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DIRECTIONAL DRILL OPERATOR
 

Americom – A place to call home and build a career

Americom’s inside plant expertise covers structured cabling, security, wireless, distributed antenna systems (DAS), and data systems. We design and build customized data centers, call centers and operations centers to be reliable, secure, and available for maintenance. We retrofit, redesign and upgrade structured cabling and technology infrastructure for existing buildings as well. Americom sets the standard for resilient, robust, and scalable technology installations. Our technicians have certifications with Commscope, Systimax, Belden, Corning, and BICSI. We also have RCDD certified employees on staff. Americom is The Right Choice for you.

A Horizontal/Directional Drill Locator/ Operator is specially trained and has expertise in locating for horizontal/directional drill rigs and product support equipment. This individual will be primarily responsible for setup and completion of drilling variable sized underground bore holes and pulling back required conduit/pipe.

AMERICOM CORE VALUES

Team Work – Individualized Service – Integrity – Diversity – Empowerment – Strong Work Ethic
 

CULTURE STATEMENTS WHICH DEFINE AMERICOM

• We engage in thought provoking conversation we do not argue.
• We lead we do not dictate.
• We coach therefore we do not need to manage.
• We are one of the team and not the team.
• We are respectful that each of us have talent and experiences that add value to the team.
• One team with one plan to reach one goal and get one result.
• We ask questions and discover fact before making a statement.
• All our decisions are directed to improvement of the company’s profitability not individual reward.
• We listen before we speak.
• We are investigative in our challenges and innovative in our solutions.
• We do not follow the competition, we concentrate on solving real customer’s challenges
• We encourage an environment where we challenge each other in our ideas and process and not just agree to agree.
• We are respectful that each of us have talent and experiences that add value to the team.
• We create value for the company through innovation.
• We are candor in our conversations with each other, our vendors, our customer and ourselves.
• We are transparent. Open book, address problem directly, keeping people informed.
• Our decision encompasses the team and not just the individual.
• We are conservative in cost to conduct business yet enterprising in our ideas to support business.

BEHAVIORAL TRAITS FOR BEST CANDIDATE

Team Player: Promote and work in a team environment to achieve desired objectives.

Company Advocate: Must consistently be a strong advocate of the Company, and always foster a positive image to all.

Critical Thinker: Able to observe, analyze, and take appropriate action to identify and correct potential workplace safety issues, hazardous behaviors and other areas of potential risk.

Effective Communicator: Must be able to listen to and follow directions given, while assessing situations at hand and verbalizing any associated risks

Responsibilities:

• Locate for Horizontal Directional Drill for installation of underground conduit and fiber optic cable.
• Ensure safety of the public and other utilities underground facilities.
• Operate Horizontal Directional Drill
• Assist in potholing and remediation
• Assist with setting hand holes and completing tie ins
• Ability to Read and Comprehend utility locates
• Set equipment up including the drill, water tanks and grounding the machine
• Ability to properly formulate and mix drilling mud for the site conditions
• Ability to perform proper reaming and pull back methods for existing conditions
• Oversee laborers and/or crew members work and monitor time usage
• Ability to properly clean and maintain the equipment, check fluid levels and conduct a visual inspection of vehicle/equipment to assure your vehicle/equipment is performing at optimum safety, perform the required pre-trip, post trip inspections and the required reports, perform needed maintenance including winterizing equipment.
• Communicates with Supervisor daily to turn in required reports (i.e. Bore log, vehicle maintenance reports, crew time logs etc.)
• Follows specifications for the job and company policies
• Complies with safety procedures on and off the project site
• Strive for optimal production while working safely and performing quality work

Prerequisites:

• Class A CDL License – Preferred
• Basic Math Skills
• Basic computer skills, to develop and maintain bore logs
• ALL employees must pass a background check
• Must be able to pass a pre-employment drug screening (will be subject to random drug screenings)

Job Type: Full-time
 

Education:

• High School diploma or GED is preferred

We offer competitive compensation and a robust benefit program, including medical, dental, vision, voluntary life insurance, short-term disability. Americom will pay for a portion of some benefits and pay in full for a $25,000 life insurance policy, long-term disability, holiday pay (6 days), and PTO. New employees are eligible for benefit enrollment 1^st of month following 60 days with holiday pay, PTO and 401k eligibility the 1^st of the month following 90 days. Many of the benefits of working with Americom go well beyond the paycheck and include 401k; company parties and events; and access to working with developing technologies.

