Cable Splicing Technician B

We are seeking a highly skilled Cable Splicing Technician B to join our team at Frontier, Inc. The successful candidate will be responsible for installing, repairing, and maintaining outside plant facilities, including fiber optic cables and telecommunications networks.

• Install, repair, and maintain outside plant facilities, including fiber optic cables and telecommunications networks
• Perform splicing operations, including fiber/copper cable, wire, terminals, loop carrier electronics, and light guide facilities
• Locate and clear troubles in outside plant facilities
• Determine air flow and pressure in cables
• Prepare cables for pressurization and maintain cable pressure
• Use test equipment to check for gas in manholes and empty water from manholes
• Occasionally work with torches and lead sleeves and iron cases
• Place and remove protective covering over sheath openings
• Work aloft; climb ladders and poles; enter tunnels, buildings, trenches, crawl spaces, manholes, and other confined spaces to accomplish job tasks
• Perform light digging operations as required
• Operate and maintain necessary trucks and equipment needed to perform work operations in a safe manner
• Includes operating aerial lifts (buckets) and hydraulic lift ladders mounted on trucks
• Test, locate, and repair defects in wires for copper cables and fibers for fiber optic cables and digital carrier systems, using electrical and mechanical testing apparatus
• Install, repair, inspect, and maintain inside cables, wires, and plug-in equipment to connect telecommunication systems and equipment, including dark fiber and fiber and/or equipment including but not limited to routers, video set-top boxes, and PC-related hardware
• Promote the sale of services and products which the company is permitted to provide
• Contact customers face-to-face to notify them of work being performed on their lines, and when service is restored
• Communicate Company policy and bill customers when appropriate
• Read and interpret vendor specifications for optic and electronic equipment
• Identify and meet individual customer requirements on provisioning and/or repair contacts
• Identify data base discrepancies by performing proactive preventive maintenance and provide corrected information to appropriate individuals
• Daily completion of all related administrative paperwork, time sheets, DOT log, etc.
• Basic computer skills, working with customers' computer and equipment
• Perform additional duties and tasks as required by the Company

• Must meet safety-related requirements including but not limited to those standards of safety imposed by OSHA, state agencies, manufacturers, and/or the company
• Must be able to perform physical requirements of the job, with or without a reasonable accommodation, including, but not limited to, perceiving differences in wire cable colors, moving and/or lifting items such as ladders, tools, air tanks, cable reels, test equipment, and other objects weighing up to 100 pounds
• Working aloft; climbing ladders and poles, and entering tunnels, buildings, trenches, crawl spaces, manholes, and other confined spaces to accomplish job tasks
• Where a Commercial Driver's License (CDL) is required, the applicant must pass an alcohol and drug test
• Security background investigation may be required
• Job site visits will generally be granted only where a contractual obligation exists
• A valid state driver's license with a satisfactory driving record
• Must have ability to drive vehicle with manual gearshift
• Must meet applicable federal and state standards for operating the size vehicles covered by this job title
• Where a Commercial Driver's License (CDL) is required, the applicant will receive related, Company-provided Department of Transportation (D.O.T.) training
• Upon completion of D.O.T. training, the applicant must qualify on D.O.T.'s Commercial Driver's License (CDL) written and skills qualifications tests to retain the job
• Must be available to work scheduled tours designated by the Collective Bargaining Agreement and/or the needs of the business
• Associates may be required to work evenings, weekends, holidays, and overtime as the needs of the business necessitate
• Non-scheduled days will be required as needs of the business necessitate