Field Services
Network Installation and Physical Security Technician
Networks built rather than repaired, cameras that see what they were bought to see, and doors that open for the right people and nobody else. Commercial cabling, fiber, video, and access control, mostly on live construction sites. Paid hourly, with real overtime.
The job
This is a field installation role. When a client needs a network built rather than repaired, cameras that see what they were bought to see, or a door that opens for the right people and nobody else, you are the person who installs it.
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.
Full-time and non-exempt. This work is paid by the hour and the overtime is real, so both are set out below rather than left for the offer conversation. Reports to the Field Services Manager.
What you would be doing
Structured cabling
- Pull, terminate, and certify Cat6 and Cat6A copper, labeled at both ends to standard
- 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
Physical security
- Mount, aim, and commission IP cameras, and confirm they are recording before you leave the site
- Install access control: readers, controllers, door strikes, request-to-exit devices, and the wiring behind all of it
- Test and document everything you installed before handover
Network infrastructure
- Deploy wireless access points to the survey
- Install and terminate network hardware and patch panels
On site
- Coordinate with electricians, general contractors, and building managers on active job sites
- Spot where the drawings and the building disagree, and raise it rather than 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 are connecting and why
- The ability to read project drawings, and the judgment to stop and ask when the field does not 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. This carries a rate premium
- BICSI Installer 2 or Technician certification. This also carries a rate premium
- Experience with specific camera and access control platforms, any manufacturer
- Commercial construction site experience
- OSHA 10 or OSHA 30
- Lift certification
How pay works here
We are explicit about this, because being vague about pay wastes your time and ours.
- Base rate is $25.00 to $35.00 an hour, set by commercial experience we can verify and by the certifications you hold.
- Overtime is paid at time-and-a-half for every hour past 40 in a week. Commercial construction schedules produce real overtime: after-hours cutovers, work in occupied buildings, and the crunch before a building opens.
- Fiber termination and BICSI certification each add to the base rate, above the range above.
- Drive time between client sites during the workday is paid. Your commute to the first site is not.
- At the middle of the range with typical overtime, total earnings work out around $70,000 to $80,000. At the top of the range with the fiber and BICSI premiums, above $90,000.
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
Field based, in commercial buildings and on active construction sites. 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, including dust, noise, and whatever temperature the building is that week. Daily driving to client sites across Northeast Ohio.
What everybody here gets
These come with the job, whichever job it is.
Paid weekly
Payday is every Friday, by direct deposit, for the week before. Most of this industry pays twice a month.
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.
Direct Primary Care
Group health coverage through a direct primary care arrangement, which means seeing a doctor without starting with an insurance process.
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.
Jury duty leave
Serve without it coming out of your PTO. Give us the summons when you get it and that is the end of the admin.
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.
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.
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.
Donation matching
Give to a cause you care about and the company gives alongside you. What you support is yours to choose.
Training and certification
Certifications paid for and time made for them, plus leadership tracks and internships.
Referral program
Rewards for referrals, for everybody on the payroll rather than only the people in sales.
Apply for this role
A resume and a few lines about why this one. No account to create, no 40-field form.
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.