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Fibre Engineer - Cabling Engineer - Telecoms Technician

Key focus:

As a Fibre Engineer, your primary responsibility will be to perform fibre cabling activities to ensure the requirements are met in a timely and effective manner, whist ensuring site safety at all times.

Responsibilities:

• Travel to sites to pull fibre optic cables through the ducts to connect the network components together
• Overhead & underground cabling of fibre networks in line with the provided design
• Install overhead equipment, either with hoist or via ladders
• Identify and report blockages
• Drill holes and use of power tools
• Pull and install fibre optic cables and subduct when required
• Work in a way that disruption to the public is minimised
• Use every opportunity to show Future Networx as a considerate organisation so the company reputation is enhanced
• Respect, follow and fully comply with all health & safety rules, procedures and policies
• Conduct site risk assessments
• Provide feedback on issues to the Field Supervisor
• Work with the supervisor and the build team to come up with solutions on any issues that arise
• Strive to achieve personal, team and company objectives and complete tasks in a timely and accurate manner
• Train and mentor junior employees on any cabling-related matters
• Any other duties that may reasonably be required of you

Requirements:

• Experience in telecoms cable pulling
• PON build experience on the BT/Openreach required
• Full UK driving licence (max 6 points)
• Basic DBS check is required
• Must hold the correct accreditations for UG & OH cabling on the Openreach Network (required)
• PIA accreditations and confined spaces preferred
• Must have a Smart Awards card (NOPS)
• Hold a valid IPAF for hoist work (preferred)
• Ability to complete A55’s and B2B electronically on a laptop or tablet
• NRSWA (unit 2 required)
• Good communication skills
• Can-do attitude, positive and open minded to changes and process enhancements
• Detail oriented, analytical with a general ability to learn and use a variety of software/systems
• The nature of the job is largely physical as per the above description, therefore a good level of fitness is required to perform the job

About the role:

• Monday - Friday, 8 am - 5 pm with 1 hour of lunchbreak
• Possibility for overtime
• Some night shifts may be required
• Van and tooling provided
• 20 days of holidays + 8 bank holidays
• Group Life Insurance of 3x annual salary
• Employee Assistance Program and 24/7 online GP
• Candidate must be based within driving distance to Southampton to cover the areas required
• Competitive salary