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Wade Trim Ohio, Inc.

Make Ready Engineer

Wade Trim Ohio, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio, us, 44101


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

* 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.

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 owner protocol through inventory and analysis of pole type and class, riser details, attached facility type including weight and diameters, span footages, drip loops, etc. - Review proposed aerial projects and determine the overall cost analysis of the project; recommend the project to be conducted aerial or underground - Provide solutions for poles that fail pole loading or are not good candidates for new attachments - Ability to create make ready summaries for various pole owner requirements - Maintain a safe working environment

Education:

- - A High School diploma or equivalent is required

Skills/Exper