Technician Engineering Outside Plant (OSP)

Overview And Essential Functions

Looking for an opportunity to make a difference? Then you may have found your next career move. We are looking for an experienced Telecommunications Outside Plant (OSP) Engineer to join our team and help connect America. The OSP Engineering Technician is responsible for designing outside plant work orders and providing necessary field and administrative support.

Candidate must live in the Virginia Norva/Piedmont, VA area and must have Verizon fiber design experience and be able to draw jobs in a CAD program.

What You'll Do

• Design outside plant work orders.
• Provide administrative and field support to the outside plant provisioning process.
• Be familiar with the various communications outside plant engineering concepts (e.g. copper cable, fiber optic cable and coax cable).
• Be responsible for coordinating fieldwork.
• Prepare work order drawings and documentation, updating work order records in an accurate and timely manner.
• Provide work order estimated expenditures and/or placement and joint use memos.
• All other duties as may be assigned
  
  

Qualifications

What you'll need to successfully fill this role:

• Verizon design experience with fiber
• Knowledge of drawing jobs in a CAD program
• Advanced knowledge of outside plant design
• Knowledge of telephone industry standards, accessing, reading and interpreting mechanized assignment records
• Knowledge is required to understand infrastructure plans and survey information for the elimination and prevention of conflicts with existing or proposed underground, site obstacles, and for proper installation location within easements and public rights of way
• Knowledge of PC software package tools, including word processing (i.e. Word, Excel, Power Point). OSP record and/or computer aided CAD drafting systems
• Be able to interact with all on-line computer systems that Verizon requires.
• Knowledgeable of all municipal and governmental requirements for all work performed
• A HS diploma or equivalent
  
  

Benefits And Company Summary

What you'll get...

• Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Plans
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Short and Long Term Disability
• Supplemental Life and AD&D
• 401(k) Retirement Savings w/ Company Match
• Stock Purchase Plan
• Company Discounts
• Legal Insurance
• Paid Time Off and Holidays
  
  

Who We Are...

We are a company united in our vision of connecting America. Our culture is grounded in and shaped by our values. These values act as our behavioral compass and guide how we interact with each other, our customers, and the communities in which we operate. Across our teams, we strive to treat each other with respect, value different perspectives and experiences, keep our and others, safety top of mind, and uphold the highest ethical standards. Our company supplies the single most critical resource telecom service providers need: skilled people.

We serve the nation from more than 500 field offices and are unparalleled in scope and scale. Our talented workforce of over 15,000 employees provides a wide array of specialty services including construction, engineering, underground facility locating, fulfillment, and program management.

We provide opportunities for our people to learn and develop the skills and knowledge to be successful in their current role as well as to prepare them for future growth within the company. Join us!

EEO

Our Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind including, based on disability and protected veteran status. The Company's policy is not to discriminate against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. It is also the Company's policy to comply with all applicable state and federal laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions. Please visit the following URL to view the EEO is the Law poster and the Supplement. (https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/ofccpost.htm)

The Company also does not consider criminal convictions to be an absolute bar to employment and will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories.

Applicants applying for positions in Illinois are not required to disclose arrests or sealed or expunged records of convictions.