Foreman Telecom Rigger

Job description

**Telecom Rigging Lead/Foreman**

**About the Role**

If you want to be part of something big in the exciting and dynamic world of global telecommunications, come and join our team. Excel Group is a Network Services and Solution provider and we're looking for a Telecom Rigging Lead/Foreman to join our tower personnel team. As a Lead Aerial Rigger/Foreman, you should have in-depth knowledge of rigging equipment, excellent spacial awareness, and good communication skills.

**Responsibilities**
- Responsible for leading a crew of 3-5 technicians on a range of projects. including site build, maintenance, upgrades, decommission.
- Assist and lead crew in daily construction duties.
- Maintain communications between crew members.
- Assist and maintain the enforcement of governmental and company health and safety policies.
- Attend preconstruction walks when required.
- Provide leadership and guidance to promote learning and furthering of junior crew memberskills and abilities.
- Work on and analyze project requirements with respect to labour and materials.
- Staying apprised of construction progress, concerns, deviation from plans or schedule.
- Ensuring quality control or work
- Preparing rigging equipment including beams, pulleys, clamps, and bolts.
- Communication Tower and Cell Site installation and routine maintenance
- Installation and testing of telecommunication equipment (cellular antennas, microwave antennas, transmission lines and connectors).
- Antenna modifications and additions.
- Perform tests to locate transmission faults and repair or replace defective equipment on the tower.
- Performing general ground procedures and activities required for the construction of sites.
- Maintain tools, company vehicles, equipment and inventory.
- Identify safe working conditions and take a proactive approach to maintaining them.
- Scheduling, resource management, health & safety, material management, and driving overall successful project completion.
- Performing all duties in a safe, diligent, and careful manner; operating with strict compliance with relevant Occupational Health and Safety policies, rules, and requirements for all work performed

**Qualifications**
- Minimum 3 years of Aerial tower climbing, rigging, and rappelling experience is required.
- Valid Ontario Driver's license with a clean abstract and a reliable vehicle is required.
- Experience with general wireless construction including installation of equipment, steel mounts, cabinets, cable tray, conduit, microwave, power equipment, batteries, and grounding systems.
- Experience with cable systems including fibre optic, data, copper, and power.
- Canadian or international experience with wireless carriers and major equipment vendors including Ericsson, Nokia, Bell, Rogers, Telus.
- Ability to read and interpret site plans, engineering and construction drawings.
- Ability to work in a full body harness on rooftops and/or towers.
- Physical strength and the ability to work in a full body harness on rooftops, with steel, and climbing towers.
- Valid Working at Heights certificate.
- Fall arrest and protection certification.

**Success in the Role**
- Telecom troubleshooting experience preferred.
- Possess strong industry related skills, rigging, steel erection, line installation, antenna and microware installation.
- Ability to interpret engineered drawings and knowledge of fibre and DC Drawings.
- Good physical condition and comfortable working at heights.
- Mechanically inclined.
- Reliable and trustworthy with a positive attitude.
- Valid Driver's license, willing to travel.

**Work Environment**
- Regular hours are 8:00 am - 4:00 pm or 9:00 am - 5:00 pm, however some flexibility is required.
- Year-round, hands-on work on rooftop cell sites and towers.
- Work outside, at heights or in confined spaces.
- Heavy lifting, manual work and proficient use of installation tools
- Work with a team of 3-5 technicians on a range of projects including site build, maintenance, upgrade, and decommission.
- All extra Covid PPEs provided, maintaining distance on job sites

**Working with Excel.**

Excel offers a generous and competitive employee benefits package including:

- Extended Health Care.
- Vision Coverage.
- Dental Coverage.
- Long-term Disability.
- Life Insurance.

**About Excel Group Inc.**

Founded in 2001, Excel provides our customers across Canada and the United Stated a full turnkey service offering including material management, network design, engineering, deployment, integration, and network maintenance. As one of Canada’s leading and most trusted Network Services and Solutions providers, Excel delivers a broad spectrum of industry-leading and best-in-class design, infrastructure, and connectivity solutions.

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

**Salary**: $30.00-$36.00 per hour

Pay: $36.00-$40.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

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

Work Location: In person