"Merit Network Field Technician Apprentice"

A cover letter is required for consideration for this position and should be attached as the first page of your resume. The cover letter should address your specific interest in this apprenticeship program and outline skills, experience, and/or interest that directly relate to this position.

Are you looking for an opportunity to gain hands-on experience in outside plant infrastructure while making a meaningful impact on broadband connectivity? Join Merit Network, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to expanding high-speed internet access for Michigan's universities, colleges, K-12 schools, libraries, healthcare organizations, and other public institutions. In this role you will learn and train on the necessary requirements to support outside plant operations, including maintenance, construction and ongoing quality assurance. You will further develop skills to provide support to senior outside plant staff as well as with a variety of teams within Merit and outside teams including contractors, subcontractors and vendors.

The work is in diverse environments, both indoors and outdoors, to aid in solving problems and implementing, maintaining, and expanding the outside plant infrastructure. You will primarily interface with the Merit Outside Plant (OSP) team, while also supporting Technology Operations, and must be available 24x7 when scheduled as On-Call. You will also interact with the 24x7 Merit Support Center teams in order to coordinate OSP activities, administrative requirements, material handling, etc. To be successful, you should have a willingness to learn introductory outside plant infrastructure and construction technical skills. Planning, organization, execution, and troubleshooting skills are also a desired skill set. On-call duties will be required periodically.

We are looking for applicants who are geographically located within a reporting range to Ann Arbor, Michigan. The successful candidate will report to Merit's office in Ann Arbor and will be under the supervision of the Technical Field (OSP) team to plan and conduct the OSP and Network Engineering team's assignments.

As an apprentice, you'll gain hands-on experience while enjoying key benefits such as:

• Starting at $15.50/hour, with pay increases tied to skill achievements, reaching up to $20.00/hour by program completion
• Full access to health, dental, and retirement benefits including 2:1 retirement matching, paid time off, well-being programs, and more (http://careers.umich.edu/benefits/)
• Fully covered coursework through Washtenaw Community College

You'll be based out of Ann Arbor and may travel in support of the fiber network within Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.

Have questions about the role or want to learn more before applying? Join our informal, open-forum Zoom sessions to connect with the hiring team! Drop in at any time during the hour and stay as long as you'd like - whether you have specific questions or just want to listen in.

To learn more about Merit and our team, please visit our website: https://www.merit.edu

If you have any questions regarding this job, please visit our website https://www.merit.edu/about/careers/ or email hr@merit.edu. If you need assistance completing this application, please call (734) 615-2000, option 1. The University of Michigan is an equal employment opportunity employer.