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Job Brief
The Field Engineer will serve the King County/Snohomish area with periodic travel within the greater Pacific Northwest.

Job Brief
The Field Engineer will serve the King County/Snohomish area with periodic travel within the greater Pacific Northwest.
The OSP (Outside Plant) Field Engineer supports engineering services through the detailed collection of information from the job site. This position requires rapidly obtaining a working knowledge in all technical aspects of OSP fiber and copper networks. The successful candidate is responsible for identifying existing field design and layout of OSP telecommunications network to include aerial, buried, and underground fiber network design and layout, underground conduit, manhole/handhole, building entrance, and riser facilities. Telecommunications systems are often located near high voltage power systems and the trainee must learn to identify and work safely in proximity to such systems.
Job Duties/Responsibilities:

• Work in fiber build area and identify homes, businesses, and multiple dwelling units that require fiber extension.
• Acquire field data to be used for designing network routes.
• Identify optimum path for extending fiber and terminal tails.
• Provide detailed field notes to allow construction work prints to be generated in CAD.
• Capable of managing own workload and prioritizing multiple field engineering assignments.
• Negotiate and execute building access agreements.
  

Qualifications/Requirements:

• High school diploma or equivalent (e.g., GED) required OR an equivalent combination of education, training, and relevant work experience that demonstrates the ability to successfully perform the essential duties of the position
• A minimum of 2 years of experience in fiber-optic/telecommunications/telecom/Power construction industry
• Knowledge of outside plant activities (Fiber Cable Design, Pole Line Construction, Conduit System design)
• Ability to read and understand as built prints and be able to identify conflicts with existing outside plant facilities, select routing of lines and equipment required for projects.
• Experience using the following systems: IKE, Infinium, Varasset, M6 (MetaSolv special circuit order and design system), Control Desk (for fiber key sheets), FROGS (GIS platform – OSP cable plant records and AutoCAD for developing work order specifications), DPI (Cable facility inventory and customer terminal records, and FTTP fiber records is strongly desired
• Familiar with GIS (Geographic Information Systems), ESRI and shapefile functionality
• Working knowledge of AutoCAD and Microsoft Office applications.
• Good organizational, written, and verbal communication skills
• Ability to learn new technical systems and tools.
• Ability to work safely in high traffic areas, public walkways, and right of way.
• Integrity - We do what is right, even if doing so puts us at a temporary disadvantage.
• Accountability - Everyone is accountable for the work we provide.
• Respect - For our employees, clients, and partners.
• Ability to resolve problems following standard practices, using judgment within defined policies and guidelines.
• Familiar with City, County, State, and Railroad permit application process, desired
• Ability to work outdoors majority of the time.
• Ability to travel within PNW region when needed.
• Must be able to pass a background check and drug screen post offer
• Driving is required for business to accomplish work which requires the use of a personal vehicle with mileage reimbursement
• Must possess a valid driver license and a safe driving record throughout the course of employment
  

Physical Requirements:

• Requires walking 2-4 miles per day.
• Works outside extensively and may be exposed to all types of weather, such as heat, cold, sun, rain, and other weather conditions.
• May carry equipment such as GPS unit, measuring stick, measuring wheel, and other handheld devices weighing 5-20 lbs.
• May be required to read engineering designs which use color coding to denote telecom routes.
  

Benefits: Group Medical Plan along with voluntary Dental and Vision plans, 401k Savings Plan with a company match
Pay Range: $28.00 - $32.00, DOE

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Telecommunications

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