Field Service Technician - Victorville, CA

Join the Clean Energy Revolution. Become a Distribution Groundman at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this role, you’ll help construct, inspect, maintain, and restore overhead and underground electric distribution systems, powering our planet, reducing carbon emissions, and creating cleaner air for everyone.

Responsibilities

• Assists Linemen to gain poles, frame cross-arms, assemble guys, and splice wire.
• Loads and unloads material.
• Raises material and tools on pole or tower by use of handline.
• Dismantles material removed from the line and places on trucks.
• Digs holes for poles and anchors.
• Drives ground rods and pull wires and guys to tension.
• Attends winch while handling heavy material and attends reels while stringing wire.
• Makes and maintains trails, fells trees, hoes weeds around poles and towers.
• Learns tools, materials, and methods of line construction and maintenance.
• Operates truck and power equipment used in overhead and underground line construction. May occasionally operate vehicles up to the 12,000 lb. unladen weight class.
• Maintains a safety "own it" attitude where you choose to be safe for what and who you value.
• Performs other miscellaneous manual labor functions as advised.
• Ensures the protection of all physical, financial, and cybersecurity assets, and properly accesses and manages private customer data, proprietary information, confidential medical records, and other highly sensitive information with the highest standards of conduct and integrity.

Requirements

• Experience or training with basic construction activities.
• Possess a valid Class A motor vehicle operator's license.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with electrical tools, materials, and methods employed in overhead and underground line construction and maintenance.
• Experience as a Groundman working on overhead and underground construction.
• A certificate of completion from an SCE-accredited training program with Pole Climbing Endorsement such as East LA Skills Center, LA Trade Tech, Northwest Lineman's College, Electrical Lineman Apprentice, Electrical Line Worker, or Electrical Utility Program.
• Experience with performing heavy manual labor.
• CPR certification from Red Cross or American Heart Association.

Pay

$33 - $46 / year

Additional Information

• This position is a DOT (Department of Transportation) covered classification and is subject to random drug and/or alcohol screening.
• Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
• Testing is required for this position. Applicants may be invited to take the EEI CAST (Test #5108) and Groundman Physical Performance (Test #4015). The EEI CAST is held in Irwindale, California; the Physical Performance test is held in Chino or Westminster, California. Tests are usually held on different days, a few weeks apart.

About Southern California Edison

The people at SCE don’t just keep the lights on. Our mission is to fuel innovation that’s changing an entire industry, and quite possibly the planet. Join us and create a future with cleaner energy, while providing our customers with the safety and reliability they demand. At SCE, you’ll have the chance to grow personally and professionally, making a real impact in Southern California and around the world.