Senior Electronic Technician

Work Location: Fort Worth, TX

Closing Date: Apply early as this job may be removed or filled as soon as there are sufficient applicants.

Salary: $30.03 per hour

Basic Purpose of Job:

Senior Electronic Technicians are responsible for repair, maintenance, and installation of: inside and outside wire and cable plant, including CAT 5/6 and fiber cables; wire/cable support systems; LAN/WAN interconnect systems; analog and digital radios; microwave and fiber optic transmission equipment; workstation voice and data connections; and similar work in connection with telecommunications equipment.

Accountabilities:

  • Senior Electronic Technicians must be competent in the operation of test equipment such as, but not limited to, multimeters, frequency counters, RF service monitors, wattmeters, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, transmission test sets, frequency selective level meters, digital test sets, and other types of telecommunication test equipment. Must also possess good people skills and able to work with customers.

Required Education, Training, Experience or Skills:

  • Applicants must have an Associates Degree

  • Must be a minimum of 18 years of age.

  • Applicants must have a valid driver's license or be able to obtain one in a reasonable amount of time.

  • Applicants must be computer literate and have basic keyboarding skills.

  • Applicants receiving a conditional job offer must pass a color vision assessment to ensure that they are able to perform the essential functions of the job by adequately discerning different colors.

  • Qualified applicants must be able to read and comprehend regulations and instructions as well as possess good verbal communication skills.

  • Applicants must have experience or education regarding the maintenance and installation of :

  • Applicants for this position must pass a pre-employment test in English before being allowed to interview. The number of candidates who pass the test and will be granted an interview is based upon hiring needs. If you have taken this test and failed within the last twelve months, you will not be eligible to apply for this position. Click here to see a sample of the Skilled Craft Battery test.

Preferred Education, Training, Experience or Skills:

  • Must have a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) license

  • A+ Certification

  • Bicsi Installation Technician Certification

Background:

  • On a post-offer basis, Union Pacific will conduct an investigation into newly hired or transferred employees regarding their past employment, state and federal criminal history, military history, driving history, education, professional license or certification verification if job-related, Social Security number, prior drug history, and other job-related information. Individuals with felony and/or misdemeanor convictions may not be hired. Click here for Union Pacific's policy regarding background investigations.

Medical:

  • Employment with Union Pacific is contingent upon the successful completion of a medical examination. The medical examination includes a drug screen, a color vision exam, and a medical assessment to ensure that candidates can safely perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation. In addition, the company conducts for-cause, post-accident, and random drug and alcohol testing of its employees.

Union:

  • International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.

  • The probationary period is 90 calendar days.

  • Union membership initiation fee and monthly dues or assessments are required as per the collective bargaining agreement.

Work Conditions:

  • Outside work is required regardless of weather conditions.

  • Must provide your own transportation.

  • Must be available to work any shift.

  • Extensive travel required; may be away from home five days per week.

  • Union Pacific operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You will be required to work various shifts, overtime, holidays and weekend.

Other:

  • Job applicants who have previously interviewed for this position regardless of geographical location can only reapply for this position after a period of six months has passed.

  • Please apply only to those locations where you are prepared to live and work.


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