Bsw Operator

Position Title: BSW Operator

Union: IBEW 89

TERM Employee

$20.00 to $27.00 hourly DOE

Comprehensive health benefits include - medical, dental, vision, 401k, flexible spending account, paid sick leave and paid time off, quarterly performance bonus, training, career growth, and education reimbursement programs.

At Ziply Fiber, our mission is to elevate the connected lives of our communities every day. We’re delivering the fastest home internet in the Northwest, with a focus on areas traditionally underserved by mainstream internet companies. And as our state-of-the-art fiber network expands in WA, OR, ID and MT, so does our need for team members who can help us grow and realize our goals.

We may be building internet, but we are reaching real people. We strive to build relationships and provide customers and communities with refreshingly great experiences.

We emphasize our values in all our interactions:

Genuinely Caring: Our customers and colleagues are people, and quite possibly our neighbors. We put ourselves in their shoes and give them our full attention.

Empowering You: We empower our customers to choose the products that best meet their needs, and we support our employees to implement solutions that elevate the experiences of our customers and coworkers.

Innovation and Improvement: We always look for ways to make the experiences of our customers – and each other – better.

Earning Your Trust: We earn trust by communicating simply and transparently as real people, not as a corporation.

Job Summary

The BSW Operator will be responsible for completion of BSW installations - including hand digging, equipment operation, placing, traffic control and locates, permitting, safety, customer communication. Performs clean-up/restoration and various non-technical functions associated with all types of construction and installation projects. The BSW Operator will also be responsible for administrative duties including review of current workload, reporting completions, permitting requirements, restoration requirements, driving a company vehicle with trailer and equipment, ability to work alone or as a team with laborers to meet workload requirements, and will be responsible for locate activities – reading maps and service requests, measuring, white-lining, and painting of the company locates, create locate tickets and managing the relationship with locate vendors to ensure timely and accurate completions to meet customer due dates.

Promotes positive customer satisfaction through courteous manners and professional attitude

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

The Essential Duties and Responsibilities listed below are a range of duties performed by the employee and not intended to reflect all duties performed.

· Ensure proper work area protection including, placement of traffic control devices that meet Local and State requirements.

· Control of vehicular and/or pedestrian traffic within a “Work Area”.

· Work Area Protection - Direct the flow of traffic to ensure the safety of Employees and the general public.

· Read service requests and interpret maps

· Operation of company vehicle, driving vehicle with trailer, loading trailer

· Operate equipment to place fiber drop to company standard. Including digging, pushing/pulling/terminating/testing fiber cable, sweeping, raking, backfilling, lifting, loading/unloading equipment.

· Splice fiber drops and ensure continuity end-to-end.

· Determine most efficient path for drop placement, measure path, operate locate equipment, sketch asbuilt, pothole existing utilities, conduct administrative duties as required.

· Determine and communicate required permits to manager.

· Communicate and manage hard/soft surface restoration.

· Ensure completion of job – including placing fiber, continuity of light, and restoration to customer satisfaction and company standard.

· Interfaces with property owners, customers, city officials/inspectors at job sites.

· Follows all appropriate laws, Company policies and procedures.

· Use Laptop PC equipment.

· Utilize safety protection equipment appropriate for position – ear plugs, hard hat, safety glasses, vest, footwear, etc.

· Wear uniformed company clothing

· May be required to perform additional duties and tasks as required by the Company.

Qualifications:

· 5+ years of safely operating equipment such as vibratory plow, locators, direction drill, backhoe, splicing equipment.

· Read, write, and speak English.

· Good communication skills – communicates with customers, co-workers, inspectors, and management.

· Understanding of telecom infrastructure – terminals, network demarc location

· Add, subtract, multiply and divide numbers.

· Must possess and maintain a valid driver’s license and safe driving record.

· Ability to drive truck with trailer and equipment. Including forward and backing trailer without assistance.

· Understanding of fiber cable tolerances and ability to use fiber tools such as red light for continuity.

· Interpret test results

· Able to operate utility locating equipment – locator, measuring wheel, spray paint.

· Possess manual dexterity and able to work with hand tools.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

· Ability to work independently and apply sound judgment and reasoning skills to a variety of situations

· Ability to multi-task and collaborate effectively with other personnel to meet deadlines.

· Strong verbal and written communication, attention to detail, and organizational skills.

· Ability to work within critical deadlines.

· Ability to adjust to rapidly changing priorities and schedules.

· Ability to provide excellent customer service.

Work Authorization

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US for any employer. Sponsorship is not available for this position.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential and marginal functions may require maintaining physical condition necessary for bending, stooping, pushing, pulling, digging, lifting, sitting, walking, or standing for prolonged periods of time; most of the time will be spent outdoors working with equipment in a labor capacity, with hand tools, machinery and surrounded by loud noises. The employee must be able to lift, carry, and/or move up to 100 pounds.

Work Environment

Primary work will be in the field, including in vehicle and outside in the elements – wind, rain, snow, sun, and varying temperatures and conditions. Some work will be indoors to gather materials and minimal administrative work at a desk.

At all times, Ziply Fiber must be your primary employer. Unless otherwise prohibited by law, employees may not hold outside employment nor be self-employed without obtaining approval in writing from Ziply Fiber. In holding outside employment or self-employment, employees should ensure that participation does not conflict with responsibilities to Ziply Fiber or its business interests.

Diverse Workforce / EEO:

Ziply Fiber is an equal opportunity employer. Ziply Fiber will consider all qualified candidates regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, and the presence of a non-job-related handicap or disability or any other legally protected status.