[Hiring] Fibre Engineer @SoundHR LTD

Role Description

This is not only a job but a career in an established company. Great opportunities for career growth and personal advancement!

We are looking for a Fibre Engineer with a salary of 32K + 5K OTE bonus paid monthly (37K). This is a stable, dependable company which works with the biggest UK telecom clients.

Job Purpose: To assist the Operational team, undertaking day-to-day job requirements of FTTH and FTTP. You would work directly in communication with the customer as part of a one or two-man team depending on work stream.

Key Responsibilities

• Supporting Fibre Coach with leading testing potential fibre routes and installing fibre infrastructure in underground networks
• Preparing cable sheath to enter Closure / Micro Closures / CDC / Wall box
• The Routing of fibres within closures / CDC and Transport Tubes as per a splicing schedule
• Preparing fibres for splicing
• Confident in the use and basic maintenance of a Works tablet, fibre splicing machine, OTDR, Power Meter, Fibre Identifier, and Micro Scope
• Splicing within loss limits
• Dressing the fibre and closing the Closure / CDC to the manufacturer's instructions
• Supporting restraining and labelling of trays and cables
• Disposing of scrap fibres and cable safely
• To be confident in reading and understanding the test results for troubleshooting purposes
• Strong communication skills are absolutely essential; ability to communicate between co-workers and third parties
• Be able to judge minor changes within a network and report those changes to the Fibre Coach and Fibre Manager

Qualifications

• NRSWA unit 2
• Open reach accredited pole certification, SA001, SA002, NRSWA, IPAF, Smart card desirable
• Demonstrable experience with a proven track record working in a networking engineering environment, in a senior engineering role
• Advanced knowledge of FTTP and FTTH technologies
• Operations and maintenance of metro/long-haul optical transmission networks, DWDM and SDH or SONET technologies
• Working with optical transmission equipment from well-established sources
• Sound ability to diagnose problems with existing equipment and fix faults up to resolution
• Ability to communicate fluently with customers and possess good customer service skills

Company Description