Overhead Distribution Lineman A

About the role

MasTec Utility Services delivers critical infrastructure construction and engineering services for power delivery, gas, and water customers, specializing in overhead and underground electric distribution for power delivery systems, gas distribution construction for gas systems, and turnkey solutions for a variety of water, sewer, and civil infrastructure projects. Backed by decades of experience, industry-leading skills, and a deep commitment to core values, MUS delivers safe, innovative, and environmentally responsible services that provide extraordinary value to clients.

MasTec Utility Services is a purpose-driven company. Core values guide strategy, performance, and culture. We maintain an environment where team members can make an impact, grow, and thrive, finding meaning and purpose in ensuring communities have vital energy, light, and communications. Our culture is inclusive and welcoming, with teams empowered by abundant training, tools, and opportunities to follow curiosity and ambitions. Everyone has an equal chance to advance and is supported, respected, and challenged to be their best. We’re always looking for talented and dedicated people to join us.

MasTec Utility Services is a proud subsidiary of MasTec (NYSE: MTZ), a Fortune 500 company ranked by Energy News-Record as one of the leading contractors in the country. MUS is part of the MasTec Power Delivery segment and is certified as a minority-controlled company by the National Minority Supplier Development Council.

Responsibilities

• Assist Journeyman Lineman and the Foreman while in training and learning the trade.
• Perform diversified work related to the construction and maintenance of poles, power lines, auxiliary facilities, and equipment for the distribution of electricity.
• Set a good example for newer apprentices by always following and teaching safe practices.
• Construct, maintain, and inspect transmission and distribution of electrical or power lines.
• Provide technical skills needed for the operation and maintenance of reliable electrical services for the consumer, completing jobs with quality and timeliness.
• Connect, disconnect, install, remove, move, and transfer various electrical devices on customer facilities, including transformers, transformer banks, regulators, switches, switching devices, and capacitor banks.
• Route or reroute power lines over, under, or around existing lines and structures.
• Inspect and/or remove damaged power lines.
• Assist in carrying poles, digging holes, and other operations involved in setting or replacing poles.
• Perform line switching or sectionalizing as directed.
• Assist in on-the-job training of apprentices and other crew members in maintenance and construction of power lines.
• Submit all Apprentice Program required documentation in a timely manner.
• Troubleshoot electrical problems on