About the Role
The Drop Bury Technician duties include installation and maintenance of low-voltage broadband fiber optic cables, or coaxial cables buried underground in residential, business, and commercial job sites.
Primary Responsibilities:
• Operating GTS utility locater and place paint lines, or place flags of utility lines including electrical, fiber optic, gas, water, and sewer lines to ensure safe trenching activities.
• Read the job layout including valves and meters that may or may not have been located.
• Operating trenching equipment, duct work laying, cable pulling, and completing driveway and sidewalk boring.
• Maintain bore logs
• Read blueprints organization of materials and other resources as necessary to complete excavation requirements, which may include the use of basic hand tools
• Restore customer lawns, sidewalks, landscaping back to original conditions to maintain effective working relationships with those affected.
• Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
Education:
· High school diploma or G.E.D.
· Valid Driver’s License
Experience (preferred, not required):
· Utility Locating
· Drill/bore in both standard and high-risk areas, such as areas with live utilities.
· Operate trenching equipment or use hand tool to trench or bore cable lines.
· Listen to and implement directions
· Knowledge of:
o Highway traffic control standards
o Operation and maintenance of all equipment
o Underground Construction practices
o Health and safety regulations, practices and procedures
o Reading and interpreting Fiber maps and/or CATV design prints
Technical Skills:
· Use the tools required for maintaining and servicing machinery
· Diagnose and/or relay any problems to a certified repair technician
· Read and interpret construction and engineering plans
· Research land and plat information and communicate design prints
· Accurately sketch and record field notes and computations field as-builts
· Perform and/or instruct entry level skills and practices as required
Soft Skills:
· Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills
· Ability to read, comprehend and carry out instructions
· Effective listening, interacting and writing skills
· Ability to multi-task and work in a fast-paced environment
Physical Requirements:
· Must be in good physical condition with the ability to stoop, crawl, bend at the knees and waist, squat and lift 60-70 pounds including body weight, equipment, tools and boxes
· Must be able to stand for long periods of time on varied surfaces
· Position requires working outdoors in all types of weather and in the near proximity to vehicular traffic
· May be required to work long or unpredictable hours
Work Environment:
· Exposure to varying temperatures as work is primarily outside.
· Noise levels are moderate to heavy.
· Work in different types of terrain including water, sand, and dirt.
· Varying degrees of light as work may begin early morning and continue in the evenings and overnight.
About the Company
GTS is based in Canton, GA with operations nationally. We provide planning, engineering, construction and support services for a broad range of network infrastructure. GTS offers a generous benefits package including a 401(k) Savings Plan; company subsidized medical, dental, and vision insurance; company paid life, STD, and LTD; along with other supplemental insurance options if you choose to participate. These benefits are available on first of the month following 30 days of employment. After the first year of employment, you will earn 80 hours of paid vacation. Then an additional 40 hours on the fifth year of service for a total of 120 hours per year. GTS observes seven (7) paid holidays which are payable after the 90-day probation period is over. GTS also provides three (3) paid personal days per year, usable after 30-days of employment.