Crew Lead - Fiber

About the role

The Crew Lead - Fiber will act as the on-site coordinator and crew supervisor for voice and data installation projects. The Crew Lead - Fiber’s task will be to ensure job completion according to company and customer quality and safety requirements while maintaining the efficiency of the staff assigned to the project.

IES is a national provider of industrial products and infrastructure services to a variety of end markets, including electrical, mechanical and communications contracting solutions for the commercial, industrial, residential and renewable energy markets. IES is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the symbol IESC. As of the end of IES’s 2024 fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, IES produced over $2.8+ billion in revenue and employed over 9,485 employees at over 131 domestic locations across the United States. Workplace type: Onsite.

Responsibilities

• Run major project crews; assume responsibility for effective performance and provide necessary training.
• Assume responsibility for adherence to Company and customer safety and quality guidelines and hold weekly safety meetings.
• Initiate performance related communications and escalate to Project Manager if necessary.
• Coordinate with Project Manager to ensure productivity, job completion and compliance with project budget.
• Install work area outlet for floor, modular furniture and wall (terminate CAT 3 & CAT 5 jacks; mount face plates and surface mount boxes correctly; adhere to IES COMMERCIAL labeling standards).
• Build closets (mount and install backboards, cross connects, racks, patch panels, fiber optic and hardware).
• Install grounding for racks, equipment and cable as required.
• Complete all IDC connections (e.g. terminate 110/66 blocks and patch panels).
• Perform testing: continuity test horizontal and riser cable; use of volt-ohmmeter; troubleshoot opens, crosses, shorts and transpose pairs on horizontal and riser cable.
• Install LC, SC, ST, FC, FDDI, SMA and MPO/MTP connectors, for both multi-mode & single-mode fiber.
• Terminate simplex & duplex jumper cord.
• Terminate & breakout outside plant (loose tube) fiber (e.g. Corning/Commscope, 3DNX).
• Terminate indoor tight buffered multimode and single-mode fiber.
• Install fan out kits including buffer tube.
• Calculate end to end loss budgets in accordance with TIA/EIA standards for multimode & single-mode fiber.
• Fully complete all IES paperwork accurately and on time: timesheets, material transfers, work orders, change orders, Job Blog, tool transfers and others as required.
• Complete any other duties as assigned.
• Test using an OTDR, Fluke DTX 180; troubleshoot using an OTDR to identify and correct problems end to end, and network wide.
• Perform mechanical splicing with all types of fiber cable.
• Perform fusion splicing with all types of fiber cable.
• Perform building entrance splices, maintenance space, and direct buried splices.

Qualifications

• Physical and Mental Requirements: self-motivated, positive, professional; promote Company culture and mission; proficient with listed tools; act as Company liaison for customer representatives; proven problem‑solving, critical thinking, effective reading, writing and oral presentation; able to work at heights, off a ladder and in confined spaces; lift up to 50 lb and move up to 75 lb; see and distinguish colors, read small print, hear audible signals such as dial tones; able to travel within branch/regional territory as needed.
• Education, Certification, License, And