Tower Technician

Hiring for T1/T2, Top Hand, and Foreman

We will train, but you must be willing to work hard!

• Travel may be needed (Rotation 6-8 weeks/1 week off) Sometimes you'll work in Local and sometimes not.
• Great Attitude It's everything
• Work hard mentality You'll get dirty
• Dependability Sometimes you need to be at work at 6am
• Language Bilingual in Spanish preferred

At Ethos Distributed Solutions, we deliver competitive and professional wind, solar and wireless services. Our customers are leading renewable energy developers/owners with utility scale wind, solar, and energy storage projects across the United States. Our achievements are a direct result of the dedication and diligence of our team. We expect our team members to actively work to enhance processes, systems, and their own performance while upholding our culture standards, based on the 'Ethos Way' which encompasses our core values:

1. Respect: Fundamental belief in treating all team members fairly, and doing the right thing for employees and customers, leading to “win win win.”

2. Personal Accountability: In a remote, field-oriented business, we rely on our people to be personally accountable for their actions and results every day.

3. Solutions Oriented: As our work is custom in nature, we rely on our team to not just find problems, but to creatively identify and drive solutions.

At the heart of this is the belief that respect, personal accountability, and operating from a solutions-oriented mindset always leads to a “win win win.” Our core values underscore and reinforce our safety culture. We actively drive safety by respecting policies, standards, and leadership, by holding ourselves personally accountable to follow all standards, and seeking appropriate creative solutions to complete the job in a safe manner.

Job Requirements:

· Must have 3+ years of experience climbing and working on communication towers

· The Foreman will need to provide high quality workmanship, attention to detail, keep the project on time and on budget.

· Perform tower maintenance and tower equipment upgrades under close supervision

· Adhere to workplace safety requirements and insure a safe work environment

· Effectively interface with all levels of Management, Staff, and Customers

· Intermediate computer operation and Smart phone skills and familiarity with computer based and App programs (time clock apps, expense apps, Word, Excel, Adobe)

· Passed initial background check and substance screening

· Driving record must meet Ethos insurance standards and must maintain a valid state Driver’s License

· Knowledge of all telecom related tools

· Willingness to take hands on approach in leading their team through demonstration

· Responsible for training subordinates

· Advance troubleshooting skills for most major carriers

Preferred Job Qualifications:

· Competent Climber and Rescue

· Advance Rigging Knowledge

· Crane hand signal

· Capstan operation

· Truck and trailer towing (Flat bed or Enclosed)

· Man Lift & Scissors Lift operation

· RF and GHS

· OSHA 30

· CPR/First Aid

· NWSA TTT-1 certification or ability to obtain within 3 months after hire

· Extensive knowledge of most major carriers and their components

· Must be able to communicate with tower NOC, NFSD, Amdocs, and GDC in verbal or written form

· Read and interpret construction drawings, RFDS, and market color codes

· Ability to read and set antenna RET’s per RFDS

· Ability to perform steel additions, mount modifications on tower, and including up to stacking towers

· Advance knowledge in troubleshooting RF and electrical components

· Ability to operate test equipment, understand test results (i.e. RF Sweep gear, PIM and Fiber testing)

· Must be able to complete “close out” packages

· Must have 3 years’ experience running crews of 2 to 5 climbers and solving team issues

Bilingual in Spanish preferred.

Essential Duties:

· Must be reliable – daily attendance for scheduled work is mandatory and must be able to complete projects on time

· Performs overtime work, including working a flexible and variable work schedule as needed to meet business objectives

· Should be able to estimate time, materials, and other costs

· Ability to create construction schedule and update daily

· Complete work in a timely and efficient manner by planning, prioritizing, and mobilizing staff, materials to meet schedule

· Ensure Construction Manager is apprised of construction progress, concerns and deviations from plans or established schedule

· Create and turn in daily reports to management team

· Responsible for crew time sheet approval on daily and weekly basis

· Follow detailed method of procedures (MOP) and practices to perform maintenance on equipment

· Performs night MOP work as required

· Follows product specifications and executes plans as directed

· Demonstrates the ability to learn defect detection, repair and construction of telecom projects. Assures projects are built to customer specifications. Seeks assistance when encountering issues to ensure success in problem resolution

· Identify all materials and other resources needed to complete project

· Create material requisition form send to Warehouse Manager and CM, Coordinate delivery and off-loading of all materials

· Identify construction "punch list" of items to be remedied and ensure they are completed prior to customer’s inspection

· Finalize all inspections to close project

· Assign tasks to fellow crew members and perform civil or tower construction activities such as stacking towers, trenching, conduit install, testing, installing antennas, positioning antennas, installing RRH’s, running coax, etc.

· Communicating both verbally and in writing as well as take direction both verbally and in writing

· Completes required reports and other paperwork which will require computer entry

· Closely adheres to all safety standards and procedures. Identifies gaps in safety standards as well as safety risks in the environment and provides recommendations to higher level technical staff and management

· Maintains adherence to Company policies, safety standards and good housekeeping practices

· Maintains proper care of Company tools and vehicles

· Analyze situations accurately and complete assigned course of action

· Effectively contributes to strong team environment through assisting team members in accomplishing goals, supporting and promoting team spirit and cooperation

· Demonstrates integrity, strong initiative, as well as a focus on quality of work and safety on a daily basis

· Proactively looks for improvement opportunities to job appropriate processes and procedures and communicates through appropriate channels

· May maintain and enforce all OSHA safety practices, perform daily jobsite safety inspections on equipment prior to operation. Immediately stops work when unsafe work practices or conditions exist

· Evaluate the job sites and communications equipment, and secure and protect as required

· Knowledge of sector/antenna configurations with respect to jumper and coax routing, RET settings and cabling, and fiber routing

· Fully test an antenna/line system as required via PIM or Sweep

· Proficient testing and working with Fiber

· Interpret the alarm conditions on the network and implement repairs and restoration plans to ensure minimal service disruption and impact to customer

· Install, connect and test underground and above ground grounding systems

· Attend vendor and in-house training and participates in certification programs as necessary

· Ensure work is performed and completed in accordance with local, state and federal regulations, including assistance with permits as well as inspections.

Supervision responsibilities:

· Tower Hand 1, Tower Hand 2, & Tower Hand 3

Travel:

· As required

· Shares hotel room while traveling

Physical Demands & Work Environment:

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

· While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to the elements, high, precarious places. The employee can be exposed to risks of electrical hazards, RF hazards, wildlife, pinch and crush hazards, slip & trip hazards, and falling objects.

· While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. The employee must be capable of lifting and/or moving up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, ability to distinguish colors, and ability to adjust focus

· Must have the ability to climb tall structures that exceed 300 feet in height

· Must be comfortable working remotely with limited supervisor interaction

Company Disclaimers:

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills and working conditions. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the principal job elements essential for making decisions about the job and evaluations about an individual's performance.

In no event, shall the job description be construed to represent a contract of employment. Ethos Distributed Solutions maintains "at-will" employment, where either party is free to dissolve the relationship at any time.