Entry Level Fiber Optics Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Pillar Innovations is an Industrial Solutions and Service Company with over 15 years of experience in the Energy, Mining, Industrial Construction, Aggregate, and Renewables Industries. The Corporate Headquarters are located in Grantsville, MD with several offices throughout the country.
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Are you looking for a hands-on career where you can work outdoors, solve problems, and be part of a team that keeps communities connected? As an Aerial Construction Technician II – Fiber Optics, you’ll play a vital role in building and maintaining fiber optic networks by installing, troubleshooting, and repairing overhead fiber lines. This dynamic and physically engaging position involves pulling, tensioning, stranding, and spacing lines, as well as performing pole transfers, strand building, lashing, make-readies, and mounting equipment. You’ll work in both communication and power spaces, gaining valuable experience in a growing industry. If you enjoy working with your hands, aren’t afraid of heights or confined spaces, and want to be part of a supportive team, this is your opportunity to build a rewarding career with room for advancement. Join us and help power the connections that keep businesses and communities running!

• Safely perform work in communication spaces
• Qualify to work safely in energized spaces
• Participate in work requiring pole climbing
• Inspect, mobilize, and operate a bucket truck from the cab
• Record and report the sequential footmarks by the operator or groundman
• Responsible for framing poles
• Pull cable, strand, fiber, and lash, for extended periods of time
• Provide framing and attachment hardware for the operator, jack-down guys, pull lashes

Working Conditions

• Walk/use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls / Reach with hands and arms / Climb ladders and stairs / crawl/kneel
• Climb poles; carry, set up and extend ladders weighing up to 65 pounds, as well as work with confidence on ladders and utility poles at heights of up to 60 feet in the air to perform tasks in communications spaces
• Work indoors, outdoors, and underground in various weather conditions
• Able to walk long distances
• Able to lift up to 65 pounds without assistance

• 2-4 years of relevant Fiber Optics experience preferred
• Mastery of Aerial Construction Technician I Job Duties
  
  • Safely perform work in communication spaces
  • Qualify to work safely in energized spaces
  • Participate in training for pole climbing
  • Operate basic hand tools (Cordless Drill, Hammer, Wrench, Socket Set)
  • Inspect, mobilize, and operate a bucket truck from the cab
  • Record and report the sequential footmarks by the operator or groundman
  • Responsible for framing poles
  • Pull cable, strand, fiber, and lash, for extended periods of time
  • Provide framing and attachment hardware for the operator, jack-down guys, pull lasher
  • Assist with worksite housekeeping duties and equipment inspections
  • Provide roadway flagging support for the operation to include obtaining Flagger Certification
  • Monitor basic gauges to determine tension and pressure on the cable lines
  • Attend the reel to ensure uniform deployment of strand and fiber optic cable
  • Assist with performing minor field repairs on equipment
  • Assist in the completion of documentation to include record-keeping, billing, inventory, etc.
  • Learn to recognize general safety hazards and electrical-specific hazards such as missing and or degraded parts and hardware
• Proficient in the use of the following equipment: ladders, bucket trucks, man lifts, cable pullers and reel stands preferred
• Experience operating small equipment experience (i.e., forklift, bobcat, telehandler, skid steer, etc.)
• Flagger Certification
• Must be comfortable working at elevated heights and confined spaces

WE ARE NOW EMPLOYEE OWNED

Employees are beneficial owners through an ESOP (Employee Stock Option Plan) that works through a qualified retirement plan.

Perks/Benefits 

• Comprehensive Benefits
• Health/Life insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Short/Long term disability
• Paid time off and holidays
• Paid lodging, per diem, and transportation provided for out-of-town work
• Employee focused work environment
• On-the-job mentoring and training
• Internal job postings
• Performance and salary reviews
• Employee feedback program
• Safety-first and drug free work environments
• Bonuses and incentives for working safely
• Company provided tools and basic safety equipment
• PPE allowances with no restrictions on vendors
• Weekly pay with premium pay for Sundays and holidays
• Advancement through defined employee career paths
• Financial tools/programs to help employees reach financial goals, manage money, get out of debt, and save for the future
• Scholarship opportunities for dependent children

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

This position requires the completion of a thorough background and pre-employment drug and alcohol screening. In accordance with The Company’s Drug and Alcohol policy, employees are required to participate in random, post-accident and reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing as requested.

 

AAP/EEO Statement 
This Company is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer that provides opportunities without regard to any protected classes under applicable law.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

ADA Statement

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

USD $22.00/Hr.
USD $25.00/Hr.