Cable and Wire Technician

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Aetos Systems, Inc. was founded in early 2007 to provide a unique work experience. Employees are the foundation of our business. Our leaders work hard every day to empower and support our employees in the development of their careers, giving back to their community, and providing their expertise and innovations to our customers - solving real-world business problems. Our culture focuses on our people -- our strongest asset -- ensuring they have an environment to provide best-in-class service and solutions to our customers. We always strive to do the right thing.

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Job Summary

Cable & Wire Technicians install, terminate, test, troubleshoot and maintain copper and fiber optic cables for communications systems. Including the installation of pathways, and fabrication of cable trays and the running of cable through cable trays, racks, manholes, small restricted spaces and underground or through facilities.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Install, splice, terminate and test vertical backbone and horizontal fiber optic and copper cable systems. Including fusion splicing and pigtail splicing, and installing fiber connectors.
• Perform underground construction for cable path creation and modification.
• Install, splice, and terminate innerduct and multicell innerduct
• Comprehensive knowledge of fiber optic and copper cable terms and concepts, installation codes, practices, and procedures.
• Fabricate, assemble and install cable pathways including cable trays through facilities, trenches and manholes.
• Setup and operate directional boring and hard surface excavation equipment, trencher/backhoes, line truck skid steer and other equipment listed below.
• Operate and monitor gas detector when working in manholes, trenches or other confined spaces.
• Setup and operate water pumps for removing water in manholes, trenches and confined spaces.
• Route copper and fiber optic cable through pathways while being cognizant of engineering and manufactures’ bend radius and tensile strength of cable.
• Fabricate and install equipment racks, do core bores, bonding/grounding.
• Install fire stop devices for cable such as but not limited to; plugs, grommets, collars, pathways, cable transit sleeves and wraps.
• Setup, move, store and operate confined space ventilation equipment, including air bottles and gas/air monitors.
• Using test equipment, manufacturer manuals, internal documentation, reference and operating procedures and schematics, troubleshoot and isolate problems.
• Provide, update and maintain all required documentation, reports, and logs etc., manually or in electronic databases.