Engineering Tech I (Fiber Design)

Temporary position, 40 hours per week at $27/hour.

About the role

The Engineering Technician I is responsible for designing EPB Fiber Optic’s overhead and underground facilities using the latest fiber management systems. This includes installing, removing, modifying, and/or updating fiber facilities to maintain the most accurate records. The Engineering Technician I will work directly with EPB customers, internal departments, and external partners to provide and maintain fiber optic services.

Responsibilities

• Perform detailed engineering tasks, including analyzing, evaluating, designing, planning, and estimating labor and material for EPB fiber optic network and systems.
• Develop familiarity by reading, understanding, and applying departmental design guides, standards, systems, applicable engineering codes, company policies, and procedures.
• Utilize various systems to process and report work activities, inventory outside plant facilities, document projects, and perform cost estimates and analysis.
• Help direct emergency restoration activities required for our outside plant infrastructure, including fiber optic damages, natural disasters, power failures, and other events.
• Create and maintain fiber splice, network, and fiber mapping system records.
• Submit appropriate reports in a timely manner as requested.
• Work with various groups around the company, such as Field Technicians, Sales, Billing, Network Operations, Field Services, MDUs, Electrical Designers, Key Customer groups, and more to meet customer needs in a timely and cost-effective manner.

Requirements

• Associate's Degree in CAD, Associate's Degree in Electrical Engineering with CAD training, or equivalent experience.
• 1-3 years of fiber optics work experience with demonstrated competence.
• Excellent oral and written communication, decision-making, mechanical aptitude, and customer service skills.
• Knowledge of basic office tools (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint) and the ability to quickly learn other EPB applications such as Outlook, enQuesta, Power Plan, CRM, Microstation, GTech, Salesforce, Resco, AutoCAD, and web applications pertinent to data management.
• Outside plant construction knowledge with the ability to read/red-line construction drawings to facilitate new builds, relocations, emergency repairs, updates, and other functions.
• Possess and maintain a current, valid driver's license in state of residence and demonstrate safe and responsible operation of motor vehicles.
• Ability to perform a broad spectrum of complex assignments requiring alternative analysis, innovation, and judgment.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business documentation related to data management, and effectively present information to management, field personnel, customers, and the general public.
• Ability to read and interpret electrical outside plant maps, fiber outside plant maps, and design drawings, and quickly obtain a basic working knowledge of electric and fiber distribution systems.
• Ability to work with basic mathematical concepts such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, probability, and statistics, and apply these concepts.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with variables in situations where only limited standardization exists, and interpret multiple instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Physical Demands

• The work environment typically represents a standard office setting.
• During system emergencies, the individual may be asked to work extended periods without sleep or rest.

Pay

$27/hour

Schedule

40 hours per week