Outside Plant Technician

AT&T

. Provide consistent, respectful and professional internal/external customer care .

Posted 9/17/2026contractOrlando • Florida • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $17 - $47 per hourWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in installing, repairing, and maintaining outside plant facilities, including fiber optic and coaxial cables. Proficient in operating heavy equipment and performing construction tasks while ensuring safety and customer satisfaction.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Fiber Optic Cable InstallationHeavy Equipment OperationCable Splicing and TestingCustomer CareTroubleshooting Digital Carrier Equipment

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Hard Skills

Cable SplicingFiber Optic InstallationPower Equipment OperationConstruction WorkCable TestingTroubleshootingElectrical InstrumentationWork Order InterpretationHeavy Equipment LoadingColor Code Identification

Soft Skills

Professional CommunicationCustomer Satisfaction Focus

Tools & Technologies

Cable LocatorsResistance Fault LocatorsOpen Fault LocatorsMeasuring Test SetsSignal Generators

Industry Keywords

Outside Plant FacilitiesDigital Carrier EquipmentSafety ProceduresConstruction PracticesToxic Gas Testing

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide consistent, respectful and professional internal/external customer care
Maintain open communication to ensure high customer satisfaction
Install, repair and maintain outside plant facilities
Load necessary tools and heavy equipment onto trucks or trailers
Receive work assignments and instructions from supervisors or computer access terminals
Operate power equipment and hydraulic aerial lifts
Perform construction work involving poles, cables, conduit systems and excavations
Install, pull, string, connect, splice and test telephone, coaxial and fiber optic cables
Test manholes for toxic and explosive gas and remove water and debris
Dismantle, move and remove aerial, underground and building wire, cable, equipment and hardware
Review and interpret work orders, work prints and Company practices
Repair, rearrange, routine and maintain cable plant, fiber optic plant and channel cards
Troubleshoot and maintain digital carrier equipment, channel cards, light wave and metallic terminals
Use electrical instruments to locate cable faults and defective carrier equipment

Requirements

What you’ll need

Ability to provide consistent, respectful and professional internal/external customer care
Ability to work with heavy duty power equipment and small tools
Ability to load tools and heavy equipment onto trucks or trailers
Ability to operate compressors, pumps, blowers, hydraulic aerial lifts and ladders mounted on trucks
Ability to perform construction work including digging holes, placing poles, cable, air pipe and inner duct
Ability to unreel, pull and string wire strand and cable
Ability to determine differences between wire and cable colors
Ability to connect wires and cables to terminals and attach or detach hardware
Ability to splice and test PIC, non-pressurized, coaxial and fiber optic cables
Ability to use test equipment to check for toxic and explosive gas in manholes
Ability to review and interpret work orders, work prints and Company practices
Ability to work outside in all kinds of weather
Ability to climb poles and ladders and enter tunnels, buildings, trenches, crawl spaces and manholes
Ability to safely utilize equipment according to manufacturer specifications and weight limitations
Ability to lift and move loads up to 120 pounds
Ability to work with fiber optic cable and color-coded and tone-identified wires
Ability to troubleshoot and maintain digital carrier equipment, channel cards and terminals
Ability to use Cable Locators, Resistance Fault Locators, Open Fault Locators, measuring test sets and signal generators
Ability to follow established safety procedures

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical/Dental/Vision coverage
401(k) plan
Paid Time off and holidays
Sick leave
Adoption Reimbursement
Disability Benefits (short term)
Life and Accidental Death Insurance
Supplemental benefit programs: critical illness, accident hospital indemnity/group legal
Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
Employee discounts up to 50% off on eligible AT&T mobility plans and accessories, AT&T internet (and fiber where available) and AT&T phone