How to hire a cell site technician

How to hire a cell site technician, step by step

Here's a step-by-step cell site technician hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write a cell site technician job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new cell site technician
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   Before you post your cell site technician job, you should take the time to determine what type of worker your business needs. While certain jobs definitely require a full-time employee, it's sometimes better to find a cell site technician for hire on a part-time basis or as a contractor.

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   Hiring the perfect cell site technician also involves considering the ideal background you'd like them to have. Depending on what industry or field they have experience in, they'll bring different skills to the job. It's also important to consider what levels of seniority and education the job requires and what kind of salary such a candidate would likely demand.

   This list shows salaries for various types of cell site technicians.

   Type of Cell Site Technician	Description	Hourly rate
   Cell Site Technician	Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, also known as telecom technicians, set up and maintain devices or equipment that carry communications signals, connect to telephone lines, and access the Internet.	$21-48
   Tower Hand	A tower hand is a professional who climbs towers or poles to install, repair, and perform routine maintenance on electrical equipment. Tower hands are required to climb up very tall structures to perform maintenance on equipment such as power lines, cell tower components, or radio antenna equipment... Show more	$12-28
   Cable Installer	A cable installer installs and maintains telecommunication systems and equipment such as telephone lines, cable television, or internet services at homes or commercial areas. In some companies, a cable installer may also handle complaints and concerns, conduct inspections, troubleshoot problems, and fix or replace components when necessary... Show more	$16-23

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • RF
   • Antenna Systems
   • T1
   • Fiber Optic
   • Test Equipment
   • Battery
   • T-1
   • LTE
   • BTS
   • CDMA
   • Ac
   • Dc
   • GPS
   • Nortel

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   Responsibilities:

   • Manage LAN as an administrator for NATO HQ network.
   • Commission and troubleshot LTE, GSM, UMTS cellular systems.
   • Receive several weeks of Ericsson vendor training in Richardson, TX.
   • Coordinate with LEC's and wireless partners to build translations and turn up trunks.
   • Work closely with FCC and FAA guidelines to insure proper installation and amplification output limits.
   • Provide support to Nokia's development team for design and manufacturing faults on their handsets.

3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your cell site technician job description is a great way to entice the best and brightest candidates. A cell site technician salary can vary based on several factors:

   • Location. For example, cell site technicians' average salary in florida is 45% less than in new york.
   • Seniority. Entry-level cell site technicians earn 55% less than senior-level cell site technicians.
   • Certifications. A cell site technician with a few certifications under their belt will likely demand a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for a prestigious company or an exciting start-up can make a huge difference in a cell site technician's salary.

   Average cell site technician salary

   $67,609yearly

   $32.50 hourly rate

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   Entry-level cell site technician salary

   $45,000 yearly salary

   Updated January 15, 2026

4. Writing a cell site technician job description

   A cell site technician job description should include a summary of the role, required skills, and a list of responsibilities. It's also good to include a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager. Below, you can find an example of a cell site technician job description:

   Cell site technician job description example

   Take your next career step at ABB with a global team that is energizing the transformation of society and industry to achieve a more productive, sustainable future. At ABB, we have the clear goal of driving diversity and inclusion across all dimensions: gender, LGBTQ+, abilities, ethnicity and generations. Together, we are embarking on a journey where each and every one of us, individually and collectively, welcomes and celebrates individual differences.
   
