Splicing Technician

AT&T; Napa (CA); On-site; USD 39,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

AT&T in Napa, California is seeking a field technician to install, maintain and repair telecommunications facilities and cables. You will load tools, interpret schematics, and coordinate with crews and customers to restore service efficiently.

This temporary, full-time role requires safety focus, accurate time reporting, and the ability to climb poles and operate test equipment. You will work with contractors and support service restoration projects in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Ability to read and interpret complex schematics.
• Experience wiring and testing telecommunications cabling.
• Commitment to safety and quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Load tools and materials into the company vehicle and travel to work sites.
• Perform routine maintenance and safety checks on tools and equipment.
• Read complex schematics to determine work steps and sequence.
• Splice cables and connect conductors using hand tools and machines.
• Work with testing equipment to locate faults and restore service.
• Coordinate with contractors during installation and restoration projects.
• Keep accurate time reporting and communicate work changes to customers.
• Operate in both construction and maintenance environments.

Skills

Schematic interpretation

Team communication

Safety adherence

Time reporting

Customer liaison

Tools

Electronic test equipment

Splicing tools

Pole climbing gear

Mechanized systems

Job description

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.

Weekly Hours:

40

Time Type:

Temporary (Fixed Term)

Location:

Napa, California

AT&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, AT&T will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. AT&T is a fair chance employer and does not initiate a background check until an offer is made.