Union Data Center Lead Technician

Cable Technician – Lead Technician About the Role

This role primarily involves the installation and decommissioning of network and cabling infrastructure within a Data Center environment. A key aspect is the continuous pursuit of sustainable, repeatable, and improved solutions and processes. The individual is expected to provide leadership to crews and provide structured feedback on project progress to various stakeholders, ensuring high-quality workmanship, maintaining Data Center cleanliness, and adhering to all production, safety, and quality standards, codes, and industry best practices.

The role also requires collaboration with stakeholders to resolve project obstacles and the ability to read and comprehend blueprints and building documentation. A broad understanding of Data Center infrastructure technologies is essential.

• Installation/decommissioning of network and cabling infrastructure in a Data Center environment.
• Deliver sustainable and repeatable solutions and processes, always with an eye on improvement.
• Provide structured feedback on project progress to stakeholders.
• Exhibit quality workmanship on all work and maintain Data Center cleanliness.
• Follow all production, safety and quality standards, codes, and industry best practices.
• Collaborate with various stakeholders to remove project obstacles.
• Read and comprehend blueprints and building documentation/redline work.
• Possess a broad understanding of Data Center infrastructure technologies.

• Knowledge and use of basic telecom hand tools.
• Capability to lead a crew of 1-5 technicians.
• Understanding of customer service, ability to perform job walks and communicate with customers for job requirements.
• Acceptance of responsibility for the outcome of work performed by self or direct reports.
• Clear understanding of job safety requirements.
• Ability to read and understand job floor plans.
• Familiarity with wiring schemes and wiring testing.
• Ability to pull all types of low voltage cables.
• Skills in field terminations and labeling.
• Capability to maintain orderly paperwork and run midsize to large projects and service jobs.
• Skill to layout MDF and IDF closets, dress all types of cable and perform all types of terminations; basic understanding of fiber equipment, all types of cable and fiber terminations.
• Basic understanding of both copper and fiber cable testing and troubleshooting.
• Capability to work in Data Centers.
• Ability to work on analog, DSL and extend T1 lines.
• Ability to patch network equipment.
• Track and submit timesheets for crew reporting.
• Perform job walks.
• Maintain paperwork and run service jobs.
• Competence in copper/fiber termination, testing, splicing and troubleshooting.
• Responsibility for the outcome of work.
• Effectively communicate with foreman, leads and technicians.
• Understanding of metrics/SLA’s and ability to track them.
• Knowledge and understanding of network handover.
• Track lessons learned as they occur.
• Coordinate with QA/QC on quality status walks.
• Knowledge and understanding of Project Close Out.
• Identify the technicians’ strengths and weaknesses.

Relocation assistance and sign‑on bonuses may be available on select positions only, for qualified candidates based on role requirements and experience.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.