Posted by Midcontinent Communications

Description Free Midco TV and internet! Company clothing provided.
Midco offers 401K w/match, paid holidays and paid training.
Excavation Techs enjoy career advancement opportunities with pay increases along with annual pay incentives and merit increases based on performance.
Join our team as an Excavation Tech and start your new career at Midco!!
JOB PURPOSE:
Support and assist all construction projects and efforts by performing safe excavation of underground and aerial facilities placement.
KEY FUNCTIONS:
- Effectively communicate with other departments to handle escalating issues in a timely manner. - Support the mission, vision and values of Midco. - Collaborate effectively with internal and external customers to ensure exceptional service. - Demonstrate courage by tackling tough issues while acknowledging own limitations without compromising integrity. - Remove obstacles for team members.
Encourage creative solutions. - Apply personal ethics, honesty, initiative, flexibility, responsibility and confidentiality in all areas of responsibility. - Communicate clear expectations that set a high bar while holding team members accountable to reach these goals. - Demonstrate business acumen by using data to drive decisions and actions. - Model flexibility, resiliency and change management skills by staying self-aware, constantly learning, and - finding ways to cut through ambiguous problems. - Identify root causes of problems and implement solutions while keeping a holistic and long-term perspective in mind. - Actively follow Midco policies and procedures. - Perform other duties as assigned.
ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Effectively communicate with other departments to handle escalating issues in a timely manner. - Support the mission, vision and values of Midco. - Collaborate effectively with internal and external customers to ensure exceptional service. - Demonstrate courage by tackling tough issues while acknowledging own limitations without compromising integrity. - Remove obstacles for team members.
Encourage creative solutions. - Apply personal ethics, honesty, initiative, flexibility, responsibility and confidentiality in all areas of responsibility. - Communicate clear expectations that set a high bar while holding team members accountable to reach these goals. - Demonstrate business acumen by using data to drive decisions and actions. - Model flexibility, resiliency and change management skills by staying self-aware, constantly learning, and - finding ways to cut through ambiguous problems. - Identify root causes of problems and implement solutions while keeping a holistic and long-term perspective in mind. - Actively follow Midco policies and procedures. - Perform other duties as assigned.
EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION:
- High school diploma or GED required.
Some college or vocational training preferred. - Obtain and maintain a Commercial Driver's License (CDL) to operate tow vehicles and/or equipment weighing over 26,000 lbs. - Obtain certification and maintain certification to successfully operate a bucket truck to perform aerial construction and maintenance. - Completion of safe excavating course(s) by a qualified OSHA program required. - Possess in depth knowledge of Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) codes, policies and procedures. - Must be able to perform the essential functions of an Installer and/or Service Technician. - NCTI, SCTE and/or other broadband certification preferred. - Working knowledge of construction, the National Electrical Code, OSHA regulations, state and local regulations and general safety standards preferred. -
In addition to meeting the above Experience and Education, position leveling will be assigned congruent to experience and training:

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Position Requirements
Excavation Technician No previous experience required Construction FTR Certification required within 90 days Excavation Technician I Minimum of 90 day utility excavation experience required. Excavation Technician requirements met Excavation Technician FTR Level 1 Certification Test Excavation Technician Field Competency 1 Test Excavation Technician II Minimum 3 years in role or equivalent experience Excavation Technician I requirements met Excavation Technician FTR Level 2 Certification Test Excavation Technician Field Competency 2 Test Excavation Technician III Minimum 5 years in role or equivalent experience Excavation Technician II requirements met Excavation Technician FTR Level 2 Certification Test Excavation Technician Field Competency 2 Test
WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
- The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, or crouch.
The employee must occasionally lift and/or carry loads of up to 84 lbs. - The noise level in the work environment is moderate to loud. - While performing the duties of this position, the employee is frequently exposed to outside weather conditions and may occasionally be exposed to moving mechanical parts, high, precarious places, risk of electrical shock, and risk of radiation and vibration. - In-person visits to a customer's home or place of business are normal in the performance of this job.
Specific abilities required include accessing a customer's home or place of business by stairs or elevator, operating doors or other entrances, navigating hallways and buildings, etc., and adapting successfully to a constantly changing environment. - Employees may be required to work in excess of 40 hours per week and other than normal business hours, such as holidays, evenings and weekends as business demands. - Must be able to climb poles, ladders, and other structures with proper equipment. - Must be able to work from elevated heights and in tight spaces such as attics and crawlspaces.
ABOUT MIDCO:
Midco: - Is the leading provider of reliable, high-speed internet via fiber and fixed wireless technology, serving 460,000 homes and businesses in 400 communities across the Midwest. - Provides exceptional customer experience and a superior network, while being a force for good in the communities we serve. - Delivers TV services including Midco Sports (a regional sports network), phone, data center and advertising services, plus wholesale networking solutions. Ready to work at Midco? We thought so.
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