LMR Field Technician & Tower Climber

River Tech is looking for a Field Service Technician – Land Mobile Radio (LMR) Tower Climber to work in San Diego, California. To join our team of outstanding professionals, apply today!

A $2,500 sign-on bonus is available—apply today and take the next step in your career!

Responsibilities

• Perform testing, maintenance, and repairs of tower sites using appropriate test equipment.
• Install and maintain LMR antennas, microwave dishes/systems, mounts, cable ladders, fiber, coax, Ethernet, and other supporting devices on towers and shelters.
• Analyze tower sites, identify deficiencies, and recommend corrective actions.
• Perform routine and special circumstance tower maintenance as instructed by the local CBP Supervisor.
• Assist in new tower construction, modification, and decommissioning.
• Operate articulating man lifts and work at heights up to 600 feet.
• Collaborate with Field Support tower technicians to complete installations and maintenance safely and effectively.
• Ensure Job Hazard Assessments (JHA) and pre-climb checklists are documented and followed according to ITTD’s Technical Representative.
• LMR Duties (not limited to):
• Identify tactical communication requirements and prepare design and development documents for wired and wireless tactical communication system installations.
• Conduct site surveys, analyze results, and report findings.
• Develop test and evaluation procedures for the TACCOM Lab with TACCOM and OIT engineers.
• Prepare site-specific technical documentation:
  Cabling Requirements, Design Drawings, ROM Estimates, and BOMs.
• Perform layout, installation, integration, testing, programming, and troubleshooting for tower fixed networks and facilities LMR equipment.
• Support government business managers with price research, IGCE development, and Statements of Work (SOW) as requested.
• Assist with equipment inventory management and shipping coordination.
• Make system modifications to adapt electronic and communication operations for specific projects or locations.
• Manage TACCOM LMR Lab schedules and provide QA/QC for lab testing documentation.
• Act as lead technical writer and coordinate communications on lab activities across the enterprise.
• Other tasks as assigned by the COR, including RF site visits and equipment staging support.

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Valid U.S Driver's License
• Minimum 3 years of experience as a field service specialist and tower climber performing tower maintenance and antenna/equipment installation.
• Experience climbing towers ≥200 ft (minimum 5 climbs) and capable of climbing up to 600 ft.
• Experience working on P25 infrastructure equipment.
• Experience with similar LMR technologies—such as NXDN, DMR, TETRA, Motorola ASTRO 25, Harris P25, or EF Johnson P25—may be considered but may require customer approval or additional training.
• Experience with microwave backhaul and tower site analysis.
• OSHA and ANSI/TIA compliant;
  Comtrain Competent Climber/Rescuer certification or ability to obtain.
• Ability to work in remote, challenging, or outdoor environments (rooftops, confined spaces, all weather conditions).
• Must pass DHS Customs and Border Protection Background Investigation.

• Active security clearance.
• Experience on energized towers
• Current DHS Customs and Border Protection Background Investigation.
• Prior experience supporting DHS Customs and Border Protection as a tower climber or technician.