Fiber Technician

Fiber Technician-IT

Location: Statesville, NC (Hybrid Schedule)
Duration: Contract to Hire
Salary: $23+/hr

Description:
This company is the largest co-op in the state out of 26 competitors. Lots of opportunity to be a part of new emerging technologies and grow within your career. Currently, they maintain 1800 miles of fiber, 600 of which they own and lease to 3 rd parties. We are looking for someone who is patient, can work either independently or as a team, and who has excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the primary point of contact for 3 rd party fiber contract resources
• Conduct quality assurance on permanent repairs
• Troubleshoot fiber issues/outages and coordinate repairs with 3rd party fiber contract resources
• Coordinate repairs with telecommunication providers we lease fiber from
• Coordinate maintenance, outage, and repair communications with 3rd parties we lease fiber to
• Update documentation on fiber we lease to 3rd parties (e.g., revenue, fiber miles, SLA's)
• Update documentation on fiber we lease from 3rd parties (e.g., expense, fiber miles, SLA's)
• Shoot fiber to update documentation on available fibers
• Formulate and maintain system records and system designs
• Develop an ongoing fiber maintenance plan
• Work with Engineering & Operations to map fiber plant in the enterprise mapping system

Requirements:

• 4+ years' experience working in a fiber space
• Prior experience with splicing, shooting, and designing fiber
• Must be available to go into the field and perform quality inspection when needed
• Experience in electric utilities a plus

Category Code: JN008