Damage Prevention Technician I

Zayo Group Holdings, Inc.

Job Overview

Location

Remote - AZ

Job Type

Full-time

Full Job Description

📋 Description

• As an entry-level Damage Prevention Technician, you will be responsible for locating underground utilities, troubleshooting and marking fiber location using paint and flags.
• Under close supervision, our Damage Prevention Technician will learn how to accurately locate and mark Zayo’s underground utilities.
• As experience is gained, assignments can become more varied, complex, and difficult.
• Analyzing blueprints to determine where construction projects will take place.
• Identifying and mapping location and depth of utilities for fiber optic cable and underground utilities.
• Documenting interactions, site information, and utilities in organizational software.
• Communicating with clients, engineers, and management.
• Using various techniques (electrical, magnetic, GPS, blueprint analysis, and/or radar) to measure utilities.
• Proactively identify potential problem areas to ensure the integrity of the network and company.
• Pinpointing the coordinates of lines using GPS or surveying equipment.
• Responsible for the asset management processes and replenishment of on-site/truck materials.
• Coordinating shipping and receiving of company and customer materials.
• Maintaining tools, test sets, and all network equipment.
• Maintaining network/site security, cleanliness, and following all policies related to company property.
• Inspecting cabinets, buried cables, construction sites, and other outdoor facilities in various environments, weather conditions, temperatures, exposed to local flora and fauna.
• Operating in both individual and team environments, both within this team and interacting with other teams, working together to achieve common goals.
• Other duties as assigned.

🎯 Requirements

• Up to 1 year of relevant experience in field construction tasks.
• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Basic understanding of underground installations is preferred.
• Previous experience with utility locating and fiber optic cable builds, preferred.
• Proficiency in using computers, cell phones, test equipment, Microsoft Windows operating system, and Office applications required.
• Must have a cell phone.
• Operate on-call 24/7/365 on a rotating schedule, including standby, call out, dispatch, and overtime, as required by the business, including some travel, as needed.
• Must follow all personal safety policies and procedures.
• Must be able to maintain eligibility to operate a company issued vehicle per our policy (no more than 2 moving violations within the past 3 years); this includes possession of a state-issued driver license for the state in which you live.
• Regularly lift objects weighing up to 100 pounds and move them clear of the job site.

🏖️ Benefits

• Excellent Health, Dental & Vision Insurance.
• Retirement 401(k) Savings Plan.
• Generous paid time off policy including paid parental leave.

Skills & Technologies

Fiber

Remote

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About Zayo Group Holdings, Inc.

Zayo Group Holdings, Inc. operates a global fiber network providing bandwidth infrastructure services to communications and enterprise customers. The company owns and operates dense metro and long-haul fiber networks across North America and Europe, offering dark fiber, wavelength, Ethernet, IP connectivity, colocation, and cloud infrastructure services. Zayo serves wireless carriers, ISPs, hyperscale data centers, financial institutions, healthcare organizations, and government agencies, enabling high-capacity, low-latency connectivity solutions. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, the company supports mission-critical applications requiring secure, scalable network infrastructure.

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