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Pillar Innovations · 3 weeks ago

Sr. Aerial Fiber Technician Grantsville, MD

Grantsville, MD

Part-time

Onsite

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Pillar Innovations is an Industrial Solutions and Service Company with over 15 years of experience in various industries. They are seeking a Senior Aerial Construction Technician - Fiber Optics to oversee and perform installations, maintenance, and repairs of overhead fiber lines, while also guiding team members and enhancing operational efficiency.

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Responsibilities

Safely perform work in communication and energized spaces

Inspect, mobilize, and operate a bucket truck from the cab

Record and report the sequential foot marks by the operator or groundman

Responsible for framing poles

Pull cable, strand, fiber, and lash, for extended periods of time

Provide framing and attachment hardware for operator, jack down guys, pull lasher

Monitor basic gauges to determine tension and pressure on the cable lines

Monitor cable during installs for appropriate tension during critical turning points and transitions

Identify the location of and direct the navigation of the crew into Energized Spaces

Read, interpret, and modify design packages

Oversee 3rdparty optical ground wire (OPGW) installation

Lead, mentor, and train field personnel

Qualification

Fiber OpticsAerial ConstructionLeadershipPole ClimbingSafety AwarenessField RepairsDesign InterpretationTeam Mentoring

Required

Safely perform work in communication and energized spaces

Inspect, mobilize, and operate a bucket truck from the cab

Record and report the sequential foot marks by the operator or groundman

Responsible for framing poles

Pull cable, strand, fiber, and lash, for extended periods of time

Provide framing and attachment hardware for operator, jack down guys, pull lasher

Monitor basic gauges to determine tension and pressure on the cable lines

Monitor cable during installs for appropriate tension during critical turning points and transitions

Identify the location of and direct the navigation of the crew into Energized Spaces

Read, interpret, and modify design packages

Oversee 3rd party optical ground wire (OPGW) installation

Lead, mentor, and train field personnel

Walk / use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls / reach with hands and arms / climb ladders and stairs / crawl / kneel

Climb poles; carry, set-up and extend ladders weighing up to 65 pounds, as well as work with confidence on ladders and utility poles at heights of up to 60 feet in the air to perform tasks in communications spaces

Work indoors, outdoors, and underground in various weather conditions

Able to walk long distances

Able to lift up to 65 pounds without assistance

Participate in work requiring pole climbing

Recognize general safety hazards and electrical-specific hazards such as missing and or degraded parts and hardware

Monitor and maintain min/max truck stock materials

Perform minor field repairs on equipment (i.e., reel trailer, bucket and placer truck, and winder trailer)

Provide leadership and successfully complete leadership tasks assigned in the field

Responsible for leading projects or crews

Read and interpret design packages

Responsible for completing time and material (TandM) documentation

Provide guidance in the proper use and wearing of job-specific PPE