Job Title: Quality Assurance Inspector

Location: Greater Minneapolis - St. Paul, MN

Start Date: Immediate

About Gateway:
Gateway Fiber is seeking an outstanding individual to fill the role of Quality Assurance Inspector. Gateway is creating a leading, national fiber-to-the-home platform. With the support of its financial sponsor CBRE Investment Management, Gateway plans to reach 500,000 homes and businesses with its service over the next several years. Gateway provides faster, more reliable internet with a simple pricing model and industry-leading customer service.

Gateway’s Beliefs About People:
Gateway believes that people want to know they are cared for both professionally and personally at work. We all share a clear vision of where the company is going and how our contributions positively affect our culture and operational performance. At Gateway, we lookout for each other and actively find ways to help one another. We all have a role in defining the path forward towards the company’s vision. We strive for a transparent environment where information is readily shared and our teams feel safe to share feedback, even if it might seem unpopular. Someone in the right role with the tools to succeed can operate autonomously to meet their objectives. Gateway’s beliefs about people shape the company and the way we do business.

Expected Outcomes and Requirements:
Gateway is hiring a Quality Assurance Inspector to use their robust attention to detail, quality, and safe-work behaviors in support our goal of adding 100,000 residential & business passings per year. The Quality Assurance Inspector is expected to contribute in the following significant ways: 

• Interpret construction drawings and right-of-way plans and validate construction operations coincide with drafted plans.
• Document jobsite work and verify quality standards are being upheld.
• Update collection maps of job location and progress.
• Perform a risk assessment for fiber placement path, highlighting obstacles, and identifying alternative routes to ensure potential disruption is mitigated and safety standards are upheld.
• Follow reporting protocol for any issues relating to safety, quality, or operational processes not consistent with expectations.
• Work closely with partners to verify safety, quality, and timeliness expectations are being maintained for all active projects.
• Be the communication funnel with clients, engineers, construction crews, and operations team.
• Resolve construction issues by working with all stakeholders.
• Document interactions, site information, and utilities in operational software.

The successful candidate will bring the following to the table:

• 3 years of underground utility experience and knowledge.
• 2 years of fiber optic and Outside Plant knowledge.
• Valid US driver’s license and satisfactory driving record.
• High school diploma required; related trade education preferred.
• Ability to complete work by means of climbing, sitting, standing, walking, and driving.
• Regularly working outdoors in weather conditions, such as heat, cold, precipitation, etc., combined with regular time working indoors.
• When traversing a given job site, personal protective equipment, such as safety eyewear & footwear, hearing protection, visibility enhancing garments, etc., are must wear items.

What’s in it for you?

• Seeing your work make a positive difference in the lives of our served communities.
• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits (medical, dental, vision, paid time-off, flexible environment).
• Locally owned, friendly, innovative company with high growth projections. 
• Career development.
• To learn skills and participate in critical projects in all areas of the business.

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