Job Title: Quality Control Technician (QC) - TELECOMMUNICATIONS Business Unit: Southeast Utilities of Georgia, a Congruex Company Department: Construction Reports To: QC Manager Employment Status: Full-time Primary Location: Chattanooga, TN
We will determine salary based on skills and experience in relation to the function of the role, as well as equity to any other employees in the same or similar role.
Company Profile:
Southeast Utilities of Georgia is a growing telecom construction company that is part of the Congruex family. Congruex is a multi-national organization that specializes in broadband network construction and engineering. We support some of the largest service providers in the United States with a footprint that extends across the nation. Our turn-key design and build solutions allow our customers to deliver more data, more bandwidth, and ultimately support more devices for their end users. Our diverse self-perform capabilities allow us to deliver high quality telecommunications and utility solutions with efficiency as one combined end-to-end business. Our unified vision is to be the nation’s largest end-to-end provider of network design, engineering, construction, and maintenance for broadband operators. We are One Congruex.
Our Mission & Values
It is our mission to satisfy our customers by providing the expertise, technology, and resources necessary to build better networks. Congruex is committed to the overall health, wellness, and safety of our people. We support diversity, inclusion, and the right to live freely with mutual respect.
Southeast Utilities of Georgia, a Congruex Company
Southeast Utilities of Georgia ("SEU") offers full-service construction, repair and emergency services related to Cable TV, Telephone, Fiber-Optic communications, and Power construction including underground trenching, plowing, missile, and directional boring and aerial construction. Over the last 24 years, SEU's charter to provide high quality construction services and customer satisfaction has never wavered. We have grown to over 300 employees with 13 offices in 7 states.
Job Summary:
The Quality Control Technician will have previous experience with CATV, aerial & underground construction, including performing quality inspections of the placement of aerial, buried and underground fiber optic and coaxial cable, conduit, grounding and bonding inspections, hand hole, pedestal and aerial terminal placement, documentation, and ensuring the adherence to standards and established procedures.
Job Responsibilities (Including, but not limited to):
Able to travel through the week when necessary to other SEU Offices in the Southeast
Quality Inspection: Ability to conduct thorough inspections for compliance with standards, including:
Placement of fiber optic and coaxial cables.
Conduit installation.
Grounding and bonding practices.
Handhole, pedestal, and aerial terminal placement.
Understands cable prints
Computer skills, particularly strong in Excel and Outlook to have the ability to develop and provide reports on conditions found, take photos, document discrepancies and recommend fix actions where applicable
Smartphone skills, maps, apps for reporting
Organized, comfortable navigating in unfamiliar places
Physically able to walk distances Knowledge of utility locating methods and experience using cable locating equipment
Ability to fill out company forms, dailies, reports, etc.
Knowledge of buried, aerial and UG cable facilities
Knowledge of Cable Splicing, Cable Maintenance, OSP Fiber/Coaxial
Design or Construction experience with OSP including Fiber to the Premise (FTTP) deployments. Experience should include aerial and underground cable systems, splicing, testing, termination, and cable placement.
Ability to verify work was completed by applicable guidelines and standards
Required Skills & Qualifications:
Field exp with both Aerial and UG work…Min 5yrs
Knowledge of Aerial & Underground Construction: Expertise in the placement of aerial, buried, and underground fiber optic and coaxial cable
Documentation Skills: Proficient in documenting work progress, discrepancies, and fixes, ensuring all records are accurate and complete
Standards Compliance: Strong understanding of industry standards and procedures to ensure all construction adheres to established guidelines
Attention to Detail: Keen observational skills to identify and rectify inconsistencies
Access to personal vehicle, along with valid driver's license and insurance
Desired Skills & Qualifications:
Motivated self-starter with a passion and drive to start and complete projects
Experience and understanding of telecommunications outside plant construction techniques
Knowledge of National Electric Safety Code (NESC) Standards
All requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform other job-related duties requested by their supervisor.
Requirements are representative of minimum levels of knowledge, skills, and/or abilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbent will possess the abilities or aptitudes to perform each duty proficiently. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at-will” employment relationship. Rev. 08.2022
