Fiber Technician - W Industries : Job Details

W-Industries is an energy service company that specializes in Automation Solutions, I&E Construction Services, Power Generation and Packaged Equipment for the Energy and Industrial markets. Our expertise encompasses the full spectrum of system technologies from pneumatic - hydraulic control systems to state-of-the-art programmable solutions to chemical injection systems, and everything in-between. The Fiber Technician will be responsible for terminating, splicing, and installing a variety of fiber optic connectors and enclosures including both loose tube fiber, ribbon fiber, break-out fiber. Requirements

• Analyze and troubleshoot fundamental technical problems or issues
• Reviews, interpret and work with various fiber cut sheets, drawings, blueprints, testing documents, ability to identify fiber types, and color code identification.
• Makes fusion splicing rearrangements on existing facilities in buried, underground, aerial, and building work locations
• Able to troubleshoot and repair problems utilizing optical test equipment such as OTDR, Fiber Identifier, Power Meter, and Fiber Scope
• Splicing Technician should be able to prep fiber optic cables into new enclosures, splice trays, and fusion splice optic fiber cable ranging from single fiber to large count cables, including performing mid entries or ring cut when needed
• Terminate, splice, and install a variety of fiber optic connectors and enclosures including both loose tube fiber, ribbon fiber, break-out fiber.
• Proficient in using fiber tools and fiber optic test equipment including fusion splicers, uni-cam tool kit, anaerobic termination kit (Sumitomo, Fujikura, CommScope, Corning), power meter and OTDR (Fluke Networks, EXFO).
• Accurately test fiber (multimode and single-mode) cables to the required certification
• Installation of pulling cable, fire stopping, and pre-termination, including organizing, forming, dressing, and labeling cables to industry standards
• Determine closet and equipment layouts and install closet hardware, including backboards, racks, patch panels, and fiber enclosures

Skills Required

• Ability to read, review, interpret and understand technical documents.
• Working knowledge of using hand and power tools
• Ability to work respectively with others and work independently
• Ability to complete a designated amount of work in a specified time frame (quality jobs per day), adjusting work assignments or schedules to meet changing work-related priorities or demands
• Ability to anticipate and solve problems.
• Ability to organize and manage multiple, and at times competing priorities.
• Demonstrate communication skills, both verbal and nonverbal, to help facilitate the sharing of information between people within the company and our clients.
• Proficiency in Microsoft platforms such as Excel, word, and powerpoint.

Education and Experience

• 2+ years of Fiber Optics experience in a commercial or industrial setting
• Minimum of 1 year splicing fiber
• Offshore experience preferred
• At least 2 years of experience with Terminating, Fusion Splicing and Testing fiber.
• TWIC Card preferred
• Certified as a BICSI Technician or similar certification preferred
• Highschool degree or equivalent

Work Type

• Full-time

Physical Requirements

• Ability to lift at least 50 pounds.
• Ability to reach with arms and use tools above/over the head.
• Ability to perform repetitive movements.
• Ability to use hands to grasp.
• Ability to perform job activities outdoors in different weather conditions (extreme cold and heat, inclement weather)
• Ability to stand (for extended periods of time), walk, stoop, kneel, squat, crawl and twist
• Ability to sit, balance and climb ladders, scaffolds and other objects.
• Ability to carry tools.
• Ability to move in and around confined and cluttered places and uneven areas.
• Ability to work up to a 12-hour shift in all weather and temperature extremes.
• Ability to distinguish colors.

Offered Benefits

• 401(k)
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Basic Life, AD&D, Short and Long term Disability insurance
• Voluntary benefits
• FSA and HSA
• PTO

W-Industries is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We ensure that no applicant for employment or employee is denied an equal opportunity based on race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, status as a parent, national origin, age, disability (physical or mental), family medical history or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit-based factors. W-Industries is a participant of E-Verify. E-Verify is an Internet-based system that compares information entered by an employer from an employee's Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, to records available to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration to confirm employment eligibility.