Telecommunications Mechanic

Job Description

Telecommunications Mechanic I will support the Government in configuring and maintaining the common user building information technology infrastructure to support voice, data, and video at Fort Novosel and surrounding facilities.

• Establish, operate, and maintain a well‑documented cable management system across all NEC‑owned facilities, in alignment with industry best practices for labeling, bundling, and routing of cables.
• Conduct regular audits of the cable management system to identify and rectify deficiencies and take immediate corrective action when necessary.
• Provide the required 99.9% reliability level for all ISP systems and respond promptly to service outages and issues as outlined in the AITP Service List.
• Provide maintenance, installation, testing, troubleshooting, removal and repair of telecommunications equipment and systems, including preventive maintenance procedures to ensure ongoing integrity, functionality, and safety of ISP infrastructure.
• Respond to customer service requests and isolate and repair telephone issues as required.
• Manage the installation, patching, removal, and movement of all premise wiring, instruments, service lines and LAN service, including planning, installing, and LAN drops in offices, buildings and other locations.
• Manage the installation, removal, touch labor, and routing of all types of connectors/terminations and cabling, including copper, coaxial and fiber optic, from the work area to the point of demarcation, in compliance with I3A guidelines; includes moves, adds and changes for MCA/SRM/ Projects other than construction.
• Provide input for monthly reports to the designated authority, detailing all ISP activities, completed tasks, ongoing operations and future initiatives as needed.
• Maintain up‑to‑date comprehensive documentation of all ISP infrastructure, including wiring schematics and equipment configurations.
• Coordinate with vendors for the procurement of ISP materials and equipment, ensuring compliance with quality and standard requirements as needed.
• Operate and maintain network infrastructure necessary to operate a 911/E911 Emergency Service Support Center.
• Enforce security measures to protect ISP assets, in compliance with DoD and organizational cybersecurity policies.
• Must obtain and maintain BICSI certifications to execute both outside and inside copper and fiber optic cable plant operations.
• Install, remove, maintain, repair, locate and test multiple‑conductor common core backbone infrastructure, aerial, underground and buried multi‑purpose communications cable including coaxial, fiber optics, copper/conventional cable and associated equipment; includes repairing cable and/or replacing damaged or defective cable.
• May be required to operate digger derricks, bucket trucks, personnel lifts, backhoes and trenching equipment to provide maintenance support, covering all associated buried cabling, telephone poles, maintenance holes, handholes, outside terminals, pedestals, splice points and bonding and grounding of termination points.
• May be required to support repairing or replacing defective poles or pedestals as well as remove and dispose of items removed to include hardware and return site to its original state.
• Maintenance Holes/Hand Holes (MH/HH) Inspection.
• Audit and update all drawings (butterfly, plant in place (PIP), AutoCAD, etc.) of all cables running through the maintenance holes, hand holes, LNEC owned telephone poles and pedestals and provide audit information.
• Utilize specialized equipment and techniques to locate, identify and map existing cables and conduits within the inside and outside plant infrastructure, conducting cable locates accurately to prevent accidental damage during construction, maintenance or expansion activities.
• Program LMR subscribers and mobile units as required by Ft Novosel Land Mobile Radio (LMR) Site Manager.
• Provide surge support for LMR implementation, deployment and maintenance as required by the Ft Novosel LMR Site Manager.
• Other Land Mobile Radio duties as assigned by the Ft Novosel Site Manager.

• High School Diploma or GED; combined with four years of experience in IT networking or wireless communication.
• One year of current experience inside/outside cabling.
• BICSI Installer 1 Certification required.
• Eligibility to obtain DoD SECRET clearance through a DoD T3 background investigation; maintain this clearance throughout employment.

Requires lifting up to 60 lbs, climbing vertical ladders and working from high heights in varying temperatures. Safety boots, eye protection, and hard hats (when applicable) are required.

Fort Rucker, Alabama

$45,000 – $60,000