Cable and Plant Technician

Job Overview

Installation and Maintenance

• Install, terminate, test, certify, maintain, and troubleshoot copper and fiber optic telecommunications cabling.
• Install and maintain racks, patch panels, fiber distribution panels, cable managers, ladder racks, grounding, outlets, and related infrastructure.
• Perform fiber fusion and mechanical splicing, connector termination, cleaning, inspection, testing, and fault isolation.
• Use cable analyzers, OTDRs, optical power meters, multimeters, splicing equipment, and other industry-standard tools.
• Maintain Red and Black signal-distribution systems according to government requirements, BICSI practices, labeling standards, and specifications.
• Inspect infrastructure, correct discrepancies, initiate work orders, and maintain inspection and continuity records.
• Troubleshoot physical-layer issues affecting network, voice, VTC, and mission communications services.

Coordination and Documentation

• Coordinate outside-plant work, subcontractors, facility expansion, office reconfiguration, construction activities, and installation schedules.
• Create and update AutoCAD drawings, field markups, as-built records, rack elevations, cable schedules, circuit inventories, pathways, and telecommunications-room documentation.
• Coordinate with Network, Voice, VTC, Systems, Cybersecurity, facility personnel, and government representatives.
• Support office moves, network extensions, technology refresh, infrastructure modernization, surveys, inspections, audits, and technical assessments.
• Maintain accountability for tools, test equipment, materials, government-furnished equipment, and consumable supplies.
• Support preventive maintenance, trouble calls, emergency restoration, and after-hours or on-call response.

Work Conditions

• Comply with safety, host-nation, access-control, environmental, Red and Black separation, and secure-facility requirements.
• The position is based in or requires relocation to Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Minimum Qualifications

• Active, in-scope US Government-issued Secret clearance is required.
• US citizenship is required due to the nature of the work and contract requirements.
• At least five years of structured cabling, telecommunications infrastructure, or cable-plant experience is required.
• Hands-on experience installing, terminating, testing, and troubleshooting copper and fiber optic cabling is required.
• Experience using cable-certification and fiber-test equipment and reading or updating telecommunications drawings is required.
• Working knowledge of structured cabling standards, spaces, racks, pathways, grounding, labeling, and quality control is required.
• Ability to work independently and coordinate with technical teams, facility personnel, and subcontractors is required.
• Strong documentation, safety, communication, and quality-control skills are required.
• Ability to relocate to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, is required.

Education and Desired Qualifications

• An associate's degree in Telecommunications, Electronics, Information Technology, Construction Technology, or a related field is required; equivalent military training and experience may substitute.
• BICSI Installer 2 Copper, Installer 2 Optical Fiber, Technician, or RCDD certification is desired.
• AutoCAD, secure-facility, Red and Black separation, outside-plant, federal telecommunications, OSHA 30, overseas, military communications, and construction-support experience are desired.

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