Data Center Cable Installer – Aiken, SC | Contract-to-Hire
Location: Meta Data Center Aiken, South Carolina
Pay: $22.50/hr | $33.75/hr overtime
Per Diem: $75/day over $2,200/month when eligible for daily per diem throughout the month
Lodging: Provided near the job site
Schedule: Substantial Overtime Available
Employment Type: Contract-to-Hire
Outsource is hiring experienced Data Center Cable Installers for a Meta data center project in Aiken, South Carolina. This is a contract-to-hire opportunity with one of the largest data center contractors in the countrynot direct employment with Meta.
Bring your commercial cabling experience to a major data center project with substantial overtime, daily per diem, and lodging provided near the site. We’re looking for dependable installers who take pride in clean cable dressing, accurate labeling, and quality workmanship.
What you’ll do
- Pull, route, dress, secure, and label Cat5/Cat6 network cabling.
- Maintain neat, organized cable runs through pathways, racks, cabinets, and equipment areas.
- Follow cable schedules, labeling requirements, installation drawings, and direction from field leadership.
- Perform cable terminations if qualified and assigned.
- Assist with fiber-optic cable pulls as required by project scope.
- Support installation of cable infrastructure and pathways, such as cable tray, ladder rack, basket tray, and J-hooks.
- Identify installation issues and communicate material needs or field obstacles to your lead.
- Maintain a clean work area and follow project safety, security, and quality requirements.
Required experience
- Previous hands-on experience pulling, dressing, and labeling Cat5/Cat6 cabling.
- Prior data center experience or comparable commercial low-voltage job-site experience.
- Ability to follow installation instructions and maintain consistent cable management and labeling.
- Dependable attendance, attention to detail, and a professional approach to teamwork.
- Availability to work substantial overtime based on project needs.
- Ability to report to the job site in Aiken, SC.
Preferred skills
- Cat5/Cat6 termination experience is strongly preferred.
- Fiber-optic cable pulling experience.
- Infrastructure installation experience, including cable tray, ladder rack, basket tray, J-hooks, racks, or related support systems.
- Experience reading cable schedules, drawings, and equipment-room layouts.
Pay, per diem, and lodging
- Regular pay: $22.50/hr.
- Overtime pay: $33.75/hr.
- Lots of overtime available based on project requirements.
- Per diem: $75/day for eligible assignment days.
- Daily per diem totals more than $2,200 in a full month when paid for every calendar day.
- Lodging provided near the project site.
Why this opportunity
- Gain experience on a major Meta data center project.
- Work with one of the largest data center contractors in the country.
- Increase earning potential through substantial overtime.
- Have lodging arranged near the site, along with daily per diem.
- Pursue a permanent position through a contract-to-hire opportunity. Conversion depends on performance and the contractor’s hiring requirements.
Apply with your resume highlighting your cable pulling, dressing, labeling, termination, fiber, and infrastructure experience. Please include your availability to begin work in Aiken, South Carolina.
Outsource is the largest staffing firm in the nation specializing in the placement of low voltage and electrical talent. We deploy crews of qualified technicians to electrical and low voltage contractors on a temporary basis in all 50 states, and we fill hundreds of permanent job openings directly with our clients each year. Outsource has been in business since 1998 with 24 locations across the nation. The company's headquarters is located in Los Angeles, California.
