Groundsman

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Aid in cleaning and stocking trucks with necessary construction materials.
• Fill out charge sheets and assist journeymen on site.
• Set up equipment and make up overhead and underground materials as required.
• Transport materials to journeyman as requested and watch for potential hazards.
• Observe and learn technical skills to prepare for future training.
• Build pole climbing skills and perform tasks such as changing out cross arms, transformer parts, and cutting-out operations.
• Read, interpret, and understand job designs and drawings.
• Recognize other utilities and locate marks.
• Set poles in energized conductors and operate heavy equipment safely around energized lines.
• Operate pressure digger trucks and digger derricks near underground utilities.
• Take and give direction according to job needs and safety regulations.

Equipment Operation

• Operate heavy equipment with a superior manipulative ability in, near, or around energized electric lines.
• Operate pressure digger trucks and digger derricks in, near, and around underground utilities.
• Recognize potentially dangerous situations when digging holes or setting poles, observing leaks, noises, and general operation of machinery.
• Determine appropriate auger size for the job, hole depth based on soil conditions, conductor size, and pole height.
• Correctly determine appropriate load charts and angles with weighted pads and distances.
• Assist overhead and underground crews in scheduled and unscheduled work.

Other Responsibilities

• Adhere to NBU and standard safety policies and procedures.
• Perform preventative and predictive maintenance of equipment.
• Ensure accountability for materials and production of quality products in a timely manner.
• Communicate positively and respectfully with customers.
• Maintain a clean and safe work area, office, field site, and vehicle as applicable.
• Develop and maintain effective customer service skills for communications with co-workers, customers, and the public.
• Maintain strict confidentiality of business, employee, and customer information in written and oral communications and safeguard sensitive documents.
• Adhere to NBU policies and procedures.
• Participate in and support initiatives to reach annual NBU Performance Measures.

Formal Education and Work Experience Requirements

• High School Diploma/GED.
• No experience required.
• Field of study: General Studies.

Certification and Licensures Requirements

• Class 'A' Commercial Driver's License must be obtained within nine months of employment.

Minimum Qualifications

• Understand and follow written and verbal directions.
• Successfully complete a Basic Pole Climbing course within six months of employment.
• Successfully complete a CPR/Safety course within six months of employment.
• Be flexible in available hours, including holidays, weekends, and/or after hours as required.
• Reside within a forty-five-minute response time of the NBU Service Center as measured by an internet mapping tool.