   Job Overview Join ABB and work in a team that is dedicated to creating a future where innovative digital technologies allow greater access to cleaner energy. ABB's Electrification Power Conversion empowers smarter business operations by connecting equipment, software, and services to protect, control and optimize assets within electrical infrastructures. The business provides customers, across various industries, with end-to-end product and service solutions that help ensure the reliability and protection of their electrical infrastructure. Working with customers to ensure our products and systems provide maximum performance, our Service teams solve a wide variety of key industrial challenges. We increase productivity and reliability, lengthen product life span, and improve safety. Critically, we also reduce costs, energy consumption and emissions. We currently have a Cell Site Technician III role open in our Central region. This role will be 100% remote with overnight travel to customer sites in the regional area of West Virginia, Ohio and Western Pennsylvania. Periodic travel may be required outside of the geographic region. A company car is provided for customer-site travel. The preferred location for this role is the Western West Virginia/Morgantown, West Virginia area.
   Your responsibilities
   
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   * On-time completion and quality of the installation project
   * Support job package administration including weekly tool inventory, write and submit the MOP, JIM preparation and submittal, create timesheet for self and crew, safety adherence, and house cleaning
   * Responsible for inventory and staging of equipment and materials, weekly status report to supervisor, reading and interpreting specifications and drawings
   * Add or remove all wiring and connections on non-working DC power equipment and assisting Level IV Technician on working equipment
   * Assist Level IV Technician on lead verification (voltage)
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   * Add or remove telecom batteries
   * Add or remove common systems equipment hardware
   * Follow all EHS guidelines
   * ELIGIBILTY REQUIREMENTS: ABB will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.
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   Your background
   
   * Basic Qualifications:
   * • High School Diploma/GED
   * • Three years of experience in Telecom DC power equipment installation
   * • Two years of experience in pulling & sewing cable, construction of cable racking, bay mounting
   * • Valid driver's license
   * • Computer skills including Microsoft Outlook / Excel / Word
   * • Ability and willingness to travel 75% of the time
   * • Ability and willingness to work varying shifts (swing shifts)
   * Physical Requirements:
   * • Ability to lift at least 40 lbs.
   * • Ability to operate motorized lift equipment to maneuver, install or remove 80-750 lb. batteries
   * • Frequently pushing or pulling of cables up to 60 lbs.
   * • Frequently climbing ladders up to 8 ft.
   * • Frequently working/standing on ladders for long periods of time
   * • Continuous standing
   * • Frequently reaching above, below or at shoulder level
   * • Frequently bending, twisting, or stooping
   * • Frequently crouching or squatting
   * • Be exposed to varying environments with moderate noise levels, nominal variations in heat and cold
   * Desired Characteristics
   * • Strong customer service mindset
   * • Prior field engineering experience
   * • Strong verbal and written communication skills
   * • AC Electrical Experience
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   More about us
   
   We look forward to receiving your application. If you want to discover more about ABB's Electrification Power Conversion team

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5. Post your job

   There are various strategies that you can use to find the right cell site technician for your business:

   • Consider promoting from within or recruiting from your existing workforce.
   • Ask for referrals from friends, family members, and current employees.
   • Attend job fairs at local colleges to find candidates who meet your education requirements.
   • Use social media platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter to reach potential job candidates.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your cell site technician job on Zippia to find and recruit cell site technician candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   Your first interview with cell site technician candidates should focus on their interest in the role and background experience. As the hiring process goes on, you can learn more about how they'd fit into the company culture in later rounds of interviews.

   You should also ask about candidates' unique skills and talents to see if they match the ideal candidate profile you developed earlier. Candidates good enough for the next step can complete the technical interview.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new cell site technician

   Once you've found the cell site technician candidate you'd like to hire, it's time to write an offer letter. This should include an explicit job offer that includes the salary and the details of any other perks. Qualified candidates might be looking at multiple positions, so your offer must be competitive if you like the candidate. Also, be prepared for a negotiation stage, as candidates may way want to tweak the details of your initial offer. Once you've settled on these details, you can draft a contract to formalize your agreement.

   It's also important to follow up with applicants who do not get the job with an email letting them know that the position is filled.

   After that, you can create an onboarding schedule for a new cell site technician. Human Resources and the hiring manager should complete Employee Action Forms. Human Resources should also ensure that onboarding paperwork is completed, including I-9s, benefits enrollment, federal and state tax forms, etc., and that new employee files are created.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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