Installation & Maintenance Technician Supervisor jobs in Oakland, CA

TransCore (TRN), a subsidiary of ST Engineering, is seeking a full-time Installation Technician to join our team in the San Francisco Bay area.

Job Summary:   The Installation Technician will perform on-site or in-house servicing, repair and/or installation of company product(s). This job may include any aspect of field support and installation, and is not limited to electrical, data, and fiber optic cable installation; conduit and pull box installation; and pole and foundation installation.  Determines most effective means to install equipment to maximize efficiency.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Installs equipment including but not limited to cameras, detectors, controller cabinets.
• Installs electrical conductor, data conductor, and fiber optic cable.
• Installs pull boxes, conduit, poles and foundations.
• Connects conductors to equipment to make equipment work correctly.
• Connects electrical conductors to power services to energize equipment.
• Tests devices to ensure they work correctly.
• Prepares logs to keep track of field conditions and installation activities.
• Isolation of faults in units or components.
• Field test of units or components.

Education:  High school diploma or general education degree (GED) required. One-year certificate from college or technical school preferred.

Required Skills & Experience: 

• Experience pulling fiber optic cable
• Experience with civil groundwork and other infrastructure
• Electric cable routing and general cable pulling experience
• Good writing, communication, mechanical, and computer skills
• Good working knowledge of Windows operating systems and Microsoft Office Suite
• Must maintain CA driver’s license in good standing as verified by TransCore
• Driving record must be free of DUI/DWI for three-year period prior to employment

Desired Skills: 

• Fiber optic splicing and testing
• AVI tuning
• Some experience working with Linux preferred
• Prior toll maintenance and electronic bench repair experience preferred

Other Requirements: 

• Required to stand; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear.
• Occasionally required to walk and climb or balance.
• Regularly lift and /or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. 
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• Frequent exposure to moving mechanical parts; outside weather conditions and moving traffic.
• Occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles and risk of electrical shock.
• Comfortable with confined space work.

Salary Range: Up to $37 hourly, based upon experience.