OSP Line Maintenance & Construction II

TDS•North Anson, ME

11d•Onsite

About The Position

The OSP Line Maintenance & Construction II performs general labor associated with outside plant line maintenance. This role involves operating construction equipment such as trenchers, backhoes, end loaders, and plows for cable placement. The position is responsible for installing, testing, maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing aerial and underground cable facilities within TDS Telecom serving areas, ensuring compliance with state and local regulations and safe work practices. Due to in-field support and on-call requirements, the selected candidate must reside within a 60-minute driving distance of the North Anson, Maine warehouse. This position can be hired at either an OSP Line Maintenance & Construction I or II level, depending on candidate qualifications. Different job postings exist for each level, and candidates should apply for each level they are interested in and qualified for.

Requirements

1+ years of construction experience utilizing construction equipment such as a trencher, plow, and backhoe -OR- current military service, or prior military service with honorable discharge.
1+ years of telecommunications outside plant experience.
Must follow the TDS attendance guidelines in order to meet TDS’s business needs including but not limited to our obligations to our customers and to our customers’ needs.
Must have and maintain a valid driver’s license and remain eligible for DOT requirements.

Nice To Haves

Understanding of telecommunication products and services.
A current CDL is preferred at hire, but TDS will train and certify eligible associates through its in-house CDL certification program after hire.
Proven organizational skills and ability to multi-task.

Responsibilities

Performs general line maintenance in various weather conditions while utilizing safety fundamentals.
Completes fallen tree removals from aerial plant, including right of way tree trimming as needed.
Completes DSA structure support repairs (wooden, metal decking).
Replaces broken, sets new, and realigns poles as needed – includes reattaching all cables.
Performs pole transfers per designated work order requests.
Performs all necessary line repairs – strand, lashing wire, guy wires, anchor placing, proper slack placement, etc.
Operates construction and other excavating equipment to construct, maintain, and repair outside plant cable facilities.
Performs the maintenance, repairs, and placement of new (copper, fiber, coax) aerial and buried cable according to maps, staking sheets and locate markings.
Reviews and updates GIS, maps, addresses, as-builds.
Sets peds, vaults, and handholes along with marking/labeling fiber optic, copper/coax facilities.
Installs, troubleshoots, tests, splices, repairs, and maintains fiber optic/copper/coax facilities.
Identifies location of defective cable using various test equipment and repairs buried, aerial, underground and/or customer cable.
Locates cable and fiber in response to customer requests and/or construction needs.
Performs cable fault acceptance tests on newly constructed facilities.
Ensures worksite and landscape is fully restored after project completion.
Proficiently operates all test equipment associated with outside plant facilities.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Trains and monitors personnel as directed by supervisor or team lead.