Fiber Optic Technician - Chicago, United States - zb

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Chicago, United States

2 weeks ago

Mark Lane

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Description

Work Schedule:
Normal hours are 8am to 4:30pm. Needs to be available to dispatch to outages outside working hours, weekends and holidays


Overall Responsibilities:
As a Construction and Maintenance Technician, you will build, troubleshoot, upgrade, and maintain our network.

Every building is different so you'll bring a diverse skill set, exercise solid judgment, and collaborate well as a team.

Role responsibilities include installing and testing copper and fiber cabling and associated peripherals, making required cross connects, installing radio mounts, pointing microwave point-to-point radios and performing installation/construction duties, maintenance and troubleshooting and after hours emergency response.


Top Daily Responsibilities:


  • Assist with construction buildout, including pulling cable, installing conduit, installing microwave pointtopoint radios, and installing backbone fiber networks.
  • Conduct building maintenance, including replacing outdated equipment, upgrading the network, and ensuring that building equipment is installed to our standards.
  • Be on call to assist with network outages outside working hours, weekends and holidays.
  • Pull, terminate, and test ethernet, make required cross connects.
  • May perform residential inhome customer installation work as needed.
  • Maintain regular communication with local and central teams to provide updates on projects as needed.

Mandatory Skills/Qualifications:


  • 1+ year pulling, terminating and testing twisted pair, coax and fiber optics cabling in residential and commercial environments.
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Reliable transportation and Valid driver's license with a clean driving history:

  • Knowledge of the physical layer, 66 blocks, 110 blocks, patch panels
  • Excellent time management skills.
  • Physical requirements: Must be able to lift 60 lbs and be ok with standing for long periods and comfortable working in different positions such as kneeling, crouching, and stooping
  • Familiar with industry tools and equipment
  • Must be willing to work day, evening or night hours; overtime, emergency oncall rotation, weekends and holidays as required. Must be reliable and punctual.
  • Must be willing to drive personal vehicle during and outside regular working hours to complete maintenance projects or respond to outages (mileage compensation provided).
  • Able to work up to 8 hrs per day, in various weather conditions.

Non-Essential Skills/Qualifications:

  • Technical school or technical training like BISCI.
  • Knowledge of fiber optic cabling, fusion splicing, and similar.
  • Understanding of mmWave radio installation and maintenance.
  • Advanced troubleshooting skills related to routers, switches and hubs, and streaming devices.
  • Fiber OSP installation experience

Job Type:
Contract


Pay:
$ $31.16 per hour


Benefits:


  • 401(k)
  • 401(k)
matching

  • Dental insurance
  • Health insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Vision insurance

Schedule:

  • 8 hour shift
  • Day shift
  • Holidays
  • Monday to Friday
  • On call
  • Overtime
  • Weekends as needed

Education:


  • High school or equivalent (preferred)

Experience:


  • Cabling: 1 year (preferred)
  • Fiber splicing: 1 year (preferred)

License/Certification:

  • Driver's License (preferred)

Ability to Commute:

  • Chicago, IL required)

Ability to Relocate:

  • Chicago, IL 60616: Relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location:
In person
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