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Huntsville Utilities Field Network Technician in Huntsville, Alabama
Responsibilities:
- Installs and maintains office communication infrastructure.
- Assists with installation and maintenance of office, training, and meeting space audio-visual and telephony infrastructure.
- Uses documentation supporting the administration of office telephony and audio-visual technologies.
- Assist with installations of wired, wireless, and cellular networking infrastructure such as routers, switches, antennas, and fiber optic transport. Assists with troubleshooting of such technologies.
- Assist with installation and maintenance of inside plant network, voice, and audio-visual wiring throughout Huntsville Utilities and HU-managed facilities in accordance with all applicable fire and building codes, safety and industry standards.
- Assist with deployment, configuration, and maintenance of AMI mesh communications infrastructure and associated SCADA integrations.
- Uses documentation supporting the administration of AMI mesh communications infrastructure.
- Uses documentation of infrastructure supporting SCADA Communications in partnership with SCADA Communications team.
- Maintains fiber hut sites and HU facilities and tenant leased spaces through site and facility cleanliness, regular systems maintenance, inspections, and restocking. Provides tenant escort and tenant installation assistance where needed.
- Assists with inside and outside plant fiber optic installations as needed. Supports other stakeholders and municipal entities when necessary.
- Maintains accurate inventory of spare parts, small tools, and installation supplies. Orders materials and coordinates with suppliers as necessary to ensure adequate stock is kept on-hand of any such materials not handled by Stores team. Makes small purchases with P-card and submits purchase requests for material and equipment procurement.
- Assist with installation of grounding, bonding, and surge protection for our communication equipment.
- Assists in the use of service monitors, spectrum analyzers, Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (OTDR), and other test equipment to monitor and troubleshoot communications and facility infrastructure.
- Ensures all workplace safety policies and procedures as well as industry standard safety guidelines are followed while performing duties.