Network Outside Plant Technician

Solo Cable is currently recruiting **Network Outside Plant Technicians **to join our operations in the Niagaraarea for **permanent, full-time** positions.
- Work focused in Niagara region and surrounding areas but may extend to 200 kilometers
- Head office located in 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 insurance
- Paid training
- Employer Matched Pension
- Cross-training
- Uniform discount programs

**Essential Qualifications**:

- Willing to work over-time and in all weather conditions
- Willing to cross-train and further develop skillsets
- Able to work in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines and repetitive tasks, managing time efficiently
- Able to do physically demanding work i.e., digging and carrying of heavy equipment
- Ability to complete basic math processes quickly and accurately
- Excellent collaboration/communication skills; able to communicate and receive direction from others
- Must be safety conscious
- Mechanically inclined; able to maintain company trucks, machinery or tools assigned, trouble-shoot, repair and replace when appropriate
- Geographical knowledge sufficient to read maps and follow directions
- Read and understand blueprints, utility locate markings, schematics and manuals, gauges, dials, and other indicators and adjust as necessary
- Able to understand instructions and underlying principles in the telecommunication industry
- Competent problem-solving skills
- Excellent customer service
- Able to work efficiently with mínimal supervision; self-motivated, disciplined, organized and a team player

**Responsibilities**:

- Operate lashing machine or other lineman equipment for aerial cable and fiber
- Outside Plant (OSP) line construction with coax, copper and fiber cables, including audits, maintenance and installations
- Operate vehicle-mounted aerial devices
- Troubleshoot areas for outages, faulty cables and/or damaged equipment, diagnose network problems and repair in a timely manner
- Complete Construction Verification Process and documentation of accurate data from completed projects
- Place steel strand, down guys and anchors for aerial fiber cable construction
- When required, assist other crews with maintenance, installation, repair of Fiber Networks and any associated landscape restoration of customer property that may be required

**Requirements**:

- **Criminal Background Check**:

- **Clean Driver’s Abstract and CVOR Abstract to be insurable**:

- **Must be eligible to work in Canada**:

- **Language: fluent in English**:

- **Must provide own steel toed safety boots and work pants**:

- **Minimum 1 year experience in outside plant installation and maintenance of fiber optic networks**:

- **Previous experience working in construction and maintenance of telecommunications an asset**

**APPLY TODAY and INCLUDE**:

- Cover Letter
- Resume
- 2 Professional References

**Job Type**:Full-time, permanent

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

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

**Salary**: $20.00-$26.00 per hour

Additional pay:

- Overtime pay

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Dental care
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- Vision care

Flexible language requirement:

- French not required

Schedule:

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

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Niagara Falls, ON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)

**Experience**:

- telecommunication: 1 year (preferred)
- Outside Plant Technician: 1 year (preferred)

**Language**:

- fluent English (required)

Licence/Certification:

- Class G Licence (preferred)
- AR/AZ Licence (preferred)