance, network construction, service activation, field engineering, and 24/7 outage restoration across outside plant, hub, transport, and customer-premises environments. The technician applies safe work practices, maintains accurate records and inventories, coordinates with internal teams and contractors, and delivers reliable network performance and customer service.

How can you add value?

• Install, splice, terminate, test, maintain, and repair fiber-optic facilities, including backbone, distribution, access, drop, enclosure, patch-panel, and customer-premises components.
• Diagnose and restore fiber network outages using OTDRs, fusion splicers, optical power meters, optical loss test sets, visual fault locators, fiber identifiers, voltmeters, VOM/DMM devices, and other approved test equipment.
• Install, commission, configure, and troubleshoot active and passive fiber equipment, including lasers, optical transmitters and receivers, EDFAs, WDM devices, couplers, splitters, power supplies, batteries, media converters, ONTs, GPON equipment, and advanced optical transport devices.
• Calculate optical power budgets and fiber losses; verify transmit and receive levels; perform insertion-loss, reflectance, continuity, battery-load, standby-operation, and other required performance tests.
• Perform preventive maintenance and corrective repair at hubs, fiber distribution hubs, optical transport sites, cabinets, enclosures, and outside plant facilities.
• Activate and support residential, business, and advanced services, including dedicated point-to-point circuits, virtual fiber circuits, GPON solutions, Fiber on Demand, transport rings, and on-premises links with defined service-level requirements.
• Coordinate with the Network Operations Center, head-end personnel, business technical support, network administration, voice administration, construction, design, and field leadership to provision, activate, turn up, and restore services.
• Perform field engineering activities, including site assessment, route and equipment-location validation, constructability review, field markups, and recommended revisions to strand and design maps.
• Prepare or validate work prints, job-cost estimates, bills of material, restoration plans, as-built information, test results, outage records, and other required operational documentation.
• Monitor contractor work from assignment through completion; verify progress, workmanship, materials, compliance with company specifications, and supporting documentation for invoice processing.
• Install temporary repairs on backbone, distribution, access, and drop fiber facilities and complete permanent restoration within established timeframes and quality standards.
• Operate bucket trucks, aerial-lift devices, ladders, and approved tools; climb poles, towers, and structures as required and in accordance with company safety procedures.
• Maintain assigned vehicle, tools, test equipment, materials, and daily inventory in serviceable condition; promptly report shortages, damage, or calibration needs.
• Participate in standby rotation and respond to outages, emergencies, and disaster-recovery assignments on a 24/7 basis, including travel across the operating system as business needs require.
• Use required personal protective equipment and perform all work in compliance with company standards and applicable electrical, safety, traffic-control, and telecommunications requirements.
• Demonstrate the Customer First philosophy and comply with the Liberty Latin America Code of Conduct, company policies, safety standards, and procedures.
• Perform other duties assigned to support network reliability and business operations.

What do you need?

Education and Experience

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Associate degree or technical credential in electronics, electrical technology, telecommunications, fiber optics, or a related field preferred.
• Two to four years of relevant technical experience in telecommunications, outside plant, fiber optics, optical transport, or network maintenance preferred.
• Demonstrated experience using fiber-optic test equipment and performing field troubleshooting, splicing, restoration, or construction activities.
• SCTE certification, fiber-optic certification, or equivalent industry training preferred.

Other qualifications:

• Working knowledge of fiber-optic, electrical, electronic, access, and optical transport-network fundamentals.
• Ability to read and interpret system maps, construction prints, fiber assignments, schematics, test results, and technical documentation.
• Ability to perform fiber splicing, enclosure preparation, tray organization, breakout management, testing, fault isolation, and restoration.
• Ability to communicate effectively in Spanish and English with customers, peers, contractors, and leadership.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and applicable workforce, mapping, ticketing, and documentation systems.
• Valid Puerto Rico driver’s license appropriate for the assigned vehicle. Commercial/heavy-vehicle authorization may be required based on assignment.
• Availability for standby duty, extended hours, nights, weekends, holidays, travel, and emergency response, including post-disaster restoration.
• Ability to work independently, prioritize multiple assignments, and complete outage restoration within required timeframes.
• Knowledge of applicable company standards and relevant electrical, OSHA, FCC, traffic-safety, and telecommunications requirements.

Liberty Puerto Rico provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran, disability status or genetic information. In addition to federal law requirements, Liberty aligns with applicable local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Assessment, background check and drug test will be required to successful candidate.
If you believe you have been discriminated against you may notify the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Federal Communications Commission, or other appropriate agency.