Tower Tech III (Top Hand) – $27-$35/hr. $5,000 Sign-on Bonus

Description:

Tech III (Top Hand)

$27/hr. + (Determined by experience)

Cold weather gear provided

Unlimited overtime (Year round)

New Trucks

Hotels Covered up front

Per diem – $40 per day

$5,000 Sign-on bonus

JDR Technologies is looking to hire Top Hands to help teach, guide and run crews from the sky! Offering competitive wages, benefits, and a fun place to work. Our technicians travel from 1-4 days with the occasional 5 day trip. We are home weekends allowing a better work/home life balance.

As a Tech III (or Top Slide Lead), you will be responsible for managing the top of the tower crew(s). In addition to representing our company in a professional manner, you will be the face of our company when interacting with suppliers, customers and various vendors during installations and troubleshooting projects.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• A Tech III will seldom run crew’s contingent upon the needs of the business

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Maintaining, repairing, and occasionally installing various wireless tower types
• Assists in the installation, maintenance, and de-installation of all aspects of wireless cell site foundations including: grounding conduits, electrical installations, site de-installation of antennas, coax, and cabinets
• Climbing ladders of various heights and types
• Construction, troubleshooting, calibration, testing, and maintenance of telecommunications equipment
• Operating test equipment and data reporting
• Performing additional maintenance or upgrades on out of season equipment
• Working with a crew and responding to service calls in a timely manner
• Must be able to work overtime to include Saturdays, Sundays and evening hours
• Be able to travel 40% of the time, with extensive time away from the corporate location

Other duties as assigned

AAP/EEO Statement

JDR Technologies provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, JDR Technologies complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

JDR Technologies is proudly owned and operated by Universal Services.

Requirements:

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Understand and enforce OSHA safety standards (OSHA-10 Certification Preferred)
• Must have Competent Tower Climber and Rescuer Certification
• Advanced knowledge of knots and tower rigging necessary
• Use of lifts and aerial platform equipment
• Working knowledge of Fall Protection practice and procedures and tower life saving techniques
• Must work independently yet in a team environment with limited supervision
• Must be able to pull his/her own body weight plus equipment weight up a vertical tower repeatedly for long periods of time
• Must be willing to work long and unpredictable hours (10-hour days are not unusual) and travel out-of-state where necessary
• Position requires working outdoors in all types of weather
• Installation of up-top equipment including masts, supports, antennas, RRUs, cabling, bolting, shooting proper azimuth within tolerances, labeling, picture-taking, documentation, plumb and tilt readings with smart level, etc.
• Skilled in computers for submitting Daily Work Reports and/or Time Sheets
• Ability to be a “lead” for the crew when / where required
• Mentor and knowledge share with lesser experienced team members
• Minimum of 3 years experience in the industry is preferred
• Good oral and written communication skills to include computer skills to send and receive emails, daily reports

Education and Experience:

• High school diploma /GED and 1-2 years tower construction
• Valid Driver’s License – strongly preferred/may be required depending upon the location in which the position is required to work
• Knowledge of standard knots
• Basic computer skills required for equipment programing and site closeouts
• Sweep & PIM testing certifications (practical knowledge/skill test may be performed during interview)

Physical Requirements:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job
• Visual ability correctable to 20/20
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, use hands to finger/handle/feel, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, talk or hear
• The work requires the employee to walk, sit, stoop, kneel, bend, crouch, or crawl up to 90% of the day
• Frequently the employee is required to lift or carry up to 10 or 25 lbs., and occasionally up to 50 or 100 lbs.
• Able to climb to and work at heights exceeding 300’. The employee needs to have good vision for close work, distance, color discrimination, peripheral, and depth perception