Outside Plant Technician

This position is responsible for the installation of copper and fiber network communication infrastructure—both buried and aerial—in alignment with Nsight and industry standards. Operates a range of construction equipment, including trenchers, backhoes, end loaders, horizontal directional drills, and plows, to accurately place network facilities. Performs installation, testing, troubleshooting, and repair of aerial and underground copper/fiber systems within Nsight’s service areas, ensuring reliable and high-quality network performance.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Perform general construction labor in various weather conditions while utilizing safety fundamentals.
• Operate construction and other excavating equipment to construct and maintain outside plant copper/fiber facilities.
• Perform the placement of new aerial and buried copper/fiber according to maps, staking sheets, and locate markings.
• Review and update GIS, maps, addresses, as-builds.
• Set peds, vaults, and handholes along with marking/labeling fiber optic and/or copper facilities.
• Operate test equipment associated with outside plant facilities and construction duties.
• Install, troubleshoot, test, splice, repair, and maintain copper/fiber optic facilities.
• Identify location of defective copper/fiber using various test equipment and repair buried and aerial facilities.
• Locate copper/fiber in response to customer requests and/or construction needs.
• Perform cable fault acceptance tests on newly constructed facilities.
• Ensure worksite and landscape is fully restored after project completion.
• Service, clean, and maintain equipment.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• High school diploma or educational equivalent.
• Prior hands-on experience or technical knowledge preferred.
• Valid driver’s license and remain eligible for DOT requirements.
• Ability to kneel, dig, lift, and pull.
• Ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Ability to climb poles, ladders, towers and other structures as needed.
• Ability to regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds.
• Ability to operate vehicles with manual transmissions.