Fiber Splicing Technician

**Fiber Splicing Technician**

Solo Cable is currently seeking an **experienced** Fiber Splicing Technician to join our growing operations in **Southwestern** **Ontario** for a **permanent, full-time** position.
- Local Work - based out of Niagara Region
- Work focused in Southwestern Ontario - may extend to 200 kilometers
- Head Office - Brantford

Solo Cable is Ontario’s leader in fiber optic engineering and installation. Established in 2002, Solo Cable provides fiber optic engineering, design, and construction for industrial, commercial, and residential clients. We are committed to excellence, providing “best in standard practices” for quality, safety, and fair pricing. Solo is dedicated to serving our customers with passion, precision, and integrity.

Solo Cable is confident in offering a competitive compensation package including
- Competitive wages
- Comprehensive benefit program
- Extended health care
- Vision
- Dental
- Life
- Employee and Family Assistance Program
- Travel
- Paid training
- Company matched pension
- Cross-training
- Company vehicle

**Responsibilities**:

- Participate in the installation, repair and maintenance of fiber optics for commercial, residential, aerial and underground projects
- Make splicing rearrangements on existing facilities in buried, aerial and building work locations
- Splice and repair various types and sizes of telecommunication cables including single line, coaxial and fiber optic
- Read, create and maintain splicing schematics and diagrams
- Make splicing rearrangements on existing facilities in buried, aerial and building work locations
- Install and layout all types of fiber communication cabling
- Operate splicing/testing equipment in order to test and repair fiber networks
- Complete physically demanding jobs such as lifting, carrying, digging and/or climbing
- Record and report project progress ensuring to communicate any potential delays
- Read and understand blueprints

**Requirements**:

- **Minimum 2 Years’ Experience as a Fiber Technician**:

- **Valid Certificates in Fiber Splicing (CFOT, CFOS/H, CFOS/D, CFOS/O)**:

- **Must be willing to commute throughout Southwestern Ontario**:

- Criminal Background Check
- Clean driver’s abstract to be insurable
- Must be safety conscious
- Must be able to comfortably work at heights (10 - 20 ft)
- Must be able to comfortable work in confined spaces
- Excellent collaboration/communication skills; able to communicate and receive direction from others
- Must be eligible to work in Canada
- Willing to work overtime, weekends, evenings and emergency call-outs
- Able to do physically demanding work i.e., digging and carrying of heavy equipment
- Able to work in all weather conditions

**Additional Requirements**:

- Able to work in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines and repetitive tasks, managing time efficiently
- Mechanically inclined; able to maintain company truck, machinery or tools assigned, trouble-shoot, repair and replace as appropriate
- Geographical knowledge sufficient to read maps and follow directions.
- Competent problem-solving skills
- Excellent customer service skills
- Able to work efficiently with mínimal supervision; Self-motivated, disciplined, organized and a team player
- Must adhere to all company specific policies and regulations

**IF SELECTED A PRACTICAL EVALUATION WILL BE MANDATORY.**

**APPLY TODAY and INCLUDE**:

- Cover Letter
- Resume
- 2 References

**We thank all applicants but only those considered will be contacted.**

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: $22.00-$28.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Company events
- Store discount

Schedule:

- 10 hour shift
- 12 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Holidays
- Monday to Friday
- On call
- Overtime
- Weekend availability

Supplemental pay types:

- Overtime pay

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Grimsby, ON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- telecommunication: 1 year (preferred)
- Network installation: 1 year (required)
- Fiber Splicing: 2 years (required)
- Blueprint reading: 1 year (preferred)
- Maintenance: 1 year (preferred)
- Hand tools: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

- Class G Licence (preferred)

Work Location: One location