Make Ready Engineering Technician

Job DescriptionCoordinate and design joint use pole attachments and make ready recommendations.Coordinate with Engineering Team Members regarding overall aerial processes ensuring accuracy, completeness, and delivery of all work.Determine appropriate scope of pole installs including NESC standards for cable attachments, spacing and midspans regulations, and utility pole owner regulations.Gather information from field collection process to identify pole owners and complete the necessary application process.Perform various field inspections and site walks (if local).Identify existing pole conditions including electrical equipment, pole configurations, and third-party attachers.Work within pole collection software such as Katapult, IKE, SPIDAcalc, Ocalc, and other similar applications.Review utility poles and field notes to determine the most accurate make ready solution.Perform structural loading calculations using O-Calc in accordance with NESC and pole owner protocols.Provide solutions for poles that fail loading or are not good candidates for new attachments.Create make ready summaries for various pole owner requirements.

Required Skills

- A High School diploma or equivalent is required

- 2 or more years of experience performing make ready work using listed softwares above.

- 2 or more years of experience of outside plant or joint use permitting experience is required

Knowledge of NESC standards for cable attachments, spacing and midspans regulations, and utility pole owner regulations is required
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