Senior Fiber Construction Technician; Foreperson

Overview

Senior Fiber Construction Technician (Foreperson). TDS Telecom builds fiber networks and leads construction teams to install high-quality fiber infrastructure, ensuring safety, quality, and timely delivery.

As a Senior Outside Plant Construction Technician (Foreperson), you will oversee the construction and maintenance of fiber networks, lead a field team, coordinate people, equipment, and timelines, and ensure safety protocols are followed. This is a full-time, year-round role with hands-on field work.

• Lead and coordinate construction crews building fiber communications facilities.
• Operate advanced construction equipment, including: horizontal directional drills, trenchers, backhoes, end loaders, plows.
• Oversee day-to-day project execution, production, and quality.
• Coordinate with internal teams, contractors, inspectors, and utility partners.
• Enforce safety standards and ensure job sites meet safety expectations.
• Troubleshoot field challenges and keep projects moving forward.

• $5,000 sign-on bonus (payout terms apply).
• Weekly performance incentives – up to $75/week when production goals are met.
• Relocation assistance available for qualified candidates.
• Stable, full-time, year-round work with no seasonal layoffs.
• Contribute to infrastructure that serves communities for decades.

• Opportunity to earn a Class A CDL through in-house training.
• 2–3 weeks of paid safety training after hire.
• Join a company with 50+ years of telecom experience and a reputation for fiber innovation.
• Grow your career with a team that values skill, leadership, and accountability.

• Real construction work with real impact.
• Strong safety culture that supports getting home safe every day.
• Modern equipment and forward-thinking fiber projects.
• A company that invests in its people—not just the job.

• Receive maps and staking sheets and build projects with limited supervision.
• Communicate project updates to the team.
• Manage daily and weekly work schedules based on deadlines, materials, equipment, weather, and other factors.
• Coordinate with supervisor to ensure continuous work and material availability.
• Draft and submit redlines upon project completion.
• Ensure locates are performed on time before crew/equipment arrive.
• Engage municipalities, utility companies, suppliers, contractors, and property owners to coordinate tasks and avoid disputes.
• Read construction plans and permits and determine execution approaches.
• Maintain project documentation and track costs of materials and transfers.
• Ensure DOT inspections of equipment are performed.
• Collaborate with project managers to keep projects on schedule and within budget.
• Perform general construction labor in various conditions with a focus on safety.
• Advance operation of trenchers, backhoes, end loaders, plows, and other excavating equipment; operate test equipment for outside plant facilities.
• Install, troubleshoot, test, splice, repair, and maintain fiber optic facilities; locate defective cable and respond to customer needs.
• Provide training and coaching to team members and perform quality control inspections; enforce safety protocols.
• Service, clean, maintain, and repair equipment; complete related paperwork promptly; assist field services technicians as needed.

The above describes the general nature and level of work; it is not an exhaustive list of responsibilities.

Required Qualifications

• 2+ years of construction equipment operation with various underground/aerial equipment (e.g., directional drills, trencher/plow/rock saw, backhoe, bucket trucks) or current military service with honorable discharge.
• 1+ years leading construction projects as a crew foreperson or project manager.
• Must follow TDS attendance guidelines to meet business needs.
• Must have and maintain a valid driver’s license and be eligible for DOT requirements.

Other Qualifications

• Ability to obtain a Class A CDL; current CDL preferred at hire, with in-house CDL certification available after hire.
• Physical requirements:
  
  climb poles, ladders, towers; kneel, dig, lift, pull.
• Pass Safety Training components at hire and complete…