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Fibre Cabling Engineer - Data Centre

£38,000 to £44,000a year

Job type
Permanent
Location
Bracknell
Posted
3w ago

Job description

Fibre Cabling Engineer (Data Centre) - Bracknell

£38,000 - £44,000 + Company Van | Permanent | Monday to Friday, 08:00 - 16:00 | No weekends or on-call

TGS International are recruiting a highly motivated, detail-focused Fibre Cabling Engineer to join our client's data centre team in Bracknell. You'll support critical data centre operations with a focus on structured cabling, hardware installation and infrastructure audits - and this role comes with a genuine, clearly defined progression path from Engineer to Team Leader and on to Technical Project Manager, with salary growth at every step.

The role is based in Bracknell with UK travel when required. A company van is provided.

What You'll Be Doing

  • Racking and stacking servers, network devices and storage hardware
  • Reading and following patching schedules accurately
  • Delivering patching work to an exceptionally high standard
  • Installing, terminating and testing Cat5e / Cat6 / Cat6a copper and fibre structured cabling systems
  • Auditing, documenting and improving existing hardware and cabling layouts
  • Supporting the design and planning of new data centre deployments
  • Contributing to large-scale data centre migration projects

What We're Looking For

  • 3+ years' experience in structured cabling and patching
  • 3+ years' experience in data centre environments, ideally within DC Operations
  • Hands-on installation, termination and testing of copper and fibre
  • Strong understanding of Cat5e, Cat6, Cat6a, OM3/OM4 and OS2 cabling systems
  • Confident using test equipment - OTDR, Fluke, network analyser, VFL
  • Excellent diagnostic and fault-finding ability
  • A relevant cabling certification (CNCI, BTEC, City & Guilds or BICSI) is desirable
  • Driven, adaptable and calm under pressure with a get-the-job-done attitude
  • Organised, punctual, detail-focused and a strong team player with good customer-facing skills
  • Full UK driving licence (company van provided) and willingness to travel within the UK when required

What's On Offer

  • £38,000 - £44,000 per annum
  • Company van
  • 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
  • Pension scheme
  • Monday to Friday days - no weekend work and no on-call
  • Clear progression path to Team Leader and then Technical Project Manager

If you're a data centre cabling engineer who takes pride in clean, accurate work and wants a role with real career progression, apply now with an up-to-date CV

Benefits

Company Van + Benefits

How this salary compares

We compare the midpoint of this range with the median of 38 IT adverts that come straight from employers and state a salary, and of 52 across UK tech.

55% below the IT median