Field Services
Network Installation and Physical Security Technician
You install client networks and physical security systems, mostly on live commercial construction sites. The work covers copper and fiber cabling as well as cameras and access control.
The job
This is a field installation role. You build new networks for clients, and you install the security cameras and door access control that protect their buildings.
Most of your work happens inside client buildings, often before their staff arrive and often alongside electricians and general contractors on live commercial construction sites. What you leave behind will be looked at years from now by somebody who has to work on it.
This is a full-time, non-exempt position reporting to the Field Services Manager.
What you would be doing
Cabling and network infrastructure
- Pull, terminate and certify Cat6 and Cat6A copper, labeled at both ends to standard, as part of our structured cabling work
- Run, terminate and test fiber between buildings and between floors
- Build and dress equipment racks to a standard another technician can still work in years later
- Deploy wireless access points to the survey
- Install and terminate network hardware and patch panels
Physical security
- Mount, aim and commission IP cameras, and confirm they're recording before you leave the site
- Install access control: readers, controllers, door strikes, request-to-exit devices, and the wiring behind all of it
On-site
- Test and document everything you installed before handover
- Coordinate with electricians, general contractors and building managers on active job sites
- Spot where the drawings and the building disagree, and raise it instead of working around it
- Leave every site clean, and every installation documented
What you need
Applicants must meet all of the following.
- Three years of commercial low-voltage cabling experience. Residential-only work, or cable company installation work, is usually not enough on its own
- Demonstrated skill terminating and certifying Cat6 copper
- The ability to work from ladders and lifts, above ceilings and in crawl spaces
- Enough networking knowledge to understand what you're connecting and why
- The ability to read project drawings, and the judgment to stop and ask when the field doesn't match them
- A valid driver's license and a clean driving record
- The ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds and to be on your feet for a full shift
- Legal authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship
- Availability for occasional early morning, evening or weekend work for cutovers and occupied buildings
What helps
- Fiber termination and testing, including fusion splicing
- BICSI Installer 2 or Technician certification
- Experience with specific camera and access control platforms, any manufacturer
- Commercial construction site experience
- OSHA 10 or OSHA 30
- Lift certification
What good looks like in a year
- Installations that pass inspection the first time
- Racks and cable plant another technician can read immediately
- Cameras and access control that keep working without a callback
- Clients asking for you by name on the next job
Working conditions
The work is field-based, in commercial buildings and on active construction sites. It involves climbing ladders, working from lifts at height, working in confined spaces including crawl spaces and above ceilings, lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds, and extended standing, kneeling and overhead work.
Construction site conditions apply, including dust, noise and whatever temperature the building is that week. You'll drive to client sites across Northeast Ohio every day.
Benefits for every role
Every role at Tech Dynamix includes these benefits.
Health plan
A company health plan with the company paying 100 percent of your coverage. There is no network, so you choose your doctors and hospitals, and a care coordinator handles the scheduling and the billing questions. Dependents can be added at group rates.
Direct Primary Care
The company also pays your membership at Maple Health DPC. Checkups, sick visits, most labs, and basic prescriptions are covered by the membership, and you reach your doctor by phone or text instead of starting a claim.
401(k) matching
The company matches the first 3 percent of your pay dollar for dollar, then half of the next 2 percent. Put in 5 percent and the company puts in 4.
Paid time off
PTO accrues every pay period, and the rate grows with your length of service. Up to 80 hours carries into the next year.
Ten paid holidays
Six company holidays, plus four floating days a year that you choose and your supervisor schedules.
Paid weekly
Payday is every Friday, by direct deposit, for the week before. Most of this industry pays twice a month.
A schedule with some give
Eight hours inside an 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. window with a full hour for lunch. Eight to five and nine to six are both normal, and other shifts get approved.
Training and certification
Certifications paid for and time made for them, plus leadership tracks and internships.
Bereavement leave
Three paid days for an immediate family member, and one paid day for an extended family member, somebody you were close to, or a pet.
Mileage and expenses
Approved travel is reimbursed on a submitted log, and business expenses on itemized receipts. Your commute is not travel, and nobody pretends otherwise.
Donation matching
Give to a cause you care about and the company gives alongside you. What you support is yours to choose.
Referral program
Rewards for referrals, for everybody on the payroll rather than only the people in sales.
Apply for this role
Send your resume and a few sentences about why this role interests you. There's no account to create and no long form to fill out.
Equal employment opportunity
Tech Dynamix is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under federal, state, or local law. Reasonable accommodations are available on request during the application process. Ask, and it will be arranged.