OSP Communications Ground Hand Laborer Hiring Event

The OSP Communications Ground Hand Laborer is responsible for working with your hands and assisting directly and indirectly with Equipment Operators, Lineman, and Splicers. Laborers jobs include assisting in the placing, rearranging, and removing poles, conduit, cable lines and drops. You’ll work with cables and conduit to perform maintenance and new build on outside plant equipment. As a Laborer, you’ll assist in installing lines and cables (including fiber, coax, and copper) alongside equipment operators to dig holes and bury cables. Most often, you’ll work outside as part of a team performing installation, maintenance and repair on facilities that start from outside the Central Office (CO) and stop at the terminal or at a customer’s building.

What You’ll Do:

Pull fiber/copper/coax cable through existing duct package, pull cable through conduit either manually, blowing, or mechanically

Fill out paperwork as required

Flexibility to work across all divisions (underground and aerial)

Willing to work outside in varying weather conditions

Performs other duties as requested by crew leader

Lay cable, conduit and fiber innerduct

Keep detailed record of work activity

Unreel, pull and string wire and cable from pole to pole

Assist on installing poles and place wires or cables

Work with hand tools

Participate in job site safety/hazard analysis

What You’ve Done or Skills You Possess:

High school diploma or GED, technical or college degree preferred

Ability stand, walk, crawl, and work in all environments, on ladders, in attic spaces, on ceilings, in tunnels, on poles, and in trenches to access various installation and construction points as required

Valid Driver’s License is required

Exhibit self-awareness

Exhibit a tendency for continuing education and self-improvement

Exhibit enthusiasm and determination

Exhibit industry awareness

Must be able to work nights and weekends

Must be able to work with others so being a team player is important

Must be able to work outdoors in the elements

KGPCo is an Equal Opportunity Employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity

What to prepare

• Resume

Preferred dress code

Casual (come as you are, but please be presentable)

What is a hiring event?

Think of it like a job fair, but for one company and more personal. Hiring events are a great way for employers to fill multiple roles quickly. Hiring is a human process, and they would like to meet you to see if you’re a fit!