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✨ Fiber Splicer: Build Tomorrow's Networks in Memphis! 🌐
Location: Memphis, TN | Employment Status: Full-Time, Non-Exempt (Hourly)
Join our operating unit, a leading provider in designing and building critical broadband and wireless communications infrastructure. We deliver turn-key network solutions built on our core values of Guts, Reliability, Innovation, and Teamwork (GRIT). We are looking for skilled Fiber Splicers in Memphis to help us build tomorrow, together.
Your New Role: Fiber Splicer
Reporting to the Project Manager, you will be crucial in the construction and activation of our next-generation communication systems. Your work will involve both aerial and underground construction techniques, focusing on the precise splicing and testing of fiber optic cable and related devices.
Key Responsibilities: Precision & Activation
- Splicing & Installation: Perform fiber optic splicing, installing all necessary passive and active devices, enclosures, and term panels.
- Reading & Interpretation: Accurately read and interpret work orders, engineering drawings, specifications, and/or cut sheets to determine the required work sequence.
- Cable Placement: Participate in pulling fiber optic cable through existing ducts or conduit, utilizing manual, mechanical, or blowing techniques for both aerial and underground lines.
- Testing & Certification: Test fiber optic lines for continuity and balanced signal using specialized equipment like light meters and OTDR (Optical Time Domain Reflectometer).
- Optimization & Repair: Repair or splice in new line as needed to complete project testing and certification; optimize new nodes and splice in node splits to reduce capacity.
- Aerial Work: Learn and utilize bucket trucks or safely climb utility poles to place cables according to system design (Prior bucket truck/aerial work is a plus).
- Documentation & Safety: Close projects by completing production sheets, verifying proper levels after activation, troubleshooting issues, and ensuring all work complies with safety standards and governmental orders.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- Experience: 2–5 years of experience in fiber optic splicing.
- Attitude: A positive, can-do attitude, and an openness to learning and adapting to new methods.
- Values: Alignment with our core values: Guts, Reliability, Innovation, and Teamwork.
- Physical Requirements:
- Able to lift and/or pull up to 80 pounds several times a day.
- Must be able to use standard hand tools (screwdrivers, pliers, wrenches, drills).
- Basic Requirements: High school diploma or equivalent, a valid driver's license, and successful completion of a pre-employment drug screen and background check.
- Teamwork: Able to communicate professionally and work effectively both individually and as part of a team.
Why Work With Us?
No matter what role you play, you are an important part of our family. We offer:
- Compensation & Wellness: Medical, Dental & Vision Benefits, and Free Wellness Resources & Marketplace Discounts.
- Retirement: 401(k) Program with a 4% company match.
- Time Off: Paid Maternity & Parental Leave.
- Security: Paid Basic Life Insurance & Voluntary Options.
- Culture: Our culture is built on GRIT, safety, inclusion, and family.
Ready to put your splicing expertise to work on critical infrastructure projects in Memphis? Apply today!