Lineworker Helper - Sr.

About the role

The position may be filled at the level of Helper, Level I, II, II or Senior Level based on experience.

Responsibilities

• Learning and understanding human performance and safety tools and their usage in day-to-day work
• Driving of different sizes and types of trucks
• Operation of various pieces of equipment, including Aerial Bucket, Bread Vans, and Digger Derrick Trucks
• Read and understand job prints and sketches with reference to distribution standards
• Proper use and care of all rubber goods and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
• Perform confined space and bucket rescue tasks and properly set up and operate aerial baskets and digger derrick trucks
• Lift, rig and tie knots to set up, jobsite and material for work in manholes and vaults, identifying materials and understanding distribution construction specifications
• Identify and properly cover up secondary lines and perform energized work on secondary voltage lines
• Use meters to perform tests and install 3 and 4 wire secondary lines
• Identify substation and underground equipment
• Perform overhead tasks, including energized primary cover up to 34,500 volts
• Understand transformer theories including bank installations, tap settings, and identifying and constructing multiple secondary voltage applications
• Learn and perform simple primary voltage switching (up to 34,500 volts) tasks and applications
• Lift, rig and tie knots to set up, construct, frame poles, and change out cross-arms, identifying materials and understanding distribution construction specifications
• Build and maintain underground residential distribution circuits, including but not limited to, prepare/operate pad mount switchgear, install and troubleshoot URD circuits and switching/tagging URD primary cable
• Learn three phase primary tasks to include safe operation and removal/installation of single and three phase reclosers, changing out insulators, and installing and replacing Gang Operated Airbrake Switches (GOABs)
• Demonstrate strong Leadership capabilities including indirect crew leadership
• Perform advanced Lineworker tasks on Regulators, capacitors banks, Alternate Switching Scheme, and Intelliruptor devices

Requirements

• Maintain a well-organized jobsite to ensure the surroundings are safe
• Complete and perform (Lineworker I-Sr) (as necessary) all mandated training, such as but not limited to, First Aid, CPR, etc.

Qualifications

• Minimum education required of the position: High School Diploma or equivalent
• Minimum experience required of the position: 6 months - 4 years of experience in a distribution field is required (placement in the appropriate level will be determined by the experience level for the selected candidate)
• Preferred: 2 years of direct Distribution linework experience

Skills

• Use physical strength to perform required tasks in all weather conditions
• Work irregular hours and out of town assignments as required
• Take and understand directives and complete tasks with limited supervision
• Plan and lay out all work in a safe and efficient manner
• Assume a lead role and direct the work of other linemen
• Climb and work off of poles of various heights

Benefits

Not specified

Pay

Not specified

Schedule

Not specified

Benefits

Not specified

Skills

• Use physical strength to perform required tasks in all weather conditions
• Work irregular hours and out of town assignments as required
• Take and understand directives and complete tasks with limited supervision
• Plan and lay out all work in a safe and efficient manner
• Assume a lead role and direct the work of other linemen
• Climb and work off of poles of various heights

Other

• Must have valid driver’s license
• Must have, and maintain, a Class-A CDL or ability to obtain one (within 6 months of employment)