Field Installation Contractors

About Outdoor link Services ,Inc.

Outdoor link Services,Inc.( OLSI )isafieldservicescontractorheadquarteredin

Huntsville,Alabama,serving the out-of-home advertising industry nationwide. OLSI plans, staffs,and executes large-scale installation and retrofit programs on billboard and sign structures across the United States.

Out-of-home inventoryisspreadacrossevery state inthe country,andtheworkof upgrading it — swapping lighting, installing control hardware, hanging structure material — has to happen structure by structure, in thefield.

OLSIisbuilttodothatatscale:wetakeonmulti-stateprogramsforsignownersandoperatorsand see them through from supply pickup to final documentation.

• Lightingcontroldeviceinstallationandexchange
  —removinglegacytimerdevicesfrombillboardsand installing cellular lighting control devices and modem cards in their place
• LEDlightingretrofits
  —removing metal-halidefixturesfrombillboardstructuresandreplacingthem with LED fixtures
• Digitalbillboardservice
  —on-sitetroubleshootingandserviceofdigitaldisplayfacesandtheir supporting systems
• LEDmodulereplacementandupgrade
  —replacingfailedLEDmodulesandperformingdisplay upgrades on digital faces
• ITequipmentreplacement
  —swappingmediaplayers,controllers,network hardware,power supplies, and related components
• Structureandmaterialinstallation
  —installingsignfacematerial,panels,andrelatedstructural components
• Fixture removal,rewiring,andrelatedelectricalworkwork

Theserunaslargemulti-state programs:acustomercommitsaninventoryofstructures,OLSIissueswork orders by market, and contract crews move through those markets until the program is complete. That structure iswhat makesthisremote,travel-basedwork— and it iswhat allows a productivecrewto earn well, because pay is tied to units completed rather than hours logged.

OLSIdeliversthisworkthroughanationalnetworkof independentcontractorinstallationcrews. Weare currently expanding that network.

Engagement Type

Independent contractor(1099)—notanemployeeposition

Location

Remote/field-based,nationwide

Travel

Extensive—nationwide,overnight,multi-week deployments

Schedule

Typically3–4weeksdeployed,followedby1–2weeksoff

Compensation

Production-based(perunitcompleted)—nothourly

Contracting Entity

Outdoor link Services,Inc.,Huntsville,AL

OLSIisseekingexperiencedsigninstallationandelectricalcontractorstoperformbillboardlightingretrofits, lighting control device installations, digital billboard service, and structure material installation on out-of-home advertising structures across the United States.

This is field work, and it is travel work. Crews are deployed to a market, work that market until the assigned inventory is complete, and then move to the next one.
Most of our contractors run 3–4 weeks in the field andthen take 1–2 weeks off before the next deployment. Deploymentblocksarebuiltaroundthatrhythm, and we do our best to schedule around a contractor’s stated availability.

Compensation is entirely production-based
. Contractors are paid per unit of completed work — per light fixture replaced,perfootofstructurematerialinstalled,percontroldeviceinstalled —plusatripfeeforeach structure visited. There is no hourly rate, no overtime, and no cap. A crew that works efficiently and cleanly earns more per day than a crew that does not.

• Workisnationwide;contractorsshouldexpecttotravelwelloutsidetheirhome region
• Deploymentstypicallyrun3–4consecutiveweeks
  ,followed by1–2weeksoff
• Contractorsareresponsiblefortheirowntravel,lodging,meals,andvehiclecosts—thesearefactoredinto the per-unit rates rather than reimbursed separately
• Workordersidentifythemarket,the structures,thesupplypickuplocation,andthecompletion deadline
• Supplies(LED fixtures,co…