The team of management employees who will be coaching and working with you have combined work experience of 40+ years. If you have a team spirit and want to be a part of a growing, progressive company, then please submit a resume to our application site or hr@americomtech.com.

Americom Technology, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.

DIRECTIONAL DRILL OPERATOR
 

Americom – A place to call home and build a career
 

Americom Technologies Inc. is looking for highly motivated individuals to join our team. Americom is the premier utility construction services provider in the western region providing directional drilling, plowing, trenching, spider plowing, hydro excavation, micro trenching, fast fusion, fiber optics and general underground utility construction.

We are Seeking entry level technicians, there are several positions available and we are willing to train entry level candidates with the desire, excitement, hunger, and zeal for learning and being the best, you can be.

A Horizontal/Directional Drill Locator/ Operator is specially trained and has expertise in locating for horizontal/directional drill rigs and product support equipment. This individual will be primarily responsible for setup and completion of drilling variable sized underground bore holes and pulling back required conduit/pipe.

AMERICOM CORE VALUES

Team Work – Individualized Service – Integrity – Diversity – Empowerment – Strong Work Ethic

CULTURE STATEMENTS WHICH DEFINE AMERICOM

• We engage in thought provoking conversation we do not argue.
• We lead we do not dictate.
• We coach therefore we do not need to manage.
• We are one of the team and not the team.
• We are respectful that each of us have talent and experiences that add value to the team.
• One team with one plan to reach one goal and get one result.
• We ask questions and discover fact before making a statement.
• All our decisions are directed to improvement of the company’s profitability not individual reward.
• We listen before we speak.
• We are investigative in our challenges and innovative in our solutions.
• We do not follow the competition, we concentrate on solving real customer’s challenges
• We encourage an environment where we challenge each other in our ideas and process and not just agree to agree.
• We are respectful that each of us have talent and experiences that add value to the team.
• We create value for the company through innovation.
• We are candor in our conversations with each other, our vendors, our customer and ourselves.
• We are transparent. Open book, address problem directly, keeping people informed.
• Our decision encompasses the team and not just the individual.
• We are conservative in cost to conduct business yet enterprising in our ideas to support business.

BEHAVIORAL TRAITS FOR BEST CANDIDATE

Team Player: Promote and work in a team environment to achieve desired objectives.

Company Advocate: Must consistently be a strong advocate of the Company, and always foster a positive image to all.

Critical Thinker: Able to observe, analyze, and take appropriate action to identify and correct potential workplace safety issues, hazardous behaviors and other areas of potential risk.

Effective Communicator: Must be able to listen to and follow directions given, while assessing situations at hand and verbalizing any associated risks

Responsibilities:

• Locate for Horizontal Directional Drill for installation of underground conduit and fiber optic cable.
• Ensure safety of the public and other utilities underground facilities.
• Operate Horizontal Directional Drill
• Assist in potholing and remediation
• Assist with setting hand holes and completing tie ins
• Ability to Read and Comprehend utility locates
• Set equipment up including the drill, water tanks and grounding the machine
• Ability to properly formulate and mix drilling mud for the site conditions
• Ability to perform proper reaming and pull back methods for existing conditions
• Oversee laborers and/or crew members work and monitor time usage
• Ability to properly clean and maintain the equipment, check fluid levels and conduct a visual inspection of vehicle/equipment to assure your vehicle/equipment is performing at optimum safety, perform the required pre-trip, post trip inspections and the required reports, perform needed maintenance including winterizing equipment.
• Communicates with Supervisor daily to turn in required reports (i.e. Bore log, vehicle maintenance reports, crew time logs etc.)
• Follows specifications for the job and company policies
• Complies with safety procedures on and off the project site
• Strive for optimal production while working safely and performing quality work

Prerequisites:

• Class A CDL License – Preferred
• Basic Math Skills
• Basic computer skills, to develop and maintain bore logs
• ALL employees must pass a background check
• Must be able to pass a pre-employment drug screening (will be subject to random drug screenings)

Job Type: Full-time

Education:

• High School diploma or GED is preferred

We offer competitive compensation and a robust benefit program, including medical, dental, vision, voluntary life insurance, short-term disability. Americom will pay for a portion of some benefits and pay in full for a $25,000 life insurance policy, long-term disability, holiday pay (6 days), and PTO. New employees are eligible for benefit enrollment 1^st of month following 60 days with holiday pay, PTO and 401k eligibility the 1^st of the month following 90 days. Many of the benefits of working with Americom go well beyond the paycheck and include 401k; company parties and events; and access to working with developing technologies.

The team of management employees who will be coaching and working with you have combined work experience of 40+ years. If you have a team spirit and want to be a part of a growing, progressive company, then please submit a resume to our application site or hr@americomtech.com.

Americom Technology, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.

FIBER SPLICER

Americom provides tomorrow technology to today’s world and we are looking for outstanding individuals who share this passion for creating the ultimate customer experience. At Americom you will be involved in the installation of high end communications cabling infrastructures. You will play a key role in the build out of technology systems that encompass voice, data, and video over Copper, Fiber optics and wireless.

Americom Technology Inc., is one of the largest providers of Telecom Services in the Intermountain West, with over 30 years of experience. We are one of Utah’s premier telecom contractors serving the needs of customers as large as the state of Utah, the University of Utah and BYU. Founded in 1981 as United Cable Telephone, Inc., Americom has grown, with business services, utility services and cabling services divisions. Now a $15 million company with more than 85 employees, and headquartered in Murray, Utah, Americom serves telecom markets across the nation, with special interest in Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Nevada and Texas.

Job Summary:

The Fiber Splicing Technician is a position working for the Operations Manager of OSP Utility and Construction to support all splicing requirements for Americom and its customer’s. The Fiber Splicer must have the ability to perform fiber optic splicing as well as understand engineering and splicing drawings. This person must possess strong project management skills, knowledge of construction practices for Outside Plant cable placement, and sufficient experience with computers to update drawings and have a background in Fiber Optic splicing documentation practices. The person must have telecommunications experience and the ability to travel as required. In this role, an employee will be expected to develop and demonstrate proficiency within the following responsibilities and competencies.

Primary Duties:

• Ability to fusion or mechanical splice SM or MM fiber optic cables, to include terminate various types of fiber optic connectors (ST,SC,LC)
• Work with engineers and/or OSP PM’s to perform fusion splicing as directed.
• Be able to execute a mid-span sheath entry and splice
• Installation and testing of pressurized and non-pressurized closures on all types and sizes of cable.
• Develop standards and specifications for splice drawings and prepare drawing per the specifications.
• Have a certification and experience with a major manufacture of fusion splice machines. (Corning, Fujikura, Fitel)
• Have a certification experience and knowledge using Fiber Optic Scope and or a Fiber OTDR. (Corning, JDSU, Fluke)
• Ability to read and interpret OTDR results.
• Installation and dressing of fiber optic cables (vertical/horizontal).
• Serve as a resource to the internal staff on matters concerning splicing practices and procedures.
• Develop splicing diagrams and designs to facilitate network architecture.
• Provide management with detailed reports of field splicing activity.
• Maintain fiber asset inventory and splicing records.
• Manage multiple projects at one time.
• Pull and back up a trailer
• Organize splicing as-built files utilizing software packages for in-house fiber cable inventory and route designs.
• Communicate with Project Manager and Team Leader on workload status in order to meet designated goals.
• Maintain a positive attitude and strong work ethic that can provide high productivity with minimal supervision

Physical Requirements:

The minimum physical requirements that you must meet in order to perform splicing duties are as follows:

• · The ability to climb up and down ladders, scaffoldings, and lifts.
• · Must be able to lift 80 lbs. from floor and above head
• · Have general knowledge and ability to identify and use basic hand tools.
• · Ability to work in ALL weather conditions; this includes extreme temperatures ranging from -30° to +120°.
• · May, at times, be required to work in trenches, manholes, tunnels, closets, and crawl spaces.

Behavioral Traits:

Team Player: Promote and work in a team environment to achieve desired objectives.

Company Advocate: Must consistently be a strong advocate of the Company, and always foster a positive image to all.

Critical Thinker: Able to observe, analyze, and take appropriate action to identify and correct potential workplace safety issues, hazardous behaviors and other areas of potential risk.

Effective Communicator: Must be able to lead, give direction and guidance while assessing situations at hand and verbalizing any associated risks.

Goal Oriented: Possess a strong desire to “do what it takes” to achieve documented goals and objectives.

Pragmatist: Must be willing to be flexible and accepting, understanding that business needs and priorities can often change.

Hunger for Learning: Must always be eager to learn and grow, willing to accept direction and suggestions from any number of sources, as learning opportunities.

We offer competitive compensation based on experience. Benefit programs are available for full time employees. Many of the benefits of working with Americom go well beyond the paycheck and include 401k, community support activities, and access to working with developing technologies

If you have a team spirit and want to be a part of a growing company, then please submit a resume with references to: hr@americomtech.com.

Americom Technology, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer