Job Description
Job Title: Low Voltage Technician
SUMMARY OF POSITION: Install cat(x) wire, access control, fiber, and other low voltage related items. Perform fiber optic splicing, testing, analysis, and repair on new and active fiber optic networks. Assist with additional network construction activities prior to installation and splicing.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Read and interpret work orders, specifications, engineering drawings and / or cut sheets to determine work to be done in sequence of task
- Rough and trim low voltage wiring such as cat5/6, access control, and speakers.
- Perform loose tube splicing in accordance with industry standards and customer specifications
- Conduct splice testing using power meters, OTDRs and other industry standard equipment
- Knowledge and ability to construct industry standard splice enclosures including grounding, bonding, isolation, slack storage, and proper sealing
- Comfortable entering, maintaining, and exiting splice enclosures safely
- Comfortable splicing in both indoor and outdoor settings
- Ensure all splicing work meets customer specifications
- Ensure that all work performed considers the safety of all relevant parties.
- Perform physical construction work such as digging holes, working in Vaults and handholes placing, laying cable and conduit in the ground where required.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Must be reliable and able to work in a team environment
- Excellent reading skills to understand and comprehend all construction warning signs
- Require passing a pre-employment drug test and subsequent random drug tests
- Great attention to Detail and safety
- Able to work in high-stress environment with extreme weather fluctuations
- Preferred 1 year of experience with low voltage wiring.
WORKING ENVIRONMENT:
The position may lift heavy objects, walk, stand, bend, and kneel for long periods of time and perform strenuous physical labor under adverse field conditions. The employee is occasionally exposed to a variety of extreme conditions at construction job sites.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
Will be lifting, pushing, pulling or carries heavy objects; using abdominal and lower back muscles to provide support. Must have good manual dexterity, hand-eye coordination, and balance. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; stoop; reach; climb; bend; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. This position requires the ability to occasionally lift up to 50 pounds.