Technician, Teleport Operations 1

SES • Castle Rock, CO

3d • Onsite

About The Position

You will ensure communications equipment operates properly and delivers the highest standard service to our customers. In the role of Senior Technician in a 24/7 Teleport you can showcase your strong technical skills and know-how to perform complex routine on-site installation and repair of equipment as well as preventive maintenance. As you are proficient to the various competencies of the job, you will have the opportunity to act as mentor to junior team members.

This role is subject to ITAR; candidates must be a US Person (this includes US Citizen, Permanent Resident, or Protected Individual such as an asylee or refugee).

Monitor the conditions of commercial services and terrestrial facilities, including the status of system alarms, station plant and facility subsystems while working with state-of-the-art monitoring systems and test equipment. Support the following equipment as directed by other Operational Centers; IP and Baseband equipment (modems, multiplexers, DVB and Broadband technology platforms) and video systems. Identify inefficient operations processes and unreliable equipment, or sub-systems that affect the ability to provide service reliability and customer service and may make recommendations to address these issues. Prepare and review documentation, reports and updates for any service status change, maintenance and fault repair/restoral.

Requirements

• Vocational training or equivalent technical education, ideally in the field of Electronic Communications.
• 3 to 5 years of relevant experience.
• Must be able to work in a 24x7 shift environment (days/nights) and be available for on-call/call-in responsibilities.
• Good working knowledge of Satellite Earth Station technologies relating to Teleport Operations.
• Good working knowledge of ancillary plant systems such as HVAC, UPS, electrical switchgear and generating systems.
• Capable of working on various ground station communications systems, performs replacement of major assemblies and sub-assemblies.
• Solid understanding and knowledge of RF theory and basic electronics, antenna drive-systems, high power amplifiers, Up/Down converters, fiber optic sub-systems, baseband equipment consisting of modems, multiplexers, broadband, IP technologies and video technologies/systems.
• Good working knowledge of the use of standard test equipment such as spectrum analyzers, frequency counters, power meters, synthesized generators, oscilloscopes, multimeters, bit error rate test sets.
• Capable to apply proper methods of testing equipment and RF/IF systems chains and has the proven ability to interpret results to prove normal/abnormal conditions of equipment.
• Provides training to others in their use.
• Basic understanding of Baseband (modems, multiplexers, Broadband and IP technologies and Video technologies/systems.
• Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies and services and make informed decisions.
• Good organizational, multi-tasking and team player skills.
• Good customer service skills.
• Ability to work independently and take initiative.
• General PC skills and proficiency in use of "Office Suite" software.
• Close vision (20 inches or less), distance vision (20 feet or more), color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.
• Ability to climb ladders up to 30 feet (to include outdoor 3-story antenna systems).
• Job requires ability to lift up to 50 lbs.

Nice To Haves

• Basic programming skills.

Responsibilities

• Perform moderately complex troubleshooting and quick restoral of services.
• Lead preventative/periodic maintenance checks of ground station equipment and associated sub-systems.
• Validate recordings, review for any anomalies and take the appropriate action to correct.
• Provide Level 1 maintenance, which includes troubleshooting/fault isolation, replacement of major assemblies and sub-assemblies as well as performing basic alignment procedures.
• Responsible for emergency restoration of all ground station equipment, as applicable: up converters, down converters, HPA's, IFL fiber optic subsystems, LNA/LNB's, antennas.
• Respond professionally and timely to service requests from Teleport Operations. Center (TOC) and Colo-customers as part of Intelsat escalation procedures.
• Train other technicians on operational and maintenance procedures, as well as technical training of either specific ground station equipment or Intelsat product and services.
• Play a key role in the development or enhancement of operational and maintenance procedures.
• Lead the implementation of new services to include: racking and stacking of equipment, cable fabrication and testing, documentation generation and updating.
• Focuses on customer service.
• Adheres to policies and procedures.
• Adapts to changing priorities.
• Shows initiative.
• Thinks like an owner.
• Works effectively alone and in a team environment.
• Maintains a positive attitude.
• Demonstrates effective verbal and written communication skills.

Benefits

• SES is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer SES and its Affiliated Companies are committed to providing fair and equal employment opportunities to all. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, protected veteran status, disability, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal law.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree