Senior Electronic Engineering Technician 3 – Telecom (30hrs/week)
Our client, a leading Pacific Northwest utility provider committed to public service and environmental preservation, is looking for a Senior Electronic Engineering Technician for their Kalispell, Montana location. In this role you will facilitate field installation testing, analysis, and final test reports in support of Project Management and Telecommunications Design for radio and fiber optic field installations projects, including schedule support, quality acceptance, conformance with project schedules, and coordination of work with engineers, other technicians and craftsman, lineman, and contractors.
This onsite/field position is a one-year renewable contract. If you feel this position aligns with your professional experience, we want to hear from you!
Key Responsibilities for Senior Electronic Engineering Technician:
- Provide technical advice and recommendations to Test and Energization (T&E) construction, operations and maintenance, and Project Management personnel, as well as design engineers and field System Protection Control (SPC) and Power System Control (PSC) staff.
- Provide technical support for testing and test documentation in the field.
- Review engineering designs to maintain conformance to existing policies and standards for installation of communications and fiber optic systems.
- Prepare accurate as built drawings for communications and fiber optic systems for review and approval by manager / lead engineer.
- Prepare fiber optic system test summary reports for maintenance personnel for review and approval by manager / lead engineer.
- With oversight from manager / staff, coordinate the overall system acceptance testing of the Fiber Optic installations during all aspects of the construction activities from planning, project management, to construction management, through energization, which includes facilitating communication and scheduling of fiber optic splicing, and crews associated with substation and line projects, internal electrical crews or contract electrical crews.
- Perform analysis of final fiber installations to be released for operational traffic and brief the emergency restoration coordinator regarding all pertinent data for the restoration plan.
- Perform fiber Optical Time Domain Reflectometry (OTDR) testing of fiber optic reels.
- Perform fiber OTDR testing and fiber characterization testing of fiber optic plant installations to verify installations meet company specifications.
- Prepare various progress and status reports, test equipment requests and work-vehicle requirements for review and approval by manager / lead engineer.
Requirements/Qualification for Senior Electronic Engineering Technician:
- U.S. Citizenship and valid U.S. Driver’s License required.
- Associate’s or Bachelor’s Degree in engineering technology, mathematics, computer science, engineering technician, or related field is preferred.
- With an applicable Bachelor’s Degree, 10 years of experience in a technical/engineering environment is required.
- With an applicable Associate’s Degree, 12 years of experience in a technical/engineering environment is required.
- Without a degree, 14 years of experience in a technical/engineering environment is required.
- 8 years of directly related practical work experience performing fiber characterization or OTDR testing and reporting test results.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Excel, and Word).
- Ability and willingness to work in the field up to 25%.
**We are unable to accommodate corp. to corp. candidates**
About Motus Recruiting and Staffing, Inc:
Founded in 2006, Motus is an award-winning recruiting and staffing firm in the Pacific Northwest, specializing in professional services and technology solutions. We are a group of people who not only recognize the importance of representation, but actively fight for diversity, equity, and inclusion in the recruitment process. Our goal is to educate organizations on the importance of DEI when hiring, promoting, and supporting diverse employees. We are calling organizations to demonstrate their commitment to DEI by being intentional about who they hire.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability or protected veteran status.
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