About This Role
This role involves skilled work on the installation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of fiber optic, copper, and wireless networks, including field devices and various cables and antennas throughout the City of Lubbock. It also encompasses the installation, maintenance, and repair of traffic signals and associated electrical and electronic equipment.
Responsibilities
- Install new network components including fiber optic cable, copper cable, wireless radios, antennas, network enclosures, network switches, and field devices
- Maintain, troubleshoot, and repair physical network connections over fiber optic cable, copper cable, and wireless links
- Maintain, troubleshoot, and repair local area and wide area network connections and field devices utilizing serial and Internet Protocol (IP) standards
- Install, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair traffic control devices and equipment to meet associated construction standards established by the Texas Department of Transportation, Federal High Administration, Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices, and National Electric Code
- Terminate electrical connections for traffic signal cable, fiber optic cable, communication cable, antenna cable, electrical service, signal heads, shafts, pull boxes, and traffic control cabinets, including traffic signal control computers, radios, modems, power supplies, and load switches
- Splice and troubleshoot fiber optic cable, traffic signal cable, communication cable, and electrical service into conduits and termination boxes
- Operate and maintain equipment to perform job duties, including digital voltmeters, ammeters, radio programmers, PC-based conflict monitor tester, inductive loop analyzer, school zone programmers, aerial hydraulic equipment, backhoe, bobcat, trencher, concrete saws, air compressors, and associated tools
- Install video detection cameras and associated electronics, microwave data telemetry systems, emergency vehicle priority systems, remotely programmed school zone controllers, audible handicapped-access pedestrian signals, and vehicle detection inductive loops
- Respond to emergency calls to troubleshoot and repair the traffic signal systems, including availability for call out 24/7
- Make scheduled inspections, maintain records, and prepare field reports involving construction, maintenance, and repair of traffic control devices and equipment for the traffic signal system
- Analyze field problems and equipment needs
- Install traffic signal shafts, mast arms, signal heads, and cabinets
- Install piers, re-bar cages, anchor bolts, conduit stub-in, and setting forms
- Pour concrete for traffic signal shafts, pedestrian signal bases, and cabinet foundations
- Install underground conduits and pull boxes
- Remove and refurbish traffic signal heads and related equipment
- Supervise and perform re-lamping and upgrading of bulbs, and replacement of light emitting diodes in traffic signals
- Perform related duties as required
Requirements
- Four to six years of experience in installation, testing, maintenance, and repair of electrical or electronic equipment, communications equipment, and networks comprised of fiber optic, copper, and wireless medium; or any combination of relevant education and experience which provides the following knowledge, abilities, and skills
- Valid Current Commercial Driver's License
- Physical Exam Required
- Subject to extensive background checks and random drug screening due to contact with or control of Critical Infrastructure components
Important Details
- Schedule: availability for call out 24/7
About the Company
This position is located within the City of Lubbock's infrastructure operations.