What are the responsibilities and job description for the OSP / Fiber Planning Technician position at WIVERSE?
12-month contract, with potential for extension, or conversion to full-time, based on performance and client need.
Medical, Dental and Vision benefits are made available after 90 days. There are no additional benefits provided during the contract period.
- Constructs, builds, repairs, and inspects Hybrid Fiber Coax (HFC) networks to provide voice, video, and data to residential and commercial customers.
- Coordinates with other utilities for permits, joint trench, pole applications, and service issues.
- Performs field engineering of proposed projects and ensures alternative routing delivers the most cost effective design for construction.
- Coordinates all customer implementation activities including site walk-throughs, node placements and subcontract labor.
- Coordinates contractor work, coordinate and/or obtains permits, access, or ROW agreements where applicable, distributes design prints and other necessary working documents.
- Negotiates and approves design or construction changes.
- Researches and reviews plans, gathers necessary data and listing material requirements for project.
- Coordinates with public works personnel, developers, commercial customers, building owners, and utilities on joint trench projects.
- Maintains workflow databases and updates schedules.
- Participates in managing and estimating (revenue-delete) cost forecasts, material planning, capital and expense budgets.
- Estimates construction costs, prepares budgets, and tracks expenses.
- Participates in managing and estimating revenue forecasts, material planning, capital and expense budgets.
- Verifies serviceability, surveys proposed service routing, and estimates material, construction, and labor costs.
- Initiates customer contacts, coordinates and/or secures access or ROW agreements, completes route designs, and takes necessary steps to meet customer needs.
- May order materials or coordinate with administrative personnel; may verify and reconcile invoices.
- May plan and allocate fibers for splicing and activation.
- May inspect construction work or coordinate inspection assignments.
- Releases addresses as serviceable and notifies other departments of serviceabilitity.
- As projects are completed, perform tasks to close tasks in database/tool, reconcile assets, and generate reports to ensure proper closure of project.
Job Types: Full-time, Temporary
Pay: $28.00 - $32.00 per hour
Expected hours: 40 per week
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Vision insurance
Compensation Package:
- Hourly pay
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
Experience:
- Constructs, builds, repairs, inspects Fiber/Coax Networks: 2 years (Preferred)
- provide voice, video, data: 2 years (Preferred)
- plan and allocate fibers for splicing and activation: 2 years (Preferred)
- inspect construction work/coordinate inspection assignments: 2 years (Preferred)
- Telecommunication: 2 years (Preferred)
- OSP: 2 years (Preferred)
- Fiber Construction: 2 years (Preferred)
Ability to Commute:
- Metairie, LA 70001 (Required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Metairie, LA 70001
Salary : $28 - $32
