Fiber Route Planner

About the role

The Fiber Route Patroller is a field-based role focused on proactive fiber route patrol, infrastructure inspection, and damage prevention. The position supports the integrity and security of long-haul fiber infrastructure by identifying potential risks, monitoring activity near fiber routes, documenting field conditions, and escalating concerns when appropriate.

Responsibilities

• Conduct regular patrols of long-haul fiber routes to identify potential risks, damage, construction activity, or environmental threats.
• Inspect fiber infrastructure, including cabinets, handholes, markers, access points, and buried cable routes.
• Monitor third-party construction and excavation activity near fiber routes to help prevent damage to critical infrastructure.
• Support utility locating activities using standard locating techniques and available mapping and utility records.
• Read and interpret maps, utility prints, construction drawings, and other records to understand fiber placement and identify potential risks.
• Respond to active construction sites or other areas of concern near fiber infrastructure and assess potential exposure or risk.
• Identify and escalate conditions that may threaten fiber infrastructure, including excavation activity, damaged facilities, exposed infrastructure, or changes in site conditions.
• Document field activities, site conditions, construction activity, infrastructure observations, and utility information.
• Support damage investigations by collecting field information, photographs, site observations, and other relevant documentation.
• Maintain infrastructure security and site integrity through routine inspections and timely reporting of concerns.
• Cookordinate and communicate effectively with field technicians, engineers, utility locators, contractors, construction crews, and other stakeholders.
• Follow applicable safety requirements, including OSHA guidelines and established field safety procedures.
• Operate effectively in both independent and team environments.
• Maintain assigned vehicles, tools, and field equipment in safe working condition.
• Perform other related field and damage-prevention duties as required.

Requirements

• Education: High school diploma or equivalent is required.
• Experience: Ability to work outdoors in varying weather, terrain, and environmental conditions. Ability to work safely around construction sites, roadways, and utility infrastructure. Strong attention to detail, situational awareness, communication skills, and willingness to learn. A valid driver’s license and ability to safely operate a vehicle as required for field responsibilities are necessary.
• Technical Skills: Ability to read and interpret maps, utility prints, construction drawings, and related field documentation. Ability to develop technical knowledge related to fiber infrastructure, utility locating, construction practices, and damage prevention.

Qualifications

• Two (2) or more years of relevant field, utility, telecommunications, construction, or outside-plant experience is preferred.
• Basic knowledge of telecommunications infrastructure, underground utilities, construction, or fiber optic systems is preferred.
• Familiarity with utility locating practices and equipment is preferred.
• OSHA or other applicable safety certifications are preferred.

Benefits

Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.