Installation Technician I

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Description

TransCore (TRN), a subsidiary of ST Engineering, is seeking a full-time Installation Technician to join our team in the San Francisco Bay area.

Job Summary : The Installation Technician will perform on-site or in-house servicing, repair and / or installation of company product(s).

This job may include any aspect of field support and installation, and is not limited to electrical, data, and fiber optic cable installation;

conduit and pull box installation; and pole and foundation installation. Determines most effective means to install equipment to maximize efficiency.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Installs equipment including but not limited to cameras, detectors, controller cabinets.
• Installs electrical conductor, data conductor, and fiber optic cable.
• Installs pull boxes, conduit, poles and foundations.
• Connects conductors to equipment to make equipment work correctly.
• Connects electrical conductors to power services to energize equipment.
• Tests devices to ensure they work correctly.
• Prepares logs to keep track of field conditions and installation activities.
• Isolation of faults in units or components.
• Field test of units or components.

Education : High school diploma or general education degree (GED) required. One-year certificate from college or technical school preferred.

Required Skills & Experience :

• Experience pulling fiber optic cable
• Experience with civil groundwork and other infrastructure
• Electric cable routing and general cable pulling experience
• Good writing, communication, mechanical, and computer skills
• Good working knowledge of Windows operating systems and Microsoft Office Suite
• Must maintain CA driver’s license in good standing as verified by TransCore
• Driving record must be free of DUI / DWI for three-year period prior to employment

Desired Skills :

• Fiber optic splicing and testing
• AVI tuning
• Some experience working with Linux preferred
• Prior toll maintenance and electronic bench repair experience preferred

Other Requirements :

• Required to stand; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear.
• Occasionally required to walk and climb or balance.
• Regularly lift and / or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and / or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• Frequent exposure to moving mechanical parts; outside weather conditions and moving traffic.
• Occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles and risk of electrical shock.
• Comfortable with confined space work.

Salary Range : $30 - $62 hourly, based upon experience.

This is a safety sensitive position subject to pre-employment drug testing including THC.

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Drivers License

Equal Opportunity Employer / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.

However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)