Splicing Technician

Cricket Wireless LLC.; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision coverage

401(k) plan

Tuition reimbursement program

PTO and holidays

Sick leave

Parental Leave

Adoption Reimbursement

Disability Benefits

Life and AD&D Insurance

Employee discounts on mobility plans

Job summary

AT&T is seeking a temporary Splicing Technician in Irvine, CA. The role involves reading schematics, splicing color-coded conductors, and wiring telecommunications facilities.

You will travel to sites, perform safety checks, and coordinate with teams to ensure service restoration and proper installation. The position is 40 hours per week, temporary, with comprehensive benefits including medical, 401(k), PTO, and tuition reimbursement.

Qualifications

• Ability to read and interpret complex schematic drawings.
• Proficient with hand tools and basic mechanical equipment.
• Experience splicing color-coded conductors and cables.
• Ability to accurately perform time reporting and document work changes.

Responsibilities

• Load tools and materials into company vehicle and travel to locations.
• Perform routine maintenance and safety checks on tools and equipment.
• Splice conductors and connect cables to telecommunications equipment.
• Identify and repair cable faults and communicate work changes to teams.

Skills

Schematic reading

Hand tools

Cable splicing

Time reporting

Tools

Electrical test equipment

Climbers

Job description

Our temporary Splicing Technicians earn between $17 - $54. With our amazing wage opportunities, our average starting earnings begin at $65,676 per year. Individual starting salary within this range may depend on geography, experience, expertise, and education/training.

• Medical/Dental/Vision coverage
• 401(k) plan
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Paid Time off and holidays (With some exceptions bargained employees qualify for one week of PTO after 6 months of service and 2 weeks after the first year).
• At least 6 company designated holidays and additional PTO (based on bargaining group to which you are hired.
• Sick leave
• Paid Parental Leave
• Adoption Reimbursement
• Disability Benefits (short term and long term)
• Life and Accidental Death Insurance
• Supplemental benefit programs: critical illness, accident hospital indemnity/group legal Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
• Employee discounts up to 50% off on eligible &T mobility plans and accessories, &T internet (and fiber where available) and &T phone

• Receives verbal or written daily work assignments and instructions from supervisors/peers and/or dispatch center
• Loads required tools and material into Company vehicle and travels to work location
• Performs routine maintenance and safety checks on Company provided tools, equipment and motor vehicles
• Reviews and analyzes complex schematic drawings to determine work to be done, methods and sequence of tasks, communicates discrepancies to associated work groups and recommends job design changes
• Works with small hand tools, mechanical equipment, color-coded and test signal identified wires for the connection and repair of wires and cables to related telecommunications equipment
• Splices pairs of color-coded or tone identified conductors together by hand, splicing tool or machine, rearranging and reconnecting cable facilities
• May also work on digital data circuits or fiber conductors using sensitive equipment
• Identifies, isolates and repairs various types of cable faults
• Works with outside contractors during excavation of cable facilities to accomplish service restoration and/or installation of new facilities locating and/or marking buried and underground cable facilities
• Isolates and locates air pressure leaks in underground cable facilities
• Uses various electronic test equipment
• May be required to develop a working knowledge of binary numbering system, digital concepts and fiber optics (light guide)
• May be required to dig with shovel, jackhammer, etc., to find buried trouble
• May be required to climb non-stepped poles with the use of climbers
• Uses mechanized system requiring basic computer literacy
• Communicates with other work groups, customers and vendors on completed work and requests various information regarding new work assignments
• Must accurately perform time reporting tasks, classify work operations to account codes and explain work changes to the customer
• Must meet specific quality, production and safety standards
• Installs, rearranges, repairs and removes communication facilities, which could include inside wiring
• Customer contact required; Will be expected to be the Company's representative and customer's advocate
• Works with TAN mechanized systems requiring minimal computer literacy
• May be required to work in both a construction and maintenance environment

If a Background Check is required, candidates with arrest or convictions records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act.

Weekly Hours: 40 Time Type: Temporary (Fixed Term) Location: Irvine, California

&T and its subsidiaries are committed to equal employment opportunity. All hiring, promotion, and other employment decisions remain merit-based and free from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, physical disability, mental disability, pregnancy, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. In addition, &T will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. &T is a fair chance employer and does not initiate a background check until an offer is made.

We are pioneers of making connections and have been ever since Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone and founded our company. That was nearly 150 years ago, and we haven’t stopped innovating since. At our core, we help bring families, communities, and businesses together with the products and services they need to thrive every day. From the widespread and growing availability of 5G and Fiber to working on things we once only dreamed of - at &T, we create connections that change the world.