Job Description & Responsibilities:
What You’ll Do: Install, repair, and maintain poles. Use electronic test equipment to measure signal strength. Interpret staking sheets and blueprints. Install aerial cables (fiber and copper). Inspect these lines, analyze, and record test results and assess transmission characteristics to locate faults. Set up service for customers by installing, connecting, testing, or adjusting equipment. Access specific areas to string lines or install terminal boxes, auxiliary equipment, or appliances using bucket trucks, or by climbing poles or ladders, or entering tunnels, trenches, or crawl spaces. String cables between structures and lines from poles, towers, or trenches and pull lines to proper tension using jacks, hoist, and other equipment, as necessary. Pull up cable by hand from large reels mounted on trucks. Lay underground cable directly in trenches or string it through conduits running through trenches/manholes. Pull cable through ducts by hand or with winches. Dig trenches for underground wires or cables. Perform work in accordance with industry standards and RUS standards. Read and follow design engineers’ instructions and specifications, maintain the scope of work on the project and adhere to safety procedures. Prepare engineering field notes. Interpret buried underground and aerial telecom facilities in records, on maps and in the field with clarity and detail and make recommendations for changes in running line or construction methodologies. Participate in engineering, permit and construction processes as required. Recognize and repair route issues including but not limited to, hand hole cleanup, sign placement, and weed control. Fill and tamp holes, using cement, earth, and tamping devices.
Qualifications
Do You Have: Ability to use a variety of construction equipment to complete installations, such as digger derricks, bucket trucks, back hoes, trenchers, or cable plows. Pole climbing certification. Ability to lift/push/pull up to 75 pounds. Ability to work in all weather conditions, year-round. Ability to work in confined spaces and at heights. Ability to work an on-call schedule rotation as well as days/nights/overnights/weekends/holidays/overtime, as needed. Valid driver’s license and ability to pass DOT certification pre-hire. Ability to obtain and maintain a CDL. Ability to travel up to 50%. Exceptional time-management and attention to detail to complete all paperwork accurately and on-time. Even Better: OSHA 10 Hour Safety Course and Buck Squeeze (Pole Climbing Certifications). Proficient at operating various Construction Equipment.
Contact:
Employer: Windstream
Location: Blakley, GA
Link: https://jobs.dayforcehcm.com/en-US/windstream/CANDIDATEPORTAL/jobs/15980