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Overview

At MasTec Communications Group, we build for the future. As a Fiber Splicer, you will develop new skills, work in a safety-minded environment, and help us provide the highest level of quality service to our customers and communities while maintaining our commitment to safety.

Responsibilities

  • Produce end-to-end fiber optic networks.
  • Test and troubleshoot the continuity of fiber optic networks.
  • Operate all testing equipment and resolve challenges common to fiber optic networks.
  • Prep fiber splice enclosures such as Tyco, CommScope, Corning, etc.
  • Utilize fusion splicer and test equipment including OTDR, OLTS, Max Tester, and Power meter.
  • Have knowledge of fiber design, reading documentation, understanding of light levels, and dB loss.
  • Work in outdoor utility construction sites.

Requirements

  • Safety is a part of your day-to-day.
  • Track record of completing work with a high level of quality.
  • Ability to figure out hard problems and enjoy a hands-on approach to work.
  • Looking for long-term projects.
  • Comfortable working on a ladder or a bucket truck.
  • Flexible and enjoy a variety of shifts with overtime.
  • At least 3-5 years of fiber splicing and troubleshooting experience.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
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How this job compares in Bensalem, PA

Pay in context

At roughly $48/hr, this posting sits about 66% above the $29/hr median for welding jobs across Pennsylvania — toward the top of a $24–$35/hr middle band drawn from 133 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 89% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Bensalem, PA

Bensalem, PA currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 2 employers. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across Pennsylvania as a whole we're tracking 277 other active welding openings from 179 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Bensalem, or widen the search to Pennsylvania.

MasTec Communications Group currently has 1 other opening live in Pennsylvania, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Pennsylvania at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are TradeWorx (7), Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) (7), and Crash Champions (6). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Pennsylvania, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Philadelphia at $35/hr and York at $25/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Fiber Splicer figures were last recalculated when this page was built.