Field Technician --Weehawken, NJ

Field Technician I

Location: Weehawken, NJ (Entire state of New Jersey but mostly Northern half of the state)

Duration: 3 month contract to start

Responsible for asset management: processes deliveries and replenishes consumables as well as coordinates shipping and receiving of materials. Maintains tools, test sets, and electronic equipment including, but not limited to: fiber optic transmission equipment, light wave multiplexing equipment, AC and DC power equipment.

• Assists in installs, provisions, tests, and maintains DS0 thru OC192 services. May install and test transmission/switching equipment.
• Troubleshoots network equipment, removes and replaces defective modules, tracks spares and ensures repair. Monitors/locates route and assists in executing restoration in the event of a service interruption, proactively responds to potential problem areas in order to ensure integrity of the network.
• Responsible for learning all of the systems and applications required to perform the job function adequately.
• Updates installation records, enters appropriate detailed log information on trouble tickets for reference, and provides reports to others on status updates and issues related to assignments.
• Performs preventive/scheduled maintenance and inspections on equipment and on the critical infrastructure including, but not limited to: HVAC systems, high-voltage electrical systems, DC Power Plants

• Troubleshoots network equipment, removes/replaces defective equipment, and works with appropriate resources to isolate and ultimately restore network.
• Proactively identify potential problem areas to ensure integrity of the network and company.
• Assists in the installation/change/decommission and testing of Next Generation technologies such as Edge Compute, Wavelength, Fiber Optic transport, Ethernet, SONET and IP network layers for all available bandwidths offered.
• May install and test network and customer premise equipment (CPE) including installation and delivery of end user services.
• Utilizes industry standard software and hardware tools to accurately locate, mark, and protect underground outside plant facilities.
• AC Power (on limited basis).
• DC power installs including tertiary and BDCBB.
• Responsible for asset management processes and replenishment of on-site/truck materials.
• Coordinates shipping and receiving of company and customer materials.
• Maintains tools, test sets, and all network equipment.
• Performs level 1 preventive scheduled maintenance and inspections on network and critical infrastructure equipment including HVAC systems, high-voltage electrical systems, and DC power plants.
• Assist other personnel to complete these activities when needed.
• Proficient in all the systems and applications required to perform the job function adequately
• Update/report inventory records changes, complete transactional updates within systems to show appropriate activities by job type, enter appropriate time log, and responsive to requests for information/escalations.
• Regularly provides status updates and reports problem situations related to assignments to management.
• Objectively evaluate, via provided reports/tools, individual performance in respect to area and national performance objectives.
• With support of manager, ability to identify areas of improvement as applicable.
• Perform other duties assigned by management team.
• Understands that basics of installation/change/decommissioning/testing of transport, Ethernet, SONET and IP network layers for all available bandwidths offered.

• Must have reliable transportation
• Cable locating experience desired
• Working with OSP desired
• Basic small tools such as screwdrivers, small wrenches, side cutters, etc.
• Cable locating device such a Vivax or RD Radio Detection

M to Fri 8 to 5, SOME overtime. Somedays Saturday depending on the workload