Associate Fiber Engineer

Position Title: Associate Fiber Engineer (T3)

Company Summary

Crown Castle works around the country to build and maintain the infrastructure behind the world’s most revolutionary technologies. As the largest shared infrastructure provider in the United States, Crown Castle owns, operates and leases more than 40,000 cell towers, 80,000 small cells and over 80,000 route miles of fiber across every major US market. This nationwide portfolio of communications infrastructure connects cities and communities to essential data, technology and wireless service – bringing information, ideas and innovations to the people and businesses that need them. Crown Castle is a NYSE S&P 500 and Fortune 500 company and one of the largest Real Estate Investment Trusts in the United States with an enterprise value of approximately ~ $70B.

Position Summary: The Fiber Engineering groups are regional or district-based teams. Projects requiring Fiber Designs include new customers' service orders and network enhancement or repairs. The Associate Fiber Engineer is an apprenticeship role that supports the fiber engineering department with creating GIS route maps, keeping accurate records, and troubleshooting network issues with fiber splicers according to Crown Castle standards. This position will be subject to on-call, shift duties, weekends, and holiday work rotations.

Essential Job Functions:

• Attend Kick-Off meetings to support Fiber Engineers with route designs for lateral cables, riser cables and termination ports, and creation of all necessary splicing prints and work orders for splicing vendors
• Obtain circuit identifiers for Fiber Engineers
• Provide fiber assignments to construction teams for lateral fibers to last demark panel
• Develop proficiency analyzing fiber test results, including but not limited to optical-time domain reflector (OTDR), chromatic dispersion/polarization mode dispersion (CD/PMD), and optical spectrum analyzer (OSA), to ensure adherence to all Crown Castle and/or manufacturer’s specifications
• Develop proficiency with principles of Outside and Inside Plant construction to ensure adherence to Crown Castle standards and industry best practices
• Provide final Design Layout Record (DLR) and test documentation to Operations and Provisioning teams for project closeout
• Complete close out tasks in appropriate system(s)
• Participate in On-Call rotation to learn the Fiber Engineering role of trouble identification, repair crew mobilization and circuit restoration
• Observe and learn from Fiber Engineers working with Network Operations Center (NOC), Field Operations, Customers, and Change management

Education/Certifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required
• Minimum 2-year technical degree or equivalent work experience

Experience/Minimum Requirements

0-2 years of fiber engineering and/or construction management experience or equivalent or 0-2 years of field construction management experience with preference to both Outside Plant and Inside Plant fiber construction

Other Skills/Abilities

• Knowledge of NESC, NEC and OSHA standards preferred
• Excellent organizational/administrative skills
• Strong interpersonal skills with a high level of integrity
• Microsoft Office (Excel, Visio, Word and PowerPoint) skills
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic problem-solving environment
• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment
• Strong communication skills
• Basic telecommunications experience/knowledge
• A positive attitude, willingness to learn and desire to deliver exceptional results for our customers
• Personal commitment to safety, integrity, and continual professional development

Organizational Relationship

Reports to:

Supervisor Fiber Engineering, Manager Fiber Engineering

Title(s) of direct reports (if applicable): N/A

Working Conditions: This role falls into our hybrid work model working in your assigned office approximately 60% of the time (3 days per week) and where you do your best work 40% (2 days per week). Position requires on-call rotation involvement. There is an expectation of collaboration with teammates and stakeholders for moments that matter that could require travel.

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)