Project Lead - Structured Cabling

About the role

The Project Lead – Structured Cabling will act as the on-site coordinator and supervisor of several Crew Leads – Structured Cabling for voice and data installation projects, ensuring job completion according to company and customer quality and safety requirements while maintaining staff efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Run major project crews and assume responsibility for effective performance and necessary training
• Ensure adherence to company and customer safety and quality guidelines, including holding weekly safety meetings
• Initiate performance-related communications and escalate to the Project Manager when necessary
• Coordinate with the Project Manager to ensure productivity, job completion, and budget compliance
• Complete all IES COMMERCIAL and project paperwork accurately and on time (timesheets, material transfers, work orders, change orders, tool transfers, and others as required)
• Perform quality checks, coordinate moves and cut sheets for voice and data cross-connects, and prepare red-lined as-built drawings
• Serve as the main on-site customer contact for questions and concerns and attend facility and construction meetings when required
• Demonstrate detailed technical knowledge, troubleshoot, and resolve technical issues as they arise

Qualifications

• Must possess at least a High School diploma or GED equivalency
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience in telecommunications or a related technical field
• Ability to terminate fiber
• Minimum of six (6) months of supervisory and/or managerial experience
• Proficiency with the listed tools and equipment
• Skill level to interpret blueprints and other project documents, including specifications, reporting, and quality requirements
• Knowledge of universal communications color codes
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and MS Project)
• Must meet company minimum driving standards

Physical and Mental Requirements

• Self-motivated, positive, professional, and able to help create, develop, and implement project process improvements
• Promote company culture and mission to employees, vendors, clients, and business partners
• Act as the company liaison for interface with customer representatives
• Proven problem-solving and critical-thinking skills, with the ability to effectively read, write, and give oral presentations
• Ability to stand and walk regularly on very large job sites
• Ability to work at various heights on a ladder and in confined spaces
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and move up to 75 pounds
• Ability to see and distinguish different colors, read small print, and hear and recognize audible signals such as dial tones
• Ability to travel within the branch and/or regional territory as needed
• Regular attendance is mandatory

Tools

• Screwdriver (regular and Phillips), drywall saw, torpedo level, tape measure, snips (with belt sheath), pliers (needle-nose and channel locks), hammer, cable stripper, flashlight, and gloves
• Punch tool with 110 block and 66 block blade, 6/8 position combo crimp tool, Krone/3M/BIX, butt set, volt-ohmmeter, 4-pair continuity tester, and 5-gang punch tool

Pay: $30.00 – $40.00 per hour