Outside Plant - Telecommunications Mechanic

Job Description

Position Summary

The OSP Telecommunications Mechanic supports the cable infrastructure requirements to include all cables designated as Government communications cables, up to and including building entrance cable, through to the termination of service. The OSP Telecommunications Mechanic provides support for the Network Enterprise Center’s Information Technology Enterprise Management Services at Picatinny Arsenal, NJ

Individuals must be able to attain and maintain a valid U.S. Government Secret security clearance and a New Jersey state driver’s license in order to be retained in the position.

Duties & Responsibilities

Designs, engineers, and configures, the common user building information technology infrastructure support for voice and video.

Inspects and maintains communication infrastructure within underground cable enclosures (manholes, handholes, pull holes, and vaults).

Maintains, installs, removes, all instruments, service lines, associated with all connectors, terminators, and, if required, removal of all unused cable to include; copper, coaxial, and fiber optic cable and transmission systems equipment

Operates and maintains backbone infrastructure of voice/telephony network infrastructure equipment

Installs, removes, repairs, marks, cutovers, upgrades, and splices

Provides the Preventive Maintenance Checks and Services (PMCS) for installation of telephone poles, pedestals, and man or hand-holes

Provides demand maintenance support to include, operating lashing machines, ventilation machines, digger derricks, bucket trucks, personnel lifts, backhoes, and trenching equipment that is associated with telephone poles, manholes, handholds, outside terminals, pedestals, splice points, and bonding and grounding of termination points

Follows the IAW Electronic Industry Association / Telecommunications Industry Association (EIA/TIA) standards

Inspects installation of telephone poles, pedestals, and man or hand-holes each month

Corrects and completes all assigned trouble tickets and service/work orders

Coordinates with customers on scheduled outages and/or unplanned outages and their duration

Ensures test equipment is available and technicians are properly trained to support restoration of services for fiber, copper media, and transmission systems; including T-1, DS-3, Ethernet and optical carrier test equipment

Maintains and repairs/replaces all cable-related defects within the manholes

Inspects, pumps excess water, and removes debris and foreign objects in accordance with the inspection checklist

Identifies and validates all cabling traversing through all man-hole/hand-holes and provides butterfly drawings with correct identification markings for each manhole

Ensures that all information is maintained in an electronic format

Conducts OSHA Confined Space Awareness Training

Provides cable locating and marking requests for underground cables

Maintains records of all cable locals

Ensures records are up to date and reflected in infrastructure drawings

Determines defects with locating equipment and in detecting bleeds and phantoms from locating equipment

Coordinates with digging contractors and customers to ensure the protection of the installation infrastructure cabling

Prepares, submits, and maintains all necessary paperwork for obtaining digging permits and environmental clearances

Assists in arranging meetings to conduct inspections, reviews, and surveys pertaining to communications construction

Must be available 24 x 7 if assigned stand-by duties and respond to non-duty hour priority outages

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. He or she will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other duties requested by his or her supervisor

Education & Experience Requirements

Must have 5 years of qualified practical field experience

Outside Cable Plant experience

OSHA safety standards

OSHA confined space certification and training

BICSI ITSM (Information Transport Systems Installation Methods)

Skill & Certification Requirements

OSHA confined space certification and training

Preventive Maintenance Checks and Services (PMCS)

Department of Public Works (DPW)

United States Army Corp. of Engineers (ACoE)

IAW Electronic Industry Association

Telecommunications Industry Association (EIA/TIA) standards

Telephone Poles, Pedestals, Communication Closets

OSP fiber and copper installation

Fiber termination, repairing, splicing, and testing

Fiber Fusion splicer,

Fiber OTDR tester

Fiber quick connect systems

OSP utility pole

Inspection checklists

Manhole/handholes repairs

Butterfly drawing

BICSI ITSM installer

CISCO-IP-phones

TIA/EIA 568 Bldg Cable Standards

NFPA 70 and 800 Articles

Computer skills; Ticketing systems, SharePoint, and Microsoft Suite

Demonstrates communication skills; verbal and written in English with a strong customer focus.

Position requires sitting, standing, kneeling for long periods of time, lifting more than 50 lbs, climbing on ladders, and working in dirty and noisy areas. (Heavy Work)

Able to perform CPR and safety observer duties if necessary.

LCI is an Equal Opportunity Employer Veteran/Disabled

Leader Communications is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. If you’d like to view a copy of the company’s affirmative action plan or policy statement, please email