Cable Technician

Job Title: Cable Technician

Job Description

We are seeking dedicated Cable Technicians to join our team for a project at Microsoft Data Centers. Your primary responsibilities will include spotting for other techs on eco lifts, running and pulling cables between colos, dressing and organizing cables along cable trays, managing cable systems, and labeling cables. You will work at ground level or from an eco lift (10-12 feet in the air). No prior cabling experience is necessary, but it would be advantageous. We are looking for an initial 15 candidates who are comfortable working from heights and eager to learn.

Hard Skills

6 months of hands-on work experience within cabling, construction, installation, or industrial assembly

Experience on construction sites (6 months to 1 year minimum)

Mechanical aptitude (6 months to 1 year)

Ability to follow blueprints for assembling trays, racks, and laying out wires

Soft Skills

Attention to detail

Problem-solving skills

Team player

Good communication skills

Job Type

This is a contract position with a duration of 6 Month(s).

Work Site

This is a fully on-site position in West Des Moines, Iowa.

Work Environment

This job is performed indoors, primarily on active construction sites. You will work five 10-hour shifts from Monday to Friday (7am-5:30pm), though hours may change based on project demands. The environment includes large, active construction areas with moving equipment and potential hazards. Workers are required to wear steel-toed boots, a clean pair of jeans, and a work-appropriate shirt. The client provides a high-visibility vest, hearing protection, and work gloves.

About Aerotek:

We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000 light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000 employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500 experienced recruiters across 250 offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.

Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.