Outside Plant Technician - (Milford, CT)

Responsibilities Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to: --- Perform construction work, such as digging holes, placing and removing poles, laying cable, unreeling, pulling and stringing wire and cable from pole to pole. --- Climb poles and ladders, to remove and rearrange equipment. --- Operate power equipment such as winches, chain saws, and hydraulic equipment such as aerial lifts (buckets), diggers-derricks mounted on trucks, hand tools, etc. --- Reading and interpreting engineering work orders. --- Operating Company motor vehicles of varying gross weights to transport equipment. Climbing ladders and poles, working aloft, perceiving differences in wire and cable colors, and moving/lifting items generally not exceeding 100 pounds. --- Dismantle, move or remove aerial, underground or building wire, cable, associated equipment, poles and hardware related to the outside telephone plant. --- Working evenings, weekends, holidays and unscheduled shifts as determined by the needs of the business.