Cabling Shift Engineer

Our client has an exciting opportunity for a Cabling Shift Engineer (Data Centres) - Optic Fibre to join their team in London, Docklands. You will join them on a full time, permanent basis, and in return, you will receive a competitive salary of £40,109 per annum + excellent benefits (shift allowance, travel allowance, bonus scheme, pension, life assurance, income protection + private health care) (Total Reward up to £66,000p/a).

The Cabling Shift Engineer working hours: 4 days on / 4 days off, 12 hour night/day shifts.

The Company is the pioneering data centre colocation provider, an owner operator of Tier III data centres, connectivity and managed ICT solutions to over 2000 market leading corporations around the world. In the UK their Docklands data centre campus facilitates the majority of the London Internet Exchange’s (LINX) capacity, meaning that they support a huge proportion of all UK internet traffic, making their Docklands campus a globally important internet hub.

The Cabling Shift Engineer role overview:

Your duties will include installation, preparation, splicing and testing of singlemode and multimode optic fibre; installation, termination and testing of category 5 and category 6, UTP, STP and coaxial. You will perform cable moves and all necessary changes to the existing system as required, cable management aiming at maximising the capacity and efficiency of the installations. You will also be responsible for testing and labelling all installations, providing all relevant record to be presented to the customers according to company standards.

Requirements they’re looking for in their Cabling Shift Engineer:

Essential:

• Significant experience in fusion splicing
• Good experience in copper termination
• Prior experience in cabling within the telecoms industry
• Prior experience of testing and fault-finding on all cable types
• Educated at least to GCSE level

Desirable:

• Datacoms cabling part 1 (City & Guilds 3466-04) or BTec equivalent
• Fibre Optic installation and testing (City & Guilds 3466-02 & 03) or BTEC equivalent
• Health & Safety in the Work Place
• Working at Height
• Lifting & Handling

If you feel you have the skills and experience to become their Cabling Shift Engineer, then please click 'Apply’ today!

Our client are looking for an organised and motivated self-starter demonstrating initiative and methodical approach to work. A great team player always willing to support colleagues and go extra mile to meet customers’ expectations. They are open for business 24x7 so you need to be flexible and ready to follow the company’s shift pattern.