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Outside Plant Technician B (TERM)
Job ID : OUTSI002957
Job Title : Outside Plant Technician B (TERM)
Location : 995 Mount de Chantal Road, Wheeling WV
Union : CWA 2006 - CBA 142
Hiring Manager : Chris Harper
of Openings : 6
Wage Range : $693.00 - $1,699.50 per week
NOTE : You are being hired with the express understanding that your employment will terminate within a 6-30 month time frame, upon completion of the Fiber Modernization Project in West Virginia.
Summary
Performs work associated with the installation, removal of rearrangement of outside plant facilities. Connecting wires and cables to terminals and attaching or detaching various kinds of hardware to wires, cables, buildings, or poles. Keeps reports and records and performs other duties as may be assigned. May be assigned to other work locations as needed.
General Duties
Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following :
Performing work operations in connection with providing telephone service.
- Placing, rearranging, and removing outside telephone plant, including aerial, underground, submarine, buried, block, and house cables, poles, and associated hardware fixtures and equipment. Trimming trees may also be required.
- Connecting wires and cables to terminals and attaching or detaching various kinds of hardware to wires, cables, buildings, or poles. Placing various terminals and / or cabinets, as required.
- Inspecting, repairing, and maintaining wires, cables, and poles.
- Operating construction-type equipment, such as winches, chain saws, hydraulic aerial lifts, and using large hand tools in placing wires and related materials.
- Works aloft; climbs ladders and poles; enters tunnels, buildings, trenches, crawl spaces, manholes, and other confined spaces to accomplish job tasks.
- Reading and interpreting engineering plans.
- Digging holes, placing poles, laying cable and conduit in the ground, unrolling cable, placing fiber interduct, and pulling and stringing wire and cable from pole to pole.
- Drain water and remove any debris from manholes adhering to established guidelines and procedures.
- Operating Company motor vehicles of varying gross weights which may be used to tow auxiliary equipment and supplies such as, poles, cable reels, generator pumps, etc. in a safe manner.
- Locating buried underground cable and wire may be required.
- Interacting with non-Frontier technicians in joint use and / or emergency operations.
- Completing all related administrative paperwork, time and material reporting (time sheets), inspection reports, inventory reports, etc.
- Works outside in all weather conditions.
- Recognize and take proper precautions when working near any hazardous materials.
- May be required to stand or sit for long periods of time.
- May be required to perform additional duties and tasks as required by the Company.
Basic Qualifications
Additional Information
Training
Training generally includes pole climbing, classroom, and on-the-job instruction. May include Department of Transportation training and safe driving courses. Students are required to meet training standards in order to be retained in the job.
Posting Dates : 10 / 16 / 2024 - 10 / 28 / 2024
We are deeply committed to attracting talented team members in the US from all backgrounds regardless of race, age, gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, disability status, or nationality. However, at this time, we are not sponsoring any Visas.
Frontier Communications is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
Salary : $693 - $1,700
