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Job Summary:
Tower Technicians support all aspects of tower installations, including all antennas and transmission lines. Tower Technicians perform construction duties on a daily basis ensuring quality construction from the foundation to erection of lattice towers, monopoles, and guyed towers.
Essential Function:
Tower Technicians support all aspects of tower installations, including all antennas and transmission lines. Tower Technicians perform construction duties on a daily basis ensuring quality construction from the foundation to erection of lattice towers, monopoles, and guyed towers.
Essential Function:
- May perform installs on radios, antennas, and associated RF equipment.
- Trouble shoots Alarms / RSSI issues at sites using supplied sweep gear.
- Perform electrical down tilts and mechanical down tilts to a variety of antennas using supplied antenna controller units.
- Run jumpers as needed to complete ongoing scopes of work.
- May devise jumper connections with knowledge from connector training.
- Complete required equipment and supply paperwork.
- Climbing communications structures, to include: guyed; self-supporting; monopoles; building/rooftops; grain silos; etc.
- Performing audits: safety; defect and quality.
- Ability to follow daily instructions and shift reports.
- Ability to run jumpers as needed to complete ongoing scopes of work.
- Fill out required paperwork and printouts.
- Applies job skills and company policies and procedures to complete assigned tasks.
Recommended Minimum Job Requirements:
- High School Diploma or equivalent.
- Typically requires 3 plus years of related experience.
- Valid state-issued driver’s license is required.
- MUST be a Certified Tower Climber - can be via Gravitec Systems, Inc. or ComTrain.
Recommended Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Mounting, aligning, cabling, and testing of antennas, radios, and associated equipment.
- Experience in completing full grounding installations, tower demolition, tower stripping and painting (erect and horizontal).
- Competent climber.
- Competent rigger.
- Knowledge of standard knots.
- Trained in controlled descent.
- Trained in use of aerial lifts.
- Trained in procedures on a working platform.
- Trained in procedures on a cable bridge/ice bridge.
- Knowledge of UMTS and 4G.
- Requires working knowledge of Microwave equipment.
- Knowledge of basic electricity, grounding, and power safety.
- Terminating cables and experience fixing connectors and Antenna system.
- Ability to Install coaxial cable on towers, rooftop - any structure.
- Strong troubleshooting skills of equipment, coax, and fiber.
- Expertise in fiber testing.
- Expertise in PIM and sweep testing.
- Ability to work closely with others.
- Team Player.
- Good communication skills.
- Ability to mentor and field train lower level technicians.
- Travel as required, typically within a designated region.
- Must be able to safely climb while carrying tools and equipment of up to 60 pounds and work on a cell site tower using safety gear that is rated for a maximum working load of 310lbs, including the climber, tools and equipment.
- Familiarity of using PIM gear and PIM troubleshooting.
- TMO experience preferred.
- Past Verizon experience or RTWP experience a plus.
- Breakfix experience.
Certificates, Licenses, Registration and Requirements:
- Rescue certification is preferred.
- Anritsu and/or OSHA certification preferred.
- CPR and First Aid certification preferred.
Physical Demands:
- Must be able to climb and descend all types of tower and rooftop structures.
- Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs.
- Must be able to travel as needed.
