Maintenance Trades Helper

Abacus Technology•Sumter, SC

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Abacus Technology is seeking a Maintenance Trades Helper to provide direct support to inside and outside plant technicians at Shaw AFB. This is a full-time position. The role supports installation, maintenance, and repair of facilities and outside plant equipment across underground, aerial, buried, fiber, copper, and coax divisions. Work is performed outdoors and as part of a team, using hand tools and construction equipment.

Requirements

At least 1 year of experience working in a similar role.
Able to stand, walk, crawl, and work in all environments, including on ladders, in attic spaces, on ceilings, in tunnels, on poles, and in trenches to access installation and construction points as required.
Willing to work outside in varying weather conditions.
Working knowledge of health, safety, and environmental protection practices and procedures as they apply to related construction processes.
Proficient in the use of hand tools.
Familiar with current construction practices.
Proven ability to guide safe work practices in a high-pressure environment while maintaining project quality, schedule, and budget.
Able to perform physically demanding tasks as needed.
Must be a U.S. citizen and hold a current Secret clearance.
Must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and be subject to a U.S. government security investigation.

Responsibilities

Provide direct support to outside plant technicians and premise technicians.
Assist in placing, rearranging, and removing poles, conduit, cable lines, open wire, drops, inside wire, and block wire.
Perform installation and maintenance on outside plant equipment.
Install lines and cables, including fiber, coax, and copper, using hand tools and construction equipment.
Work outside as part of a team performing installation, maintenance, and repair on facilities.
Pull fiber, copper, and coax cable through existing duct packages and conduit manually, by blowing, or mechanically.
Perform work across underground, aerial, buried, fiber, copper, and coax divisions.
Lay cable, conduit, and fiber.
Unreel, pull, and string wire and cable from pole to pole.
Dig holes and restore landscaping.