Outside Plant (OSP) Technician

Req ID: 41331

Summary

Outside Plant (OSP) Technician

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

Are you ready to enhance your skills and build your career in a rapidly evolving business climate? Are you looking for a career where professional development is embedded in your employers core culture? If so, Chenega Military, Intelligence & Operations Support (MIOS) could be the place for you! Join our team of professionals who support large-scale government operations by leveraging cutting-edge technology and take your career to the next level!

Chenega Analytic Business Solutions (CABS) provides federal agencies and commercial customers with trusted insights into Records and Information Management, Administrative Solutions, Information Technology, Engineering, and Training. Formed in 2017 to serve federal and commercial customers, CABS is 8(a) certified and has grown quickly into a leader in the federal IT and Training environment.

The O utside Plant (OSP) Technician will provide OSP, and O&M support, including installing, inspecting, splicing, testing, repairing, replacing, upgrading, and providing documentation for both copper and fiber optic backbone and distribution systems, from the vertical frame to the end-user premise equipment IAW standards, codes, and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support and oversight of the cable distribution system at NCTAMS LANT DET Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
• Attend meetings, participate in conference calls, gather data to understand project requirements, review and/or propose technical solutions, and assist with coordination efforts between multiple organizations.
• Receive, respond, and resolve all work orders via the computerized terminal solution in accordance with the work order and site survey request response times.
• Install, modify, replace, maintain, relocate, and remove all telephone instruments, special circuits, premises copper and fiber wiring, and similar communications equipment, per approved work orders.
• Install, modify, replace, maintain, relocate, and remove all terminal boards, cross-connect boxes, fiber optic couplers, fiber media converters, and communications pedestals and shall run all cross-connects, as approved by work orders, ensuring that all are properly grounded, tagged, labeled, and/or stenciled.
• Install, modify, replace, maintain, relocate, and remove all outside cable plant aerial/underground copper cables/fiber optic cables, including utility pole hardware in support of copper and fiber aerial cable, as approved by work orders.
• Test and certify all copper and fiber optic cables prior to installation and upon completion of connections.
• Identify and label items according to the standard telecommunications labeling scheme provided, including underground cable and aerial cable routes, manholes, hand holes, pedestals, and cables.
• Monitor and coordinate clearing, cleaning, and dewatering of all outside cable plant manholes and handholes upon direction.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• 5+ years of experience in installation and maintenance using telecommunications industry standards-based cabling distribution systems.
• Secret clearance required.
• Passport required.
• Successfully pass background and drug screening

Preferred Qualifications:

• Must obtain a Class B commercial drivers license (CDL) at the time of hire.
• Must be familiar with and be able to reference current TIA/EIA/NGEN standards
• Must have specific technical experience in the following areas:
• Project Engineering Support
• Cable/Fiber/Wire installations, maintenance, and design
• Voice/Data Network infrastructure design
• T-1/PRI and VoIP installations
• Proficient with Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)
• Must be willing to live/work in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, unaccompanied for up to 12 months.
• Must be willing to work overtime, after hours, and on-call as needed in support of the Base Communications Office (BCO).

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to read and interpret telecommunication infrastructure drawings, building floor plan prints, and communications wiring diagrams of various facilities from field measurements, existing drawings, photographs, and rough sketches.
• Working knowledge of identifying and documenting copper, fiber, and all associated types of splices, terminations, cable counts/type, and cross-connects. Documentation shall reflect all information required for Operations & Maintenance (O&M) contractor(s) to make cross-connections at the demark points.
• Ability to transfer and translate field information into as-built drawings using a standard format compatible with NCTL Det GTMO CAD drawings, EXCEL, or another format approved by NCTL Det GTMO COR.
• Ability to travel OCONUS up to 10%.
• Ability to multi-task in a high-stress, performance-based environment.
• Must possess leadership and teamwork capabilities.
• Ability to establish priorities and meet established deadlines.
• Ability to attend all customer in-person meetings and conferences as requested.
• Possess the ability to coordinate and integrate the work activities of several different projects at any one time.
• Ability to communicate with others effectively both orally and in writing.
• Ability to work nights, weekends, and holidays as needed.

How youll grow

At Chenega MIOS, our professional development plan focuses on helping our team members at every level of their careers to identify and use their strengths to do their best work every day. From entry-level employees to senior leaders, we believe theres always room to learn.

We offer opportunities to help sharpen skills in addition to hands-on experience in the global, fast-changing business world. From on-the-job learning experiences to formal development programs, our professionals have a variety of opportunities to continue to grow throughout their careers.

Benefits

At Chenega MIOS, we know that great people make a great organization. We value our team members and offer them a broad range of benefits.

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Chenega MIOSs culture

Our positive and supportive culture encourages our team members to do their best work every day. We celebrate individuals by recognizing their uniqueness and offering them the flexibility to make daily choices that can help them be healthy, centered, confident, and aware. We offer well-being programs and continuously look for new ways to maintain a culture where we excel and lead healthy, happy lives.

Corporate citizenship

Chenega MIOS is led by a purpose to make an impact that matters. This purpose defines who we are and extends to relationships with our clients, our team members, and our communities. We believe that business has the power to inspire and transform. We focus on education, giving, skill-based volunteerism, and leadership to help drive positive social impact in our communities.

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