Telecommunications Specialist

DESCRIPTION

This position focuses on the interaction between computer and communications equipment. Supervise the installation of the systems, including radio transmitters and receivers, and provide maintenance and other services to clients after the systems are installed.

Services or repair telephones and other communication equipment on customers’ property. Install equipment in new locations or install wiring and telephone jacks in buildings under construction.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES :

• Design, develop, test, and supervise the development, production and operation of electronic equipment such as broadcast and communications systems, and radios.
• Define requirements, including transmission capacity planning, in areas such as communications, signal processing, and control systems.
• Enable telephone service via wires and cables that connect customers’ premises to central offices maintained by telecommunications companies.
• Install, repair, and maintain telephone equipment, cables and access lines, and telecommunications systems.
• Assemble equipment and install wiring.
• Setup, rearrange, or remove switching and dialing equipment used in central offices.
• Help customers understand the new and varied types of services offered by telecommunications providers.
• Install and maintain radio transmitting and receiving equipment, including stationary equipment mounted on transmission towers and mobile equipment, such as radio communications systems in service and emergency vehicles.
• Note differences in wire and cable colors so that work can be performed correctly.
• Test circuits and components of malfunctioning telecommunications equipment to isolate sources of malfunctions, using test meters, circuit diagrams, polarity probes, and other hand tools.
• Test repaired, newly installed, or updated equipment to ensure that it functions properly and conforms to specifications, using test equipment and observation.
• Drive crew trucks to and from work areas.
• Inspect equipment on a regular basis in order to ensure proper functioning.
• Repair or replace faulty equipment such as defective and damaged telephones, wires, switching system components, and associated equipment.
• Remove and remake connections in order to change circuit layouts, following work orders or diagrams.
• Demonstrate equipment to customers and explain how it is to be used, and respond to any inquiries or complaints.
• Analyze test readings, computer printouts, and trouble reports to determine equipment repair needs and required repair methods.
• Adjust or modify equipment to enhance equipment performance or to respond to customer requests.
• Inspect and test lines and cables, recording and analyzing test results to assess transmission characteristics and locate faults and malfunctions.
• Travel to customer premises to install, maintain, and repair audio / visual electronic reception equipment and accessories.
• Splice cables, using hand tools, epoxy or mechanical equipment.
• Measure signal strength at utility poles using electronic test equipment.
• Set up service for customers, installing, connecting, testing, and adjusting equipment.
• Place insulation over conductors, and seal splices with moisture-proof covering.
• Access specific areas to string lines and install terminal boxes, auxiliary equipment, and appliances, using bucket trucks, or by climbing poles and ladders or entering tunnels, trenches, or crawl spaces.
• String cables between structures and lines from poles, towers, or trenches and pull lines to proper tension.
• Install equipment such as amplifiers and repeaters to maintain the strength of communications transmissions.
• Lay underground cable directly in trenches, or string it through conduits running through trenches.
• Pull up cable by hand from large reels mounted on trucks, and pull lines through ducts by hand or with winches.
• Clean and maintain tools and test equipment.
• Participate in the construction and removal of telecommunication towers and associated support structures.
• Explain cable service to subscribers after installation, and collect any installation fees that are due.
• Compute impedance of wires from poles to houses in order to determine additional resistance needed for reducing signals to desired levels.
• Use a variety of construction equipment to complete installations, including digger derricks, trenchers, and cable plows.
• Dig trenches for underground wires, cables, and power poles using power augers or shovels, set poles in place with cranes, and hoist poles upright using winches.
• Fill and tamp holes using cement, earth, and tamping devices.

QVine Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer M / F / D / V