New Job Utility Specialist 2 (Telecommunications) In New York
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Utility Specialist 2 (Telecommunications)
Company : Public Service, Department of
Salary : $71,496 - $90,657 a year
Location : New York
Full Description
Candidates must have eight years of experience** in repairing, maintaining, constructing, or testing one or more of the following: cable television, broadcast television, or high-powered radio frequency or microwave transmission systems; OR telephone local distribution or long line transmission systems, broadband telecommunications, or central office transmission and switching systems.
**Substitution: One of the following may be substituted for up to two years of the above experience:
Either. a two-year technical degree in electronics technology, telecommunications technology, or electrical engineering;
Or. an associate's degree in electronics technology, telecommunications technology, or electrical engineering;
Or. sixty semester credit hours of college course work leading to a degree in electronics technology, telecommunications technology, or electrical engineering at the rate of 30 semester credit hours equaling one year of experience.
- Inspecting of utility poles, as necessary, and facilitating resolution of pole attachment disputes.
- Coordinating inspections of utility poles related to pole attachments and using the findings to make recommendations in dispute resolutions.
- Facilitating discussions with pole attaching entities and pole owners related to attachment disputes.
- Developing policy recommendations on pole attachments based on observations in the field and work with bole pole owners and attaching entities.
- Overseeing field investigations of underground telephone facility damage caused by excavation activity.
- Performing and supervising the performance of complex electronic tests on telephone, cable television, fiber-optic, and radio frequency (RF) equipment and other broadband telecommunications systems in the field at locations throughout the State.
- Performing and supervising physical inspections of telephone plant, cable television, and other telecommunications installations on public rights of way, commercial buildings, customer premises, and in utility access spaces for proper and safe installations to determine compliance with applicable regulations and safety codes.
- Supervising, training, and developing lower-level staff.
The primary mission of the New York State Department of Public Service (DPS or Department) is to ensure affordable, safe, secure, and reliable access to electric, gas, steam, telecommunications, and water services for New York State’s residential and business consumers, at just and reasonable rates, while protecting the natural environment. The Department also seeks to stimulate effective competitive markets for clean, renewable, and distributed energy resources that benefit New York consumers, as well as product and service innovations.
The Department of Public Service is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by contacting the Designee for Reasonable Accommodations (DRA) and Americans with Disabilities Act Coordinator which can be found under the Accessibility Link on the Department’s webpage at www.dps.ny.gov.