Low Voltage Technician

Achieving excellence through the dedication, innovation, and growth of our employee-owners, creating lasting value with our business partners.

Ownership:
As employee-owners, we lead with discipline, act with conviction, and deliver more than is expected.

Transparency:
We cultivate an environment of collaboration, accountability, and trust.

Safety:
The principle that shapes our culture, values, and resolve.

The Network Technician is responsible for the installation of systems according to code and BICSI standards. They provide a high level of technical knowledge and site supervision to ensure the successful completion of various projects.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

Perform skilled labor duties related to the installation, maintenance, and repair of a wide variety of electrical systems and equipment, including but not limited to:

• Perform Site Surveys using construction plans and specifications and conduct visual site inspections.
• Determine materials/delivery schedules, develop manpower, tool/equipment lists, calculate completion dates, and create GANTT/PERT project charts.
• Effectively supervise the performance of all aspects of the installation, terminating, labeling, testing, and troubleshooting of voice, data, fiber optic, and CATV premise distribution systems.
• Build Closets – determine equipment layouts, mount/install backboards, mount/install cross-connects, mount/install racks/patch panels, install optical fiber panels/hardware.
• Install Grounding Infrastructure – know local and National Electrical Code, install grounding backbones and busbars, perform grounding tests.
• Installation of Cable Support Systems such as cable trays, ladder racks, J-hooks, and bridle/D-rings.
• Installation of Work Area Outlets, Pulling Backbone, and Horizontal Cable (UTP/ScTP/STP-A/Fiber Optic).
• Fire stopping – includes coring of firewall, installing sleeves, and fire-stopping.
• Pre-Termination – organize, form, dress cables, determine length/slack, label cables.
• Termination – complete IDC terminations, UTP, STP-A, cross-connect blocks, and patch panels.
• Connectors – assemble and install 8-pin modular connectors, coaxial connectors, optical fiber ST/SC connectors, and demonstrate connector color codes.
• Splicing – copper cable splicing, optical fiber (mechanical, fusion).
• Testing - use tone test set, volt-ohmmeter, diagnose open, shorted, crossed, and split pairs, active circuits, copper cable Category 5e, 6, and 6a certification using handheld testers, optical fiber single mode/multimode using light source/power meter, and OTDR.
• Troubleshooting – diagnose and correct copper cable problems, optical fiber problems.
• Retrofits – remove abandoned cables, identify active circuits, implement cutover.
• Must be able to work safely and comply with operating and safety standards.
• Demonstrate knowledge of ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-A, 569-A, 606, 607, and the National Electrical Code.
• Document test results, document as-builts, complete daily reports, and order/inventory materials.
• Attend training/safety meetings, read industry journals/magazines, join professional trade organizations, and keep up with standards/codes trends.
• Maintain familiarity with plans, specifications, and job contract scope.
• Monitor and manage tool, equipment, and material inventory of the Service Vehicle or project.
• Ensure that service and repair are performed promptly.
• Monitor the work to ensure that the workmanship is completed by BICSI EIA/TIA standards and Local and National Electrical Code requirements.
• Establish a good relationship with the client.
• Obtain acceptance and approval of completed work.
• Provide technical…