Cable Splicing Technician B (TERM)

Frontier Communications•Fairmont, WV

10d•$727 - $1,829•Onsite

About The Position

This is a TERM position with a duration of 6 to 30 months, specifically for the Fiber Modernization Project in West Virginia. The role involves a wide range of tasks related to the installation, maintenance, and repair of various types of cables, including aerial, underground, and buried. Responsibilities include adding, placing, removing, rerouting, setting up, racking, splicing, transferring, repairing, rearranging, bonding, pressurizing, and testing cables. The technician will also mount, cut-in, and repair cable terminals and load cases, rearrange service drops, and perform pole work. A key aspect of the job is testing, locating, and repairing defects in both copper and fiber optic cables using specialized equipment. The position requires interpreting engineering prints and vendor specifications, and interacting with the Engineering Group. Additionally, the role involves customer interaction, promoting company services, and administrative tasks such as completing paperwork and using basic computer skills.

Requirements

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 a 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
Where a Commercial Driver's License (CDL) is required, the applicant must pass an alcohol and drug test
Security background investigation may be required
Job site visits will generally be granted only where a contractual obligation exists
A valid state driver's license with a satisfactory driving record. Must have ability to drive vehicle with manual gearshift
Must meet applicable federal and state standards for operating the size vehicles covered by this job title
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.
Must be available to work scheduled tours designated by the Collective Bargaining Agreement and/or the needs of the business. Associates may be required to work evenings, weekends, holidays, and overtime as the needs of the business necessitate. Non-scheduled days will be required as needs of the business necessitate

Nice To Haves

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.

Responsibilities

Receiving work assignments from supervisor, other designated employees, or a lap top computer
Reading and interpreting engineering plans, vendor specifications for the installation and repair of optic and electronic equipment, and interacting with the Engineering Group
Making necessary preparations required for splicing, rearranging and terminate cable conductors.
Performing splicing operations in connection with the installation, rearrangement, and repair of outside plant facilities. This includes fiber/copper cable, wire, terminals, loop carrier electronics and light guide facilities and various fiber optic applications which may be aloft, underground, or buried
Locating and clearing troubles in outside plant facilities (copper and/or fiber)
Determine air flow and pressure in cables – aerial and underground. Preparing cables for pressurization and maintaining cable pressure
Using test equipment to check for gas in manholes and may have to empty water from manholes
Occasionally work with torches and lead sleeves and iron cases. Placing and removing protective covering over sheath openings
Works aloft; climbs ladders and poles; enter tunnels, buildings, trenches, crawl spaces, manholes, and other confined spaces to accomplish job tasks
May work outdoors in all weather conditions
Performing light digging operations as required
Operating and maintaining necessary trucks and equipment needed to perform work operations in a safe manner. Includes operating aerial lifts (buckets) and hydraulic lift ladders mounted on trucks
Testing, locating and repairing defects in wires for copper cables and fibers for fiber optic cables and digital carrier systems, using electrical and mechanical testing apparatus
Installing, repairing, inspecting and maintaining inside cables, wires and plug-in equipment to connect telecommunication systems and equipment, including dark fiber and fiber and/or equipment including but not limited to routers, video set-top boxes and PC related hardware
Promoting the sale of services and products which the company is permitted to provide
Contacting customers face-to-face to notify them of work being performed on their lines, and when service is restored. Also communicates Company policy and bills customer when appropriate
Reading and interpreting vendor specifications for optic and electronic equipment. Identifying and meeting individual customer requirements on provisioning and/or repair contacts
Identifying data base discrepancies by performing proactive preventive maintenance and providing corrected information to appropriate individuals
Daily completion of all related administrative paperwork, time sheets, DOT log, etc
Basic computer skills, working with customers’ computer and equipment
Performing additional duties and tasks as required by the Company