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Wireless Technician

Tamuning, Guam
Work Type: Full Time


JOB DESCRIPTION

 

 Title:   Wireless Technician    
 Salary Level:  1D
 Department:   Roaming and Device Technology    
 Division:   Wireless Networks
 Organizational Relationships:
 Reports to:    Principal Roaming Service
 Responsible for:    All Tier-1 technical support functions
 FLSA Status:    Non-Exempt    
 Location:    Guam

Job Summary:

The Wireless Technician provides technical expertise to IT&E customers on all matters related to wireless handsets, fixed wireless, mobile applications, WiFi, and owns all customer reported performance issues from engagement to resolution.  Wireless technicians operate out of a variety of environments, including in-line stores, enterprise sales, kiosks, special events, and field operations at customer premises.

This position holds compliance obligations with various manufactures and vendors that impose specific technical training and vendor-provided certification specializing in their product/service.  These certifications must be achieved within the probationary period and maintained throughout employment as a wireless technician.


Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

The Employee will:

  1. Know and uphold the established IT&E mission, policies and procedures, IT&E and department objectives, quality assurance and safety programs and standards.

  2. Participate in all training and continuing education events for products, services, device development, repair and troubleshooting.

  3. Work shift schedule and irregular hours as operationally required at any of the company’s sales and support centers, temporary locations, and special events

  4. Provision products and services in the company’s portfolio including but not limited to: Cellular handsets, mobile hotspot, Fixed Wireless Solutions, Smart Home Solutions, WiFi, Mobile Broadband, Long-distance, International Roaming, Push-to-talk, Messaging, IPTV, and OTT services.

  5. Perform specialized technical work for Apple related support including device troubleshooting, initial set-up, warranty repair, and out-of-warranty repair.  Employee MUST achieve and maintain Apple certification as a requirement of this position and as required by Apple for IT&E’s overall compliance.

  6. Providing Samsung after-sales support and service including warranty and out-of-warranty repairs, device troubleshooting, initial set-up, data transfers.  Employee is expected to achieve Samsung Certification for after-sales support, repair certification, Layer-1 certification, and VOC.

  7. Perform troubleshooting and service verification across different platforms.

  8. Issue recommendations to end users based on device troubleshooting and inspection according to warranty coverage and eligibility.

  9. Perform surveys of customer premises relative to service feasibility and suitability determination.

  10. May be detailed to participate in capital project work related to customer experience or new device/service launch as needed.

  11. Responsible for the timely engagement of customer trouble tickets and continuous contact with customers to ensure expectations are managed.  Also, responsible for trouble ticket reporting and analysis.

  12. Coordinates with the NDET team on trouble report classification, returned device monitoring, NFF prevention (no-fault-found).  Also assists NDET team with troubleshooting activities that are customer affecting.

  13. Participates in company offered training, inter-departmental training, cross-functional training initiatives for upward mobility.

  14. Maintain various records.  Performs routine posting and filing activities. Prepares, maintains and/or submits daily and monthly reports in conjunction with standards of performance, requisitions, receipts and other related forms.

  15. Performs routine office and work station housekeeping and appearance duties

  16. Perform other related duties or tasks as assigned or required.


Minimum Qualification Requirements:

Education: Associate’s degree from an accredited college or university in telecommunications related program or diploma with equivalent technical.

Work Experience: Two years of experience in customer service role or one year in a technical support role in the telecommunications industry to include ISP type organization. A combination or education and experience will be considered.


Licensure/Certification/Professional Association:

Apple Certification relative to iOS is mandatory and must be achieved as a condition of completing the probationary period.  Certification must be maintained throughout employment as a wireless technician.
 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
  • Knowledge of:
  • Telecommunications standards and practices and theories of wireless communications.
  • Technical operations unique to telecommunication devices
  • Radio frequency fundamentals
  • Layer-1 signaling
  • Principles and concepts of team work, work-related goal setting and resource management.

  • Skills in:
  • Operating and troubleshooting handsets, smart-phones, air cards and other telecommunications devices.
  • Hands-on technical repair of telecommunication devices.
  • Use of personal computer hardware and Microsoft  software programs to include MS Excel, Access, MS Outlook and Word
  • Accurate data entry.

  • Ability to:
  • Comprehend the technical aspects of wireless telecommunications products and services.
  • Communicate clearly, concisely and accurately with all levels of staff and customers, both verbally and in writing.
  • Work outdoors in any type of island weather conditions.
  • Be on-call and work after business hours to include holidays and weekends.
  • Perform in a self-directed, hard-working, creative and forward thinking manner
  • Provide a high level of customer focus.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. The physical activity of this position includes standing: remaining upright for sustained periods of time, Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another. Fingering: picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working primarily with fingers rather than with whole hand or arm as in handling– making substantial movements of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers.


Talking: expressing ideas by means of the spoken word. Hearing: perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication and making fine discriminations in sound. 


The physical requirements of this position involve light work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. If the use of arm and/or leg controls require exertion of forces greater than that for Sedentary Work and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rated for Light Work.


For visual acuity requirements including preparing and

analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual

inspection involving small defects, small parts, and/or operation of machines (including inspection).

using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication of parts at distances close to the eyes.


Important Information about COVID-19 Vaccination

Our Company has a mandatory vaccination policy in place. If you receive an offer of employment from our Company, you will need to provide proof that you are or will be fully vaccinated by January 4th, 2022 (fully vaccinated status means you have received two doses of a two-dose series, or one dose of a single dose series, and it has been two weeks since your last dose). Our Company provides reasonable accommodation for approved medical or religious exemptions. If you feel that you have a qualified medical or religious exemption to this policy, you must speak with HR to begin the interactive process. Noncompliance with our mandatory vaccination policy will result in disciplinary action, up to and including termination or revocation of the offer of employment.


As an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, we afford equal opportunity to all applicants and employees for hire and promotion without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, age, marital status, religion, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy or disability or genetic information.

 IT&E is a Drug Free Workplace

Job Location:
IT&E Guam
 

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