Fiber Designer

Fiber Designer

Our client has a need to add a fiber designer to their team in Chattanooga, TN. This role will design Fiber Optic's overhead and underground facilities using the latest fiber management systems. This includes installing, removing, modifying, and/or updating fiber facilities as needed to maintain the most accurate records. The fiber designer will work directly with customers, internal departments, and external partners to provide and maintain fiberoptic services.

Job Duties:

• Perform detailed engineering tasks, including analyzing, evaluating, designing, planning, and estimating labor and material for fiber optic network and systems.
• Provide a thorough understanding of outside plant fiber optics communications systems.
• Develop familiarity by reading, understanding, and applying departmental design guides, standards, systems, applicable engineering codes, company policies, and procedures.
• Utilize various systems to process and report work activities, inventory outside plant facilities, document projects, and perform cost estimates and analysis.
• Help direct emergency restoration activities required for our outside plant infrastructure. This includes fiber optic damages, natural disasters, power failures, and other events.
• Create and maintain fiber splice, network, and fiber mapping system records.
• Provide proficiency in large subdivisions, MDU, and commercial facilities fiber design.

Required:

• Associate's degree in CAD highly preferred
• 3 plus years of fiber OSP design experience
• Knowledgeable of FTTX design and Outside plant engineering practices
• AutoCAD Proficiency
• OSP construction knowledge with the ability to read/red-line construction drawings to facilitate new builds, relocations, emergency repairs, updates, and other functions
• Strong communication skills

6 month Temp to Hire

Must be able to work in Chattanooga, TN