We high five you on your work anniversary and give you a day off.
- We are all about flexible working and offer work life balance
- We empower our people to Do it. Own it. Love it!
We are a business who is crazy about customers. We use disruptive thinking every day to ensure that we are capturing every opportunity to deliver the ultimate experience to our customers and people. We empower our people to
Do it. Own it. Love itand that's why they choose to work for us. Here, it's never just a job - We care about what we do and the impact we have, and that's what connects us.Whoever you are, you'll fit right into our team of 1,400 different personalities. We'll support you to be the best you can be here at Vocus and at home.
What's the opportunity?As a Trade Assistant, you'll be responsible for assisting in the installation and maintenance of the Vocus Fibre network. As part of the connections process, you will be involved in fibre jointing, copper installations, infrastructure upgrades and fault restorations. This entry level role will provide to the right person the opportunity to grow, learn & develop skills within the telecommunication industry.
What's the day to day?Optical Cable Splicing and HaulingOptical fibre network maintenancePit and pipe installationsBuilding entriesFault restorationTake part in the on-call roster for afterhours fault restorationOther Ad-hoc duties as requiredCustomer ManagementInstallation and Maintenance of Customer Enclosures & associated cablingEnsure customer connection are completed within required time framesMaintain a high level of customer satisfactionLiaise with Management on issuesEnsure a safe working environment is maintained including wearing appropriate PPE and maintenance of PPEEnsure Human Resources is notified of any accidents and / or possible incidents as soon as practically possibleFollow and comply with all Occupational Safety and Health and Environment policies and procedures to ensure personal safety and the safety of others is maintained at all times, including the reporting of unsafe practices or hazards as requiredProactively identify possible improvements processesInvolvement in implementation of improved systems and processesEnsure regular updates are supplied to Team Leaders and ManagementComply with all risk management initiatives throughout the business and report any risksWhat we need from youYou have the full rights to work in Australia. You're an Australian citizen or a Permanent ResidentYou have at least 2 years of experience in a similar roleStrong cabling experienceOptical Fibre splicing qualifications (Desired)Structured Cabling qualifications (Desired)Excellent communications skillsAbility to work effectively within a teamHigh level of customer service skillsStrong attention to detailAbility to work at heights and in confined spacesAbility to work flexible hoursAbility to train and supervise other staffIntermediate Computer SkillsCurrent C Class Drivers LicenceWhite Card (Construction Training)The extra stuff we know you want to knowWe know how to celebrate our wins and we know learning from our mistakes makes us better. We are all about flexible working and, hand on heart, we practise work life balance. We high five you on your work anniversary and give you a day off. We know time off is important for balance, so we have an option to buy more leave. We embrace your unique style and let you be a master of your own style with no dress code. This is just the tip of the iceberg, so jump on our careers site or LinkedIn to find out more!
Did I hear you say, "Who is Vocus?"We are a challenger business in the Telco and Energy Industry. We listened to our customers and heard that they wanted more from a network, so that's what we've given them.
We built the network thanks to our own team of highly skilled fibre engineers.We own our network giving us easier, straightforward access.We manage our network here in Australia out of our Melbourne offices.We now have more than 20,000 km of fibre optic cable laid and operational throughout Australia, 5000 on-net buildings connected to our network.
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