Outside Plant Technician B (TERM)

Frontier Internet; Buckhannon (WV); Vor Ort; USD 34.000 - 82.000; Teilzeit

Zusammenfassung

Frontier Communications in Buckhannon, WV is hiring an Outside Plant Technician B (TERM) for a 6 to 30 month assignment. The role pays a weekly wage range from $737.00 to $1,807.00.

Primary duties include installing, removing, and rearranging outside plant facilities, connecting wires and hardware, and inspecting and maintaining cables and poles. The position requires climbing ladders/poles, operating equipment, and working outdoors in all weather.

Qualifikationen

• Must meet safety-related requirements including OSHA/state/company standards.
• Able to perform physical tasks up to 100 pounds and work aloft.
• Must have a valid driver's license with manual transmission.
• CDL requirement may apply with required DOT training.
• Ability to communicate effectively with customers.
• Willingness to work non-scheduled days as needed.
• Security background check may be required.

Aufgaben

• Install, remove, and rearrange outside plant facilities.
• Connect wires and cables to terminals and attach hardware to wires, cables, buildings, or poles.
• Inspect, repair, and maintain wires, cables, and poles.
• Read and interpret engineering plans.
• Operate construction-type equipment and drive company vehicles.
• Complete time, material, and inspection reports.
• Work outdoors in all weather conditions.

Kenntnisse

Safety awareness

Customer communication

Physical stamina

Manual vehicle operation

Jobbeschreibung

Job ID: OUTSI014291

Job Title: Outside Plant Technician B (TERM)

Location: 355 DEWBERRY TRL, BUCKHANNON, WV 26201

Union: CWA 2010 - CBA 142

Hiring Manager: Colin Dodd/Roy Rogers

# of Openings: 1

Posting Dates: 10/21/26

Wage Range: $737.00 - $1,807.00 per week

NOTE: This is a TERM position (6 months to 30 months)

Summary:

Performs work associated with the installation, removal of rearrangement of outside plant facilities. Connecting wires and cables to terminals and attaching or detaching various kinds of hardware to wires, cables, buildings, or poles. Keeps reports and records and performs other duties as may be assigned. May be assigned to other work locations as needed.

General Duties:

• Performing work operations in connection with providing telephone service.
• Placing, rearranging, and removing outside telephone plant, including aerial, underground, submarine, buried, block, and house cables, poles, and associated hardware fixtures and equipment.
• Trimming trees may also be required.
• Connecting wires and cables to terminals and attaching or detaching various kinds of hardware to wires, cables, buildings, or poles. Placing various terminals and/or cabinets, as required.
• Inspecting, repairing, and maintaining wires, cables, and poles.
• Operating construction-type equipment, such as winches, chain saws, hydraulic aerial lifts, and using large hand tools in placing wires and related materials.
• Works aloft; climbs ladders and poles; enters tunnels, buildings, trenches, crawl spaces, manholes, and other confined spaces to accomplish job tasks.
• Reading and interpreting engineering plans.
• Digging holes, placing poles, laying cable and conduit in the ground, unrolling cable, placing fiber interduct, and pulling and stringing wire and cable from pole to pole.
• Drain water and remove any debris from manholes adhering to established guidelines and procedures.
• Operating Company motor vehicles of varying gross weights which may be used to tow auxiliary equipment and supplies such as, poles, cable reels, generator pumps, etc. in a safe manner.
• Locating buried underground cable and wire may be required.
• Interacting with non-Frontier technicians in joint use and/or emergency operations.
• Completing all related administrative paperwork, time and material reporting (time sheets), inspection reports, inventory reports, etc.
• Works outside in all weather conditions.
• Recognize and take proper precautions when working near any hazardous materials.
• May be required to stand or sit for long periods of time.
• May be required to perform additional duties and tasks as required by the Company.

Basic Qualifications:

• Must meet safety-related requirements including but not limited to those standards of safety imposed by OSHA, state agencies, manufacturers, and/or the company.
• Must be able to perform physical requirements of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation, including, but not limited to, perceiving differences in wire cable colors, moving and/or lifting items such as ladders, tools, air tanks, cable reels, test equipment and other objects weighing up to 100 pounds, working aloft; climbing ladders and poles, and entering tunnels, buildings, trenches, crawl spaces, manholes, and other confined spaces to accomplish job tasks.
• Security background investigation may be required.
• Must be able to communicate effectively with customers.
• Non-scheduled days will be required as needs of the business necessitate.
• Must meet applicable federal and state standards for operating the size vehicles covered by this job title.
• A valid state driver's license with a satisfactory driving record. Must have the ability to drive a vehicle with a manual gearshift.
• Where a Commercial Driver's License (CDL) is required, the applicant must pass an alcohol and drug test.
• Where a Commercial Driver's License (CDL) is required, the applicant will receive related, Company-provided Department of Transportation (D.O.T.) training. Upon completion of D.O.T. training, the applicant must qualify on D.O.T.'s Commercial Driver's License (CDL) written and skills qualifications tests to retain the job.

Training:

• Training generally includes pole climbing, classroom, and on-the-job instruction. May include Department of Transportation training and safe driving courses. Students are required to meet training standards in order to be retained in the job.

IMPORTANT: Additional Information

• You are being hired with the express understanding that your employment will terminate within a 6-30 month time frame, upon completion of the Fiber Modernization Project in West Virginia.
• You will remain in the same occupation into which you have been hired for the duration of your term of employment.
• You will receive all the benefits to which regular (“permanent”) employees are entitled except for any contractual layoff or termination allowance.
• Before the Company hires a regular full-time employee to fill a vacancy, the Company will give first preference to any qualified term employee who is performing at a satisfactory level in the job title, work group, and geographic location in which the vacancy exists.

We are deeply committed to attracting talented team members in the US from all backgrounds regardless of race, age, gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, disability status, or nationality. However, at this time, we are not sponsoring any Visas.

Connecting communities is at the heart of what we do. We are committed to building a team that reflects the communities we serve. If your background and experiences are aligned with our passion to improve digital access across America, we encourage you to apply and help us achieve our mission to #BuildGigabitAmerica.

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