We are thrilled to offer the opportunity to join one of our established Build Partners as a Fibre Testing Engineer. Oakway Ltd is a family-owned business operating in the Plymouth and Launceston area. It offers both skilled and new-to-industry individuals the chance to join a company that truly values its employees. Not only do they offer competitive salaries with a variety of great company benefits, but they invest and support the development of all their employees meaning they offer careers not just jobs.

Location: Plymouth Site Based

Contract: Permanent, full time

Salary: £160-£200 per day

Within your role as a Fibre testing engineer , you will be responsible for splicing and testing on existing and new build networks to specific customer specifications. This will include external and internal work.

Your day to day responsibilities:

• Live network splicing.
• Fault finding on Fibre Networks
• New Build (Building new splice points using various underground joint closures and optical distribution frames).
• EXFO iOLM (intelligent Optical Link Mapper) and OTDR (Optical Time Delay Reflectometer) Testing.
• Producing fibre test reports.
• Being able to analyse the trace results to pinpoint any problems.
• Reading and understanding straight-line drawings and fibre allocation sheets.

You will require:

• A full Driving Licence.
• Excellent team working and communication skills.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills
• Works well under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Self-motivated and driven by success.
• Experience splicing across multiple networks, CityFibre preferred.
• Experience in testing, CityFibre network preferred.
• Experience with fault finding on Fibre Networks, experience with Exfo preferred
• Confident working at heights

Oakway benefits:

• Vehicle & Fuel Provided
• 2week business closure at Christmas
• iPhone and iPad/Laptop Provided
• Team social events and activities throughout the year.
• Opportunities for progression
• A chance to be involved in Oakway's exciting future.

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