Shift Cabling Engineer

Telehouse has an exciting opportunity for a Shift Cabling Engineer (Data Centres) – Optic Fibre to join the team based in London Docklands. The successful candidate will join us on a full time, permanent basis and will receive a competitive salary + shift allowance, excellent benefits and a travel allowance. Working hours for this role will be shifts of 4 days on and 4 days off.

Telehouse Europe provides a comprehensive range of data centre services and ICT solutions to more than 2,000 customers worldwide by providing a secure and resilient platform for mission critical IT systems. We're really proud to be at the heart of the of the Internet and Telecommunications infrastructure, home of the London Internet Exchange (LINX) since 1994.

Key duties of our Shift Cabling Engineer 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.

- Perform cable moves and all necessary changes to existing system as required, cable management aiming at maximising capacity and efficiency of the installations.

- Be responsible for testing and labelling all installations, providing all relevant record to be presented to the customers according to company standards.

What we’re looking for in our Shift Cabling 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

We are looking for an organised and motivated self-starter demonstrating initiative and methodical approach to work. The successful Shift Cabling Engineer will be a great team player always willing to support colleagues and go extra mile to meet customers’ expectations. We are open for business 24x7 so you need to be flexible and ready to follow Telehouse Europe’s shift pattern.

So if you would like to join our team as our new Shift Cabling Engineer then please click ‘apply’ today – don’t miss out, we’d love to hear from you!