Field Service Technician

Responsibilities

• Affords assistance with and performs on-site installing, troubleshooting, testing, splicing, repairing, and maintaining telephone equipment and general network equipment, customer premise equipment, Video/CATV/DBS, fiber optic/copper facilities and/or other TDS products & services for new and existing customers.
• Identifies location of defective cable using various test equipment and repairs buried, aerial, underground and/or customer cable.
• Locates cable and fiber in response to customer requests and/or construction needs.
• Pole climbing and operating construction equipment is required.
• Limits underground and buried facilities to prevent facilities from being damaged.
• Keeps orderly log of all locate requests in our exchange area.
• Performs cable fault acceptance tests on newly constructed facilities.
• Affords assistance with and provides troubleshooting support techniques and corrections.
• Responds to “trouble” dispatches.
• Affords assistance with and provides support for enhancing and maintaining record systems (cross connects, line groups, network elements, etc.).
• Provides excellent customer service.
• Proactively educates and sells TDS products and services to customers.
• Gains working knowledge of RUS Standards and Grounding practices associated with splicing and maintenance of outside plant facilities and equipment.

Qualifications

• Maintains and possesses a valid driver's license.
• Fulfills TDS attendance guidelines to meet business needs including obligations to customers and customer needs.
• Completes customer-specific requirements upon hire, which may include a background check administered by the customer.
• Available for on-call/standby responsibilities and may require occasional travel.
• Willing to work overtime as needed.
• Passes all components of the Safety Course curriculum upon hire.
• Maintains DOT (Department of Transportation) requirements in relation to operating vehicles with a combined GVRW (Gross Vehicle Weight Rating) of >10,000 lbs.
• A+ certification and computer networking experience.
• Gain an understanding of telecommunication products and services: Inside Wiring/Cable, Internet/Intranet, Bonding & Grounding, Data & Computers/Transmission Concepts, Fiber Optic Transmission, Static Sensitive Equipment, Color Codes, Structured Wiring, Video/CATV/DBS Installation, Inventory Systems, Cable Locating, Battery Maintenance, Key Systems/PBX, Centrex, Switch Maintenance, Voicemail, Special Circuits, Fiber Terminals, Subscriber CXR Terminals, T-1s, ISPs, DSL, ISDN Voice & Data, Testing & Certifying Loops To Support Data, Voice, and/or Video.
• Practical knowledge/experience with computer applications including (but not limited to): Databases, Trouble/Repair/Dispatch Systems, Plant Record Systems, MS Outlook, MS Word, and MS Excel.
• Ability to work and make decisions independently with little or no supervision.
• Demonstrated customer service and sales skills, as well as effective communications skills (verbal and written) for interaction with internal and external customers.
• Proven organizational skills and ability to multi-task.
• Ability to operate vehicles with manual transmissions.