Outside Plant Technician B (TERM)

Frontier Communications•Buckhannon, WV

10d•$737 - $1,807

About The Position

The Outside Plant Technician B installs, removes, rearranges, inspects, repairs, and maintains outside plant facilities used to provide telephone service. The work includes handling aerial, underground, submarine, buried, block, and house cables, poles, terminals, cabinets, and related hardware and equipment. The technician connects wires and cables, reads engineering plans, and completes required administrative records and reports. Work may be assigned at other locations as needed. This is a term position lasting 6 to 30 months, with employment expected to end upon completion of the Fiber Modernization Project in West Virginia. The employee remains in the hired occupation for the duration of the term and receives the benefits available to regular employees, except for contractual layoff or termination allowance. Qualified term employees performing satisfactorily receive first preference for certain regular full-time vacancies in their job title, work group, and geographic location. The position involves working outdoors in all weather conditions, working aloft, climbing ladders and poles, entering confined spaces, and operating construction equipment and company vehicles. Training generally includes pole climbing, classroom instruction, and on-the-job instruction, and may include Department of Transportation training and safe-driving courses. Trainees must meet training standards to be retained in the job.

Requirements

Meet safety-related requirements, including applicable OSHA, state agency, manufacturer, and company standards.
Be able to perform the physical requirements of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation, including perceiving differences in wire and cable colors and moving or lifting objects weighing up to 100 pounds.
Be able to work aloft, climb ladders and poles, and enter tunnels, buildings, trenches, crawl spaces, manholes, and other confined spaces.
Communicate effectively with customers.
Be available to work non-scheduled days when business needs require.
Meet applicable federal and state standards for operating the vehicle sizes covered by the job title.
Hold a valid state driver's license with a satisfactory driving record and be able to drive a manual-transmission vehicle.
Where a CDL is required, pass an alcohol and drug test and, after company-provided DOT training, pass the required CDL written and skills qualification tests to retain the job.
Meet training standards to be retained in the job.

Responsibilities

Perform work operations in connection with providing telephone service.
Place, rearrange, and remove outside telephone plant, including aerial, underground, submarine, buried, block, and house cables, poles, and associated hardware, fixtures, and equipment.
Trim trees when required.
Connect wires and cables to terminals; attach or detach hardware to wires, cables, buildings, or poles; and place terminals or cabinets as required.
Inspect, repair, and maintain wires, cables, and poles.
Operate construction-type equipment, including winches, chain saws, and hydraulic aerial lifts, and use large hand tools to place wires and related materials.
Work aloft; climb ladders and poles; and enter tunnels, buildings, trenches, crawl spaces, manholes, and other confined spaces to perform job tasks.
Read and interpret engineering plans.
Dig holes, place poles, lay cable and conduit, unroll cable, place fiber interduct, and pull and string wire and cable from pole to pole.
Drain water and remove debris from manholes according to established guidelines and procedures.
Safely operate company motor vehicles of varying gross weights, including vehicles towing auxiliary equipment and supplies.
Locate buried underground cable and wire when required.
Interact with non-Frontier technicians during joint-use and emergency operations.
Complete related administrative paperwork, including time and material reports, inspection reports, and inventory reports.
Recognize and take proper precautions when working near hazardous materials.
Perform additional duties and tasks as required by the Company.