Experienced Aerial Lineman

FiberTel, LLC is a fully owned subsidiary of Quanta Services, Inc. (NYSE: PWR), locally grown in Utah’s Art City and rapidly expanding across the Northwest and Western regions. Specializing in the installation of fiber optics, we provide a full turnkey experience for our clients and serve communities in Utah, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, and California.

About the role

FiberTel, LLC is seeking an experienced Aerial Lineman for our Reno, NV location. The successful candidate will build new aerial plant from make-ready prints and perform installation and repair of aerial telecommunication cable using tools such as lashers, climbing hooks, and buckets.

Responsibilities

• Load, drive, deliver, dig, remove, and place various types, sizes, and weights of construction materials and equipment.
• Install and repair aerial telecommunications cable.
• Safely use hand tools and equipment including wrenches, drills, ladders, lanyards, saws, lashers, and climbing hooks.
• Safely operate mechanized equipment such as bucket trucks, digger derricks, and excavators.
• Set up safety perimeters using signage, cones, and safety barriers.
• Flag traffic when required.
• Understand and adhere to separation and clearance regulations.
• Safely work aloft using climbing hooks and ladders.
• Work flexibly across multiple locations.

Requirements

• Pass a pre-employment drug screen and background check.
• Possess a valid driver’s license or be eligible and willing to obtain the required license for the position.
• Maintain a good driving record.
• Basic knowledge of and ability to operate various types of utility trucks and equipment safely.
• Basic knowledge of and ability to use hand tools and equipment safely.
• Class A Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) is required.
• Effectively communicate with customers and employees.
• Willing and able to work in all weather conditions.
• Ability to climb telephone poles and work in a bucket truck at heights up to 40 feet.
• Able to lift and carry 50 lbs regularly and up to 100 lbs as needed, with or without assistance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous construction experience, preferably in the telecommunication industry.
• Able to perform all duties in telecommunications construction, including pole transfers, maintenance builds, new builds, cable installation, over lash, and strand construction.
• Ability to travel.

Working Conditions

• Full-time hourly position, expected to work at least 40 hours per week.
• Operates in an outdoor environment with exposure to extreme weather conditions (cold, rain, sleet, snow, humidity, high temperatures, high wind).
• Work environment varies throughout the day, including changes in terrain, traffic, urban, and rural settings.
• May be exposed to natural gas and risk of electrical shock.
• Exposure to moderate to loud noise levels.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to stand for long periods (up to 12 hours at a time).
• Tolerate work in extreme weather conditions.
• Speak and hear worksite safety instructions.
• Withstand prolonged and repeated lifting, standing, climbing, kneeling, reaching, feeling, crouching, and crawling.
• Regularly lift 75 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required: close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Pay

$28–32 per hour, depending on experience. Higher wages for CDL holders.

Benefits

• Health Insurance: Medical, Dental, Vision Plans, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Accident.
• Flexible Spending Accounts / Health Savings Accounts.
• PWR Discounts (Flight Tickets, Amusement Park Tickets, Nike).
• Group Discounts (Pet Insurance, Auto Insurance, Home Insurance).
• Retirement Savings Plan (401K) with company matching.
• Short & Long Term Disability.
• Supplemental Life and AD&D Insurance.
• Paid Holidays and Vacation.