Fibre Field Engineer-OTDR Testing

Job in City of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh Area, EH1, Scotland, UK

Listing for: Rise Technical Recruitment Limited

Full Time position
Listed on 2026-06-20

Job specializations:

Engineering
Field/Service Technician
Trades / Skilled Labor
Field/Service Technician

Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 36261 - 41261 GBP Yearly GBP 36261.00 41261.00 YEAR

Location: City of Edinburgh

Fibre Field Engineer-OTDR Testing

Field Based covering Scotland and Northern England patch - should be based in the Edinburgh area.

Salary: £36,261-£41,261 + company vehicle, fuel card, on-call, overtime, Superb Pension, 25 days holiday, life assurance.

Mon-Fri but with on call rota.

Do you have experience of maintenance and fault finding on FTTH (Fibre to the Home) networks and are you looking to join a company with a clear plan to progress and develop your career over the coming years?

To apply you must be able to use OTDR tester and analyse results.

This position comes with a healthy basic but can be considerably topped up via on call allowance, overtime and regular salary reviews.

The role

Full time, permanent field based role across a regional patch working for a national utilities company.

Optic Fibre repair - working in customers premises, homes, offices, schools and also off site in the underground access network.

Diagnosing on site faults to identify root cause and implementing the desired fix.

The person

Experience of FTTH networks.
Fibre Splicing and fault finding experience within GPON network.
Able to use an OTDR (Optical Time Domain Reflectometer) and analyse the results in order to test and fault find –
ESSENTIAL
.
Full UK Driver's License and CSCS Card.

Equal Opportunity

We are an equal opportunities company and welcome applications from all suitable candidates.

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