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Wade Trim Make Ready Engineer - 2543 in Grand Rapids, Michigan
Taylor, MI /
Bay City, MI /
Columbus, OH /
Detroit, MI /
Grand Rapids, MI /
Cleveland, OH /
Flint, MI /
Gaylord, MI /
Cincinnati, OH / Field Technicians -- Industrial Commercial Energy / Full-time / Remote
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What We Offer:
Our excellent salary and benefits package includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long-term disability coverage, education reimbursement, 401(k), performance bonuses, and an employee stock program. Employee Resource Groups and Programs offered include the Young Professionals Group, Women at Wade Trim, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Professional Development, Leadership Development, Rotation Program, Mentor Program, Sustainability Program, and Wellness Program.
Position Description:
We are looking for a Make Ready Engineer to join our ICE team to improve infrastructure in our Michigan or Ohio offices. Candidates must have a High School diploma or equivalent and two to five years of experience. A valid driver's license is required and experience with Katapult, IKE GPS, O-Calc, Spida-Calc, Pole Forman or other similar programs is required. The Candidate must also be comfortable working in the field and must be self-motivated and able to work well with others.
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Typical responsibilities include:
Travel to job sites for weeks at a time for project execution, training, or quality purposes
Proficient level ability to coordinate and design joint use pole attachments and make ready recommendations
Ability to design and joint use pole attachments and make ready recommendations
Coordinate with Engineering team members regarding overall aerial processes ensuring accuracy, completeness, and delivery of all work
Coordinate with team to determine appropriate scope of pole installs including; NESC standards for cable attachments, spacing and midspans regulations, and utility pole owner regulations
Gather appropriate information from field collection process to identify pole owners and complete the necessary application process
Ability to perform various field inspections, site walks, Katapult pole collections, etc.
Ability to identify existing pole conditions which include electrical equipment, pole configurations, and third party attachers
Ability to work within pole collection software such as Katapult, IKE, SPIDAcalc, O-Calc, and other similar applications
Read and understand construction prints, documents, and make ready summaries
Ability to create a 3-dimensional model of poles in O-Calc and SPIDAcalc to provide results to ensure safe and proper attachment to power and telecommunication poles
Review utility poles and field notes to determine most accurate make ready solution
Perform structural loading calculations using O-Calc or SPIDAcalc in accordance with National Electrical Safety Code (NESC) and pole ow
