Low Voltage Electric Distribution Journeyman Line Worker

Journeyman Line Worker

Department Summary: Electric Journeyman Line Workers are central to Consumers Energy's reliability and operations of delivering electric service to homes and businesses throughout our service territories in the state of Michigan.

Responsibilities

• Locate and repair faults on all types of overhead and underground lines and equipment on regulators, transformers of all types, capacitors, boosters and similar devices.
• Install or remove poles, towers, arms, pins, insulators, dead ends and associated equipment in and on energized circuits.
• Measure voltage and current, phasing and paralleling circuits, power or lightning transformers and regulators.
• Install and test electronic devices on equipment such as capacitors and other associated equipment on electric distribution systems.
• Direct and train electric line apprentices in accordance with the electric line apprenticeship program.
• Be familiar with installing, inspecting, removing, maintaining, and repairing poles, towers, cross arms, braces, pins, insulators, secondary racks, brackets, guys, transformer supports, and other supporting structures, wires and other conductors.
• Be familiar with transformers, lightning arresters, capacitors, isolators, fuses and cutouts.
• Disconnect oil and air-break switches and repeater fuses.
• Work up to 16 continuous hours during storm restoration efforts.

Requirements

• Must have all of the qualifications of a Journeyman Line Worker including a certified Journeyman Lineman card (equivalent to 4 years of experience as a line worker).
• Must be able to complete a pre-employment assessment at the Consumers Energy training facility.
• Must possess or able to obtain a CDL license.

This position is included under a collective bargaining agreement with the Utility Workers Union of America. Candidates filling these positions may be subject to working an afternoon schedule.