Network Upgrade Engineer

G.Network are looking to expand our Field Engineering Team. The Network Upgrade Team plays a critical role in supporting the delivery of full fibre FTTP broadband to London. This position requires hands on rodding and fibre splicing experience to help us build and upgrade the core spine of the network and deliver to the highest possible standards.

Please read the following job description thoroughly to ensure you are the right fit for this role before applying.

You will be responsible for;

• Working as part of a team to install our core fibre network infrastructure using 96f and 24f cable
• Splicing fibre cables from 2 to 96f, interpret job packs, surveys and fibre plans and adapt accordingly whilst working with planning
• Rodding and roping, sub ducting and cable pulling
• Fibre testing and fault finding, capturing data and presenting feedback
• Carrying out area surveys and risk assessments
• Producing method statements
• Planning workload to deliver tasks and projects efficiently, whilst meeting KPIs and the business objectives,
• Being a champion of safety and promote the business brand

Qualifications

• Experience building the core/spine of a fibre network, with a range of different fibre types
• Solving networking problems where information is missing or ambiguous
• Using a fusion splicer and fibre splicing
• Rodding and roping
• Basic PC literacy
• Full UK manual driving licence held for at least 12 months and with no more than 6 points
• Good level of xwzovoh Maths and English
• An understanding of PON and active ethernet technologies
• Experience with a fibre broadband carrier e.g. Openreach or Virgin Media
• Experience in PIA (Physical Infrastructure Access) of the BT Network, fibre blowing
• Operating iOLM and OTDR
• Ability to interpret SLD Telecom construction blueprints
• Accredited external qualifications in fibre installation (e.g. CNCI, COPT, City & Guilds, BTEC)
• NRSWA
• CSCS