Construction Tech-Line Worker

About the Role

The Construction Technician-Line Worker is responsible for installing, repairing, and maintaining poles, cables, and conduits; installing aerial and buried cables with associated hardware; running fiber optic, copper, and other necessary cables in telecommunications spaces; ensuring crew safety; maintaining material inventory and vehicle inspections; operating heavy machinery; and other duties as assigned, including splicing cables. This safety-sensitive role involves weekend, holiday, standby, unscheduled, and overtime work, with potential travel exceeding 50% of the year.

Responsibilities

• Install, repair, and maintain poles and aerial cables (fiber and copper).
• Set up customer services, including installing, connecting, testing, and adjusting equipment.
• Measure signal strength at utility poles using electronic test equipment.
• Inspect and test lines or cables to assess transmission characteristics and locate faults.
• Access specific areas using bucket trucks, climbing poles/ladders, or entering tunnels, trenches, or crawl spaces.
• String cables between structures and pull lines to proper tension using jacks, hoists, and other equipment.
• Lay underground cables in trenches or through conduits in manholes.
• Operate construction equipment such as digger derricks, bucket trucks, backhoes, trenchers, and cable plows.
• Dig trenches for underground wires or cables.
• Interpret staking sheets, blueprints, and engineering instructions.
• Perform routine maintenance, including route issue repairs and hole cleanup.
• Splice copper and fiber cables and associated tasks.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• 1 year of outside plant construction experience or related Trade School certification.
• Pole climbing certification.
• Ability to lift/push/pull up to 75 pounds.
• Ability to work in all weather conditions, confined spaces, and at heights.
• Valid driver’s license and ability to obtain a CDL.
• Ability to pass DOT certification and travel as required.
• Exceptional time-management and attention to detail.

Desired Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience.
• OSHA 10-Hour Safety Course and Buck Squeeze (Pole Climbing Certifications).
• Proficiency in operating various construction equipment.

Physical Requirements

• Standing/Walking: 67-100% continuously.
• Climbing, Bending, Crouching, Pushing-Pulling, Carrying, Reaching Above Head: 67-100% continuously.
• Lifting-Lowering: >1-15 lbs, >15-30 lbs, >30+ lbs: 67-100% continuously.
• Repetitive Hand Action: Medium Dexterity and Fine Manipulating: 67-100% continuously.
• Audio Visual Needs: Hearing, Near/Far Vision, Peripheral Vision, Color Discrimination: 67-100% continuously.
• Exposures: Cold, Heat, Dampness, Heights, Vibration, Skin/Lung Irritants: 34-66% frequently.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance Plans
• 401K Plan
• Health & Flexible Savings Account
• Life and AD&D, Spousal Life, Child Life Insurance Plans
• Educational Assistance Plan

Actual base pay will depend on the candidate's primary work location, relevant skills, and experience.