Outside Plant Technician B (TERM)

Required Qualifications

• Must meet safety-related requirements including but not limited to those standards of safety imposed by OSHA, state agencies, manufacturers, and/or the company.
• Must be able to perform physical requirements of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation, including, but not limited to, perceiving differences in wire cable colors, moving and/or lifting items such as ladders, tools, air tanks, cable reels, test equipment and other objects weighing up to 100 pounds, working aloft; climbing ladders and poles, and entering tunnels, buildings, trenches, crawl spaces, manholes, and other confined spaces to accomplish job tasks.
• Security background investigation may be required.
• Must be able to communicate effectively with customers.
• Non-scheduled days will be required as needs of the business necessitate.
• Must meet applicable federal and state standards for operating the size vehicles covered by this job title.
• A valid state driver's license with a satisfactory driving record. Must have the ability to drive a vehicle with a manual gearshift.
• Where a Commercial Driver's License (CDL) is required, the applicant must pass an alcohol and drug test.
• Where a Commercial Driver's License (CDL) is required, the applicant will receive related, Company-provided Department of Transportation (D.O.T.) training. Upon completion of D.O.T. training, the applicant must qualify on D.O.T.'s Commercial Driver's License (CDL) written and skills qualifications tests to retain the job. Training:
• Training generally includes pole climbing, classroom, and on-the-job instruction. May include Department of Transportation training and safe driving courses. Students are required to meet training standards in order to be retained in the job. IMPORTANT: Additional Information
• You are being hired with the express understanding that your employment will terminate within a 6-30 month time frame, upon completion of the Fiber Modernization Project in West Virginia.
• You will remain in the same occupation into which you have been hired for the duration of your term of employment.
• You will receive all the benefits to which regular ("permanent") employees are entitled except for any contractual layoff or termination allowance.
• Before the Company hires a regular full-time employee to fill a vacancy, the Company will give first preference to any qualified term employee who is performing at a satisfactory level in the job title, work group, and geographic location in which the vacancy exists.