Groundman - Underground (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 underground electrical distribution systems, reporting to the Foreman.

Responsibilities

• Perform new construction, maintain and repair underground distribution systems while putting safety first
• Help install and repair underground facilities, underground conductors, and related hardware
• Maintain excavation equipment including backhoes, trenchers, excavators, and pulling equipment
• Work outdoors in varying environmental conditions, including extreme heat, cold, rain, wind, and inclement weather
• Available to work outages, storms, emergencies including on-call rotation
• Follow all safety protocols including PPE use and a comprehensive understanding of insulated protective cover to isolate differences of potential
• Inspect rubber goods and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
• Understand when to wear personal protective equipment
• Perform rigorous physical labor

Requirements

• Valid Driver's License and able to obtain a CDL within 60 days
• Willing to travel long distances on short notice
• Lift, carry, push, or pull materials and equipment weighing up to 50 pounds
• Work for extended periods at job locations, including out-of-state assignments
• Willing to work outside of normal business hours, including weekends, holidays, emergency callouts, and overtime

Physical Demands: Frequently required to talk, listen, and use hand signals to communicate; stand; walk; use hands and fingers to handle objects, operate tools or controls; reach with hands and arms.

Work Environment: Frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles, moving mechanical parts, and vibration. Occasionally exposed to a variety of extreme conditions at construction job sites. Noise level can be loud. Work performed in extreme heat, cold, wet, windy, and storm conditions.

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, and short-term and long-term disability
• Paid time off, paid holidays, and family and medical leave

About the company

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. Pike works with hundreds of utility clients across the country and continuously expands offerings to supply customers with the ideas, technology, experience, workforce and equipment to perform any job. Pike is a family-oriented workplace with a strong culture of safety, collaboration, innovation and exceptional customer service.