Facilities Coordinator

Pay Range: $20.00 – $30.00 / hour

unWired is searching for a proactive Facilities Coordinator to join our Operations team. Reporting to the Tower Operations Manager, this position is responsible for overseeing all building/tower-related activities and scheduling preventative maintenance at all facilities, including tower locations. This position is responsible for coordinating site inspections and ensuring that facilities are safe and well-functioning.

Essential Duties:

• • Plan and coordinate all installations (telecommunications, HVAC, utilities etc.) at existing facilities.
• • Assist in test, turn-up and acceptance of all newly constructed equipment including, AP and fiber circuits utilizing existing testing equipment.
• • Test and maintain log of facility battery plants, generator run times, and facility power loads.
• • Supervise, schedule and coordinate refurbishments, abatement, and replacements at tower sites.
• • Manage the upkeep of equipment and supplies to meet health and safety standards.
• • Inspect and perform quality inspections on buildings’ structures and enclosures to determine the need for repairs or renovations.
• • Track and maintain logs and information for all sites.
• • Review utilities consumption and strive to minimize costs.
• • Interact with Pollution Control Boards to ensure compliance.
• • Assist in ensuring Fire Department/Hazmat inspections are scheduled and completed within specified timelines.
• • Supervise staff and external contractors while construction/repair/renovations are taking place.
• • Assist in creating and updating databases to track all inventory, site audits and correlating installation dates.
• • Perform or coordinate preventive maintenance inspections of all data center and colocation systems including: DC power plant, Inverters, Backup Generator, Fire Suppression System, Security, and HVAC.
• • Provide Information and reports on network systems and capacity to Engineering and Management teams as needed.
• • Demonstrate a personal commitment to the Company values; promote an environment that recognizes and values diversity and treats all people with respect, prohibiting unlawful discrimination and harassment.
• • Ensure a safe, healthy work environment by following all safety, health and environmental policies, procedures and regulations per the Company’s IIPP, job safe practices and other related programs.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• • 2+ years’ Information Technology experience, preferably in a communications service provider environment.
• • Working knowledge of OTDR, Ethernet stress testing, and optical light meters.
• • Basic knowledge of AC and DC power systems, battery plants, and Midtronics battery test sets.
• • Demonstrated experience with Layer 1, 2, and 3 networking and Cisco Catalyst Metro Ethernet based switches.
• • Experience with Cisco, Juniper, VMWare, VNXe Data Storage systems, or the ability to learn.
• • Familiarity with Cisco Network and Security products.
• • Ability to interpret and apply complex technical information.
• • Knowledge of network systems design and implementation.
• • Problem Solving: identifies and resolves problems timely; gathers and analyzes information effectively; develops alternative solutions; uses reason when dealing with emotional topics.
• • Communication Skills: speaks and writes clearly and persuasively in positive and negative situations; responds well to questions, presents effectively in group meetings or settings, ability to read and interpret written information.
• • Interpersonal Skills: focuses on solving conflict, not blaming; maintains confidentiality; listens to others without interrupting; keeps emotions under control; open to others’ ideas.
• • Demonstrated attention to detail.
• • Multi-task oriented.
• • Must have a clean DMV record and the ability to travel as necessary.

Benefits:

• • Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance with company subsidies
• • Company paid Life Insurance
• • Long Term Disability Insurance
• • Flexible Spending Accounts
• • 401K with company contributions, including discretionary Profit-Sharing contributions
• • Holiday, Vacation and Sick paid time off
• • Complimentary internet connection

Fresno based unWired Broadband was founded in 2003 with the goal of delivering fast, reliable Internet connections to homes and businesses in rural and underserved areas. Strong demand, fueled by increasing needs for connectivity, have led to 21 years of continuous growth. We currently cover over 19,000 square miles between Corning and the base of the Grapevine. Over 200 tower sites are strategically located to cover the rural and underserved areas that have been ignored by DSL, cable and fiber carriers.