Network Installation and Physical Security Technician

The job

This is a field installation role. When a client needs a network built rather than repaired, cameras that see what they were bought to see, or a door that opens for the right people and nobody else, you are the person who installs it.

Most of your work happens inside client buildings, often before their staff arrive, and often alongside electricians and general contractors on live commercial construction sites. What you leave behind will be looked at years from now by somebody who has to work on it.

Full-time and non-exempt. Reports to the Field Services Manager.

• Pull, terminate, and certify Cat6 and Cat6A copper, labeled at both ends to standard
• Run, terminate, and test fiber between buildings and between floors
• Build and dress equipment racks to a standard another technician can still work in years later

• Mount, aim, and commission IP cameras, and confirm they are recording before you leave the site
• Install access control: readers, controllers, door strikes, request-to-exit devices, and the wiring behind all of it
• Test and document everything you installed before handover

• Deploy wireless access points to the survey
• Install and terminate network hardware and patch panels

• Coordinate with electricians, general contractors, and building managers on active job sites
• Spot where the drawings and the building disagree, and raise it rather than working around it
• Leave every site clean, and every installation documented

Applicants must meet all of the following.

• Three years of commercial low-voltage cabling experience. Residential-only work, or cable company installation work, is usually not enough on its own
• Demonstrated skill terminating and certifying Cat6 copper
• The ability to work from ladders and lifts, above ceilings, and in crawl spaces
• Enough networking knowledge to understand what you are connecting and why
• The ability to read project drawings, and the judgment to stop and ask when the field does not match them
• A valid driver's license and a clean driving record
• The ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds and to be on your feet for a full shift
• Legal authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship
• Availability for occasional early morning, evening, or weekend work for cutovers and occupied buildings

• Fiber termination and testing, including fusion splicing. This carries a rate premium
• BICSI Installer 2 or Technician certification. This also carries a rate premium
• Experience with specific camera and access control platforms, any manufacturer
• Commercial construction site experience
• OSHA 10 or OSHA 30
• Lift certification

• Installations that pass inspection the first time
• Racks and cable plant another technician can read immediately
• Cameras and access control that keep working without a callback
• Clients asking for you by name on the next job

Field-based, in commercial buildings and on active construction sites. Involves climbing ladders, working from lifts at height, working in confined spaces including crawl spaces and above ceilings, lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds, and extended standing, kneeling, and overhead work. Construction site conditions, including dust, noise, and whatever temperature the building is that week. Daily driving to client sites across Northeast Ohio.