Construction-Line Worker

Construction-Line Worker

Uniti Group Inc. is seeking a Construction-Line Worker for its Kinetic construction and engineering organization. The role involves installing, repairing, and maintaining poles, cables, and conduits; running fiber optic and copper cable both aerial and underground; and handling heavy machinery and travel requirements.

As a line worker you will install, repair, and maintain poles, cables and conduits; run fiber optic and copper cable aerially and underground; operate heavy machinery; maintain safety procedures; and perform routine maintenance. This is a safety‑sensitive position that may include weekends, holidays, standby and unscheduled hours, overtime, and travel of over 50%.

• Install, repair, and maintain poles. Use electronic test equipment to measure signal strength. Interpret staking sheets and blueprints.
• Install aerial cables (fiber and copper). Inspect, analyze, record test results, and assess transmission characteristics to locate faults.
• Set up service for customers by installing, connecting, testing, or adjusting equipment.
• Access specific areas to string lines or install terminal boxes, auxiliary equipment, or appliances using bucket trucks, climbing poles or ladders, or entering tunnels, trenches, or crawl spaces.
• String cables between structures and lines from poles, towers, or trenches and pull lines to proper tension using jacks, hoists, and other equipment, as necessary.
• Pull up cable by hand from large reels mounted on trucks.
• Lay underground cable directly in trenches or string it through conduits running through trenches/manholes.
• Pull cable through ducts by hand or with winches.
• Dig trenches for underground wires or cables.
• Perform work in accordance with industry standards and RUS standards.
• Read and follow design engineers’ instructions and specifications, maintain scope of work on the project, and adhere to safety procedures.
• Prepare engineering field notes.
• Interpret buried underground and aerial telecom facilities in records, on maps, and in the field with clarity and detail and make recommendations for changes in running line or construction methodologies.
• Participate in engineering, permit and construction processes as required.
• Recognize and repair route issues including but not limited to hand hole cleanup, sign placement, and weed control.
• Fill and tamp holes, using cement, earth, and tamping devices.

• Ability to use a variety of construction equipment to complete installations, such as digger derricks, bucket trucks, backhoes, trenchers, or cable plows.
• Pole climbing certification.
• Ability to lift, push, or pull up to 75 pounds.
• Ability to work in all weather conditions, year‑round.
• Ability to work in confined spaces and at heights.
• Ability to work an on‑call schedule rotation as well as days, nights, overnights, weekends, holidays, and overtime, as needed.
• Valid driver’s license and ability to pass DOT certification pre‑hire.
• Minimum qualifications to obtain a CDL post‑hire.
• Ability to travel up to 50%.
• Exceptional time‑management and attention to detail to complete all paperwork accurately and on time.

• OSHA 10‑Hour Safety Course and Buck Squeeze (Pole Climbing Certifications).
• Proficient at operating various construction equipment.

Standing continuously 67‑100%; walking continuously 67‑100%; sitting occasionally 0‑33%; driving–car occasionally 0‑33%; van continuously 67‑100%; CMV occasionally 0‑33%; climbing continuously 67‑100%; bending, crouching, pushing‑pulling, carrying, reaching above head, lifting‑lowering 1‑15 lbs, 15‑30 lbs, 30+ lbs – all continuously 67‑100%; repetitive hand action – fine manipulating and operating foot control – continuously 67‑100%; audio‑visual needs – hearing, near vision, far vision, peripheral vision, color discrimination – continuously 67‑100%;

exposures – cold, heat, dampness, heights, vibration, skin irritants, dust, fumes/gases – frequently 34‑66%.

• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance Plans
• 401K Plan
• Health & Flexible Savings Account
• Life and AD&D, Spousal Life, Child Life Insurance Plans
• Educational Assistance Plan

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