Field Technician

General Summary of Position:

This position is for a telecommunications, structured cabling, and technology Field Service Technician. The job will consist of completing various cable runs, hardware moves, adds, changes and "smart hands" installations for Granite customers, primarily within a 50-mile service area radius. The technician will also be responsible for leading subcontracted crews on larger projects in the area. Company vehicle provided. Technician will directly report to a remote supervisor.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Communicate effectively with the NI team members and departments that schedule each service call
• Complete basic structured cabling repairs and new installations according to industry standard practices
• Smart Hands installations and maintenance with various technology platforms and changing SOW's
• Provide all required job and project deliverables within 24 hours or otherwise specified in an SOW
• Keep company vehicle clean and serviced properly
• Keep all materials & tools stocked. Accountability maintained through scheduled inventory counts.

Required Qualifications:

• 5-10 years structured cabling experience
• Ability to tone and test copper wiring / analog dial tone
• Ability to terminate and test Cat5e, Cat6, Cat6A cablings
• Ability to terminate and test Coax cabling
• Ability to patch and roll fiber
• Laptop skills (Excel, Putty/Hyper Terminal for ability to allow remote session to engineer / NOC)
• Basic Networking (Modem Gui's, Command Prompts, Initiate Remote sessions)
• Light travel
• Clean Driving Record

Preferred Qualifications:

• BICSI Certifications
• Wireless Knowledge (Ability to utilize Ekahua software)
• Lift Certified
• OSHA Certifications
• A+ networking certification
• Fiber certifications