Groundman - Overhead (DUKE)

About the role

The Groundman position is your first step to a rewarding career in the construction and maintenance of our nation's Power Grid. You will assist your team in building, repairing, and maintaining overhead electrical distribution systems and report to the Foreman.

Responsibilities

• Perform new construction, maintenance, and repair of overhead distribution systems while prioritizing safety.
• Help install and repair overhead power lines, poles, insulators, conductors, and related hardware.
• Maintain company vehicles, equipment, and tools in good working order.
• Work outdoors in varying environmental conditions, including extreme heat, cold, rain, wind, and inclement weather.
• Be available for outages, storms, emergencies, and on‑call rotation.
• Follow all safety protocols, including PPE use and proper insulated protective cover procedures.
• Inspect rubber goods and personal protective equipment (PPE) and understand when PPE is required.
• Perform rigorous physical labor.

Minimum Requirements

• Valid driver’s license and ability to obtain a CDL within 60 days.
• Willingness to travel long distances on short notice.
• Ability to lift, carry, push, or pull materials and equipment weighing up to 50 pounds.
• Capability to work for extended periods at job locations, including out‑of‑state assignments.
• Willingness to work outside normal business hours, including weekends, holidays, emergency callouts, and overtime.

Physical Demands

The role requires frequent standing, walking, and the use of hands and fingers to handle objects, operate tools, or control equipment. Employees must be able to communicate via talk, listen, and hand signals. Exposure to fumes, airborne particles, moving mechanical parts, vibration, loud noise, and extreme weather conditions (heat, cold, wet, windy, storms) is common.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• HSA, dependent care, and medical flexible spending accounts
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 401(k) with company match
• Life insurance, short‑term and long‑term disability
• Paid time off, paid holidays, and family & medical leave

About Us

Founded in 1945, Pike is a leading provider of construction, repair, and engineering services for electric and gas utilities, as well as telecommunications companies, with a growing portfolio of turnkey renewable projects. We serve hundreds of utility clients nationwide, continuously expanding our offerings to supply customers with ideas, technology, experience, workforce, and equipment to perform any job. “Essential” sums up who we are, the work we do, and what our people mean to us. Each employee plays a critical role in ensuring infrastructure systems are up and running when people and businesses need them. Pike is a family‑oriented workplace with a strong culture of safety, collaboration, innovation, and exceptional customer service.

About the Team

The Electric team works with utilities across the country to solve the nation’s energy infrastructure challenges, from designing new transmission and distribution systems to upgrading and managing the installation of the latest smart‑meter technologies and integrating renewable energy sources onto the grid.