Audio Visual Installation Technician

As the Audio-Visual Installation Technician, you will perform a wide variety of installation duties on technology projects for our clients. This position is the key field position for the bulk of the actual work that gets done in our clients’ buildings. The install tech needs to coordinate with project management, field superintendents and others to fully understand their role on specific projects. They interpret our drawing packages to create the basis of the finished systems. This installation can include displays, projectors, loudspeakers, microphones, equipment racks, etc.

Responsibilities

• Physical installation of a wide variety of technology into a wide variety of locations.
• Execute a variety of cabling terminations for wire and connector types including verifying crew terminations to our standards
• Support the preparation of equipment racks for staging of equipment wire lacing including installation of power strips, grounding bars, jack-fields, etc.
• Able to read and understand functional design drawings and cable riser diagrams.
• Able to perform mounting of base build equipment such as monitor mounts, ceiling speakers, microphones and projectors.
• Provide a consistent level of technical performance as well as flexibility in work schedule. This position requires periodic overtime and may require overtime and weekend work for extended periods to meet client deadlines.
• Able to complete assignments in accordance with or better than established task durations as well as estimate task durations to meet assigned deadlines. Provides daily feedback to field site supervisor and/or direct manager.
• Able to build and wire custom panels from engineering drawings.
• Advanced Fiber optic cable handling, installation termination, repair and testing.
• Generate cable labels and manage all wire listing activities for cable labels per our standards.
• Responsible for tracking and maintaining their toolkit, company vehicles and installation materials inventories. Keep clean, orderly and well documented. Maintain an on-site job box when applicable.
• Responsible for checking in drop shipped items and maintaining on-site materials needed by the crew. Working with the PM to assure timely delivery of on-site equipment and materials.
• Responsible for tracking and maintaining their personal licenses, certifications and qualifications. (Some states have specific requirement in this area).
• Maintain daily record of time worked on specific projects for timesheet entry as well as an employee/contractor information log to share with management.
• Must have the ability to occasionally climb ladders, use stairs and lift and/or move materials up to 40 pounds in construction areas.
• Specific vision abilities required for this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision and depth vision.
• Frequent travel by car and occasional airplane trips are required. Employee must possess a valid driver’s license in their state of residence.
  
  

If You Possess Management Experience

• Lead and delegate tasks to install crews, subcontractors, and union trades.
• May be required to regularly lead a team on large projects communicating with key stakeholders on behalf of the PM and occasionally make onsite decisions on behalf of the PM.
• Verify all work complies with clients QC standards. Oversee field operations in situations without a dedicated on-site superintendent.
• Responsible for performing tasks on clients’ job sites with no supervision. This level of position requires the highest level of technical and people skills.
  
  

About Harvard Partners Trusted IT Advisors

Harvard Partners is a management consulting firm focused on helping companies more effectively leverage their IT investment. We engage with the C-Suite and Technology Team to help them better understand their IT infrastructure and process in order to align the technology strategy and organization to reach the firm’s strategic business goals.Some of our practices include:

• Program/Project Management and "PMO as a Service"
• IT Assessments
• Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery
• Optimized Infrastructure
• Concierge Managed Services
• Data Center Strategy, Transformation, and Migration
• Cloud Management Programs
• Security Assessments and Remediation
• Staffing, technical & tacticalWorking with the client’s staff, vendors, and consultants, we deliver supportive and collaborative engagements where direct dialog, simplified reporting, productive meetings, and clear responsibility and accountability encourage active participation resulting in consensus-based business outcomes.