OSP Field Maintenance & Construction Tech I (Sign-On Bonus)

TDS Telecommunications LLC; Anson (ME); On-site; USD 31,161 - 46,755; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Job summary

TDS Telecom is hiring for an OSP Line Maintenance & Construction I role in North Anson, Maine, offering hands-on maintenance, installation, and repair of copper, fiber, and coax networks. The position requires local residency within 60 minutes of the North Anson warehouse and offers on-site work with possible on-call duties.

The job emphasizes safety, ability to climb and use bucket trucks, and willingness to travel as needed.

Qualifications

• 6+ months experience in any combination of the following areas: customer service, electrical, utility construction – OR – technical certification (or higher) – OR – current military service, or prior military service with honorable discharge.
• Must follow the TDS attendance guidelines to meet TDS’s business needs including but not limited to our obligations to our customers and to our customers’ needs.
• Must have and maintain a valid driver’s license and remain eligible for DOT requirements.

Responsibilities

• Performs general line maintenance in various weather conditions while utilizing safety fundamentals.
• Assists with and performs the maintenance and repairs of copper, fiber, and coax cable according to maps, staking sheets, and locate markings.
• Assists in tree removals from aerial plant, including right‑of‑way tree trimming as needed.
• Assists with all DSA structure support repairs (wooden, metal decking).
• Installs, replaces, and/or sets enclosures (buried and aerial) vaults, pedestals, and handholes.
• Climbs poles, ladders, towers, and other structures as needed; uses bucket truck when required.
• Assists with fiber, copper and coax splicing and repairs.
• Uses hand tools, cable locators and test equipment.
• Marks/labels fiber optic and/or copper facilities.
• Uses dispatching application and associated tools.
• Assists with and performs the transportation of required construction equipment to and from the worksite.
• Performs landscape restoration after project completion.

Job description

TDS Telecom is hiring for an OSP Line Maintenance & Construction I role in North Anson, Maine, offering hands-on maintenance, installation, and repair of copper, fiber, and coax networks. The position requires local residency within 60 minutes of the North Anson warehouse and offers on-site work with possible on-call duties.

The job emphasizes safety, ability to climb and use bucket trucks, and willingness to travel as needed.