Field Technician

Job Description

At LS Technologies, a Tetra Tech company, is seeking Field Technicians to support the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in maintaining and upgrading National Airspace System (NAS) infrastructure. This role requires significant travel across the U.S. to install, upgrade, and remove telecommunications and infrastructure‑related equipment at FAA sites. The ideal candidate will have hands‑on experience with installing and commissioning telecommunications systems, electrical installation, and light construction work.

• Provide program support to the FAA NASEO line of business (LOB) related specifically to the operation and support of telecommunications networks and systems used in Air Traffic Control (ATC) operations.
• Assist the Government in providing program management oversight support for all leased/owned FAA telecommunications programs until decommissioning or end of lifecycle with an emphasis on leased IP services.
• Support installation and maintenance of telecommunications equipment including local area networks (LAN) wide area networks (WAN), serial data service, digital broadband service (DDS and T1), routers, modems, personal computers and internet connections, analog voice services, telephones, fax machines, telephone switching equipment (PBX/VOIP)
• Experience installing, maintaining, testing, and troubleshooting LAN/WAN/PoE networks, Wi‑Fi, and Enterprise IP Services in an operational environment.
• Experience working in and around critical operational equipment.
• Experience performing and documenting site surveys of new and existing facilities.
• Ability to perform moderate physical activity including climbing, lifting, and crawling to install network cable and equipment.
• Perform light construction and electrical work (site preparation work) to support telecommunications infrastructure upgrades.
• Climb towers to install, align, or remove antennas and waveguide (if required).
• Perform small‑scale trenching using hand tools and light equipment (e.g., mini‑excavators, skid steers, trenchers, drills, compactors).
• Conduct technical site surveys and develop survey reports and support the development of installation plans in coordination with FAA stakeholders.
• Provide technical support for voice‑grade, data‑comm, digital, and IP telecommunications cutovers.
• Ability to organize complex work into executable work plan for self and team.
• Ability to communicate issues or concerns affecting the tasks and assist in resolution.
• Support service‑improvement working groups with the development of service analysis.
• Provide support for service restoration activities.
• Assist in the resolution of open/chronic trouble tickets.
• Develop post‑outage assessment documents and evaluate post outage assessment documents for significant outages such as analysis of contractor post‑mortem and Reason‑for‑Outage (RFO) reports.
• Ability to provide liaison function with various FAA lines of business and external customers.
• Ensure compliance with FAA safety standards and Government telecommunications regulations.
• Maintain and provide detailed documentation of as‑built installations, repairs, and site conditions.

• A minimum of 8 years' direct experience in maintenance of telecommunications and/or enterprise networks for both small, and large sites.
• Experience with telecommunications technology (multiplexors, voice and data analog and digital services, basic microwave and satellite theory), and IP theory (understanding TCP/IP technology)
• Experience in design and installation of network topology (cabling, cabling infrastructure, jacks, etc.)
• Significant experience with IP networks and or Enterprise Services preferred.
• Previous FAA experience a plus.
• Must be proficient with MS Office, including Word, PowerPoint, Project, and Excel
• Ability to multi‑task, handle a fast‑paced work environment, and adapt to rapidly changing priorities.
• Excellent writing, oral communication, management, and organizational skills
• Willingness to perform detailed work with little guidance and to interact in a positive manner with other government and industry personnel.
• Ability to climb towers and work at heights (if required, must…