Elevated Tower Technician Worker III – Full time position available! *$2,000 Sign-on Bonus!

Summary: Responsible for daily construction duties directed by the lead and tower crew, ensuring work is performed in accordance with all safety, quality, and timeline expectations are met for commercial deployment of services. Work items include digging trenches, grounding, cad welding, stacking towers, installation of antenna’s, all types of antenna mounts, microwaves, coax lines, TMA’s, RF jumpers, remote electrical downtilts / Bias-T’s, remote radio heads, fiber/DC Hybrid cables, sweep and PIM testing, site audits and maintenance type items.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned:

• Assist with electronically maintaining minutes of daily site safety meetings

• Assist with electronically maintaining daily PPE, tool, safety supplies/equipment, equipment inspections and site safety analysis

• Promote, encourage, and always maintain safety on all projects

• Assist with the creation of the emergency response plans in accordance with KGP Services policies and procedures

• Identifying and stopping a job when confronted with an unsafe work environment and/or crew actions, equipment failure, etc…

• Assist Lead Foreman with scheduling of workload on projects in conjunction with the Construction Manager and assignment and supervision of crew’s work assignments

• Inspection and approval of crew and subcontractor’s work assignments

• Maintain and track all customer and company assets including trucks, trailers, test equipment, tools, PPE, safety kits, material, etc…

• Adherence to OSHA / NATE / customer and industry wireless standards and quality

• Timely and accurate response to technical customer problems and adherence to contractual obligations including specific site access and housekeeping agreements

• Professional customer interaction

• Identify material and tools needed to complete the project

• Management and ordering of materials and equipment, including truck stocking to pre-determined levels

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

• Technical support when necessary

• Testing (sweep and PIM) and optimization of system components and cables as well as power

and grounding systems

• Punch list generation and resolution during normal project schedule and in advance of any customer inspections

• Basic crane signals, winch signals and operations

• Professional customer interaction

• Performs other duties as requested by Management
  

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, and/or QUALIFICATIONS

• Must have a High School graduate or GED equivalent are preferred along with 3-5 years of related wireless experience

• Must have a valid driver’s license and insurance and driver history that complies with company motor vehicle policy

• Must have safety & rescue along with climbing certification (Comtrain or equivalent)

• Must be willing to attend OSHA 10 and 30hr classes / CPR / First Aid

• Experience leading a crew and subcontractors a plus

• Must be able to pass a drug and background test

• Operation and adjustment of commonly used tools in the wireless industry efficiently to support groundwork

• Travel as needed

• Overtime as needed, including nights and weekends

• DAS experience is a plus

• Rigging experience is a must

• Lockout / tagout

• Computer literate
  

LANGUAGE SKILLS

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.

• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.

• Ability to speak effectively before employees of the organization.

• Ability to fluently speak English.
  

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure.
  

REASONING ABILITY

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.

• Ability to work in a team environment.
  

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

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

• The employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls and reach with hands and arms

• The employee is required to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, kneeling and climb for extended periods

• Must be able to climb at high heights at least over 15 feet up to 300 feet in the air and must be able to work on roof tops

• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 – 70 pounds

• Employee needs to remain under the total body weight of 270 pounds to stay within the guidelines of our safety equipment.

• Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus
  

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and is occasionally exposed to risk of electrical shock.

While performing the duties of this job will require outside weather conditions w/ occasional exposure to inclement weather conditions

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

*$1,000 payable on the first feasible payroll after 30 days of employment and 1,000 payable on the first feasible payroll after 90 days of employment.

KGPCo is an Equal Opportunity Employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity