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West Midlands, England, United Kingdom

Staffordshire

FTTH Lead Engineer / Operations Manager • Installing, building and maintaining the physical network copper and fibre cabling overhead and underground from the telephone exchange into end users’ premises. • Surveying complex projects on site and identifying best route selection taking into account cost, time and customer relations. Implementing an on site risk assessments Using Network Records and Geo Hub to make detailed drawings of cable routes and plant including ducting.• Surveying on site using Network Records, Geo Hub and Geo Pin to make detailed drawings of civil works for any digs, cable changes and pole replacements including the need of any traffic management and risk assessments. • Analyzing data from several different platforms to identify high faulting nodes. Reporting findings to the relevant engineers. • Coaching new recruits for there first week out on live jobs.•Operations Manager. Dealing with the day to day running of our patch and dealing with any issues on the day. Prioritizing jobs and issuing to engineers. Signing off on timesheets and carrying out safety checks on engineers.Field engineers install and maintain the physical network wiring from the telephone exchange into end users' premises. This is regardless of which telecoms provider is actually selling the service to the end-user. Openreach installs, services, supports and maintains the wiring, fibres and connections which link tens of millions of homes and businesses in Britain to their Communications Providers' networks. Openreach works on behalf of 400+ service providers in the UK. These companies hire Openreach to install/repair/provide a working service to anywhere within the UK.

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Conversant with principles and standards for Passive Optical Networks (PONs) and Point to Point networks with reference to Fibre to the Home (FttH) installations.• Installation, acceptance test and fault find of Cat 5/6 , multi/single mode fibre systems including Passive Optical Networks and Air Blown Fibre, using a range of next generation OTDR’s, light source and power meters and high precision fusion splicers as well as many other types of measurement and test equipment.• Trained in Health and safety in the workplace with the RASWA (Signing, Lighting and Guarding). Also competent to conduct comprehensive risk assessments.• Terminate fibre with a wide range of interconnection devices and connector types, both hand and machine polishing techniques. Proficient using different termination methods within the laboratory, manufacturing in field environments, achieving low reflectance and insertion loss. • Splice all types of fibre including ribbon from standard G652 to laser enhanced speciality fibres OM1, OM2, OM3 and OS1. Experienced in a range of fusion splicers such as Fujikura (FSM 60s & 50s) and Fitel (123 & 178) machines. Joining cables using variety of mechanical splices. • Confirm performance and characterisation of fibre systems using insertion loss measurement techniques with smart light source and power meters (Exfo 980 max-tester) and PON power meters and OTDR’s. • Proficient in E-side, D -side connectivity and qualified in install cabling systems.• Install and terminate copper cabling (Cat 5,5e, 6 and Co-axial) with a variety of interconnection devices and connector types.• LAN Permanent link/channel testing with level 3 LAN Testers (Fluke DTX-1800, Fluke DSP-4000,).• Experience working on various communication systems, operating HF, VHF, SHF and satellite communication equipment from aerials to user interface with associated security devices