Union Data Center Lead Technician

CBRE; United States; On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Sign-on bonuses

Job summary

CBRE is seeking a Cable Technician - Lead Technician to manage the installation and maintenance of network and cabling infrastructure within Data Centers. This role includes leadership responsibilities, ensuring high-quality workmanship, maintaining safety standards, and collaborating with various stakeholders to remove obstacles.

The ideal candidate will have extensive knowledge of telecom tools, the ability to lead a crew, and a clear understanding of project requirements, with a focus on team communication and job safety.

Qualifications

• Must possess knowledge of basic telecom hand tools.
• Must be capable of leading a crew of 1-5 technicians.
• Must understand customer service and communicate job requirements.
• Clear understanding of job safety requirements is essential.
• Capability to read and understand job floor plans needed.
• Familiarity with wiring schemes and low voltage cable pulling required.
• Basic understanding of fiber equipment and terminations is needed.

Responsibilities

• Install and decommission network and cabling infrastructure in Data Centers.
• Provide structured feedback on project progress to stakeholders.
• Collaborate with various stakeholders to remove project obstacles.
• Maintain cleanliness and high-quality workmanship in the Data Center.
• Ensure adherence to production, safety, and quality standards.

Skills

Knowledge of basic telecom hand tools

Leadership capabilities

Customer service understanding

Job safety requirements knowledge

Ability to read job floor plans

Familiarity with wiring schemes

Low voltage cable pulling

Field terminations and labeling

Project management

Network equipment patching

Job description

Cable Technician - Lead Technician

About the Role

This role primarily involves the installation and decommissioning of network and cabling infrastructure within a Data Center environment. A key aspect is the continuous pursuit of sustainable, repeatable, and improved solutions and processes. The individual is expected to provide leadership to crews and provide structured feedback on project progress to various stakeholders, ensuring high-quality workmanship, maintaining Data Center cleanliness, and adhering to all production, safety, and quality standards, codes, and industry best practices. The role also requires collaboration with stakeholders to resolve project obstacles and the ability to read and comprehending blueprints and building documentation. A broad understanding of Data Center infrastructure technologies is essential.

What You Will Do

• Installation/decommissioning of network and cabling infrastructure in a Data Center environment.
• Deliver sustainable and repeatable solutions and processes, always with an eye on improvement.
• Provide structured feedback on project progress to Stakeholders.
• Exhibit quality workmanship on all work and maintain Data Center cleanliness.
• Follow all production, safety and quality standards, codes, and industry best practices.
• Collaborate with various Stakeholders to remove project obstacles.
• Reading and comprehending blueprints and building documentation/redline work.
• Broad understanding of Data Center infrastructure technologies.

What You Will Need

• Knowledge and use of basic telecom hand tools.
• Must be capable of leading a crew of 1-5 technicians.
• Must understand customer service, perform job walks and communicate with customer for job requirements.
• Accept responsibility of outcome of work performed by him/her and/or by employee that directly report to him/her.
• Clear understanding of job safety requirements.
• Be able to read and understand job floor plan.
• Should be familiar on wiring schemes and wiring testing.
• Should be able to pull all types of low voltage cables.
• Should understand and be capable in performing field terminations and labeling.
• Capable of maintaining orderly paperwork, capable of running midsize to large projects and service jobs.
• Possess skill to layout MDF and IDF closets, be able to dress all types of cable and perform all types of terminations and should include basic understanding of fiber equipment, all types of cable and fiber terminations.
• Basic understanding of both copper and fiber cable testing and troubleshooting.
• Capable of working in Data Centers.
• Shall be able to work on analog, DSL, and be able to extend T1 lines.
• Be able to patch network equipment.
• Track and submit timesheets for crew reporting
• Perform job walks
• Maintaining paperwork and running service jobs
• Copper/Fiber (term, test, splice, troubleshoot)
• Responsibly of outcome for work
• Track and submit timesheets for crew
• Effectively communicate with Foreman, Leads, Tech)
• Understanding metrics/SLA's and able to track
• Knowledge and understanding of network Handover
• Track lessons learned as they occur
• Coordinates with QAQC on quality status walks
• Knowledge and understanding of Project Close Out
• Identify the tech's strengths and weaknesses

Benefits

Relocation assistance and sign-on bonuses may be available on select positions only, for qualified candidates based on role requirements and experience.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.