Union Data Center Lead Technician

Position

Cable Technician – Lead Technician

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.
• Broad understanding of Data Center infrastructure technologies.

• Knowledge and use of basic telecom hand tools.
• Must be capable of leading a crew of 1-5 technicians.
• Must understand customer service, perform job walks and communicate with customer for job requirements.
• Accept responsibility of outcome of work performed by him/her and/or by employees that directly report to him/her.
• Clear understanding of job safety requirements.
• Be able to read and understand job floor plan.
• Familiarity with wiring schemes and wiring testing.
• Ability to pull all types of low voltage cables.
• Perform field terminations and labeling.
• Maintain orderly paperwork, and run midsize to large projects and service jobs.
• Layout MDF and IDF closets, dress all types of cable and perform terminations; basic understanding of fiber equipment and cable terminations.
• Basic understanding of both copper and fiber cable testing and troubleshooting.
• Capable of working in Data Centers.
• Work on analog, DSL, and extend T1 lines.
• Patch network equipment.
• Track and submit timesheets for crew reporting.
• Perform job walks.
• Maintain paperwork and run service jobs.
• Handle copper/fiber term, test, splice, troubleshoot.
• Responsible for outcome of work.
• Effectively communicate with Foreman, Leads, Tech.
• Understand metrics/SLA’s and track.
• Knowledge of network handover.
• Track lessons learned as they occur.
• Coordinate with QAQC on quality status walks.
• Knowledge of Project Close Out.
• Identify 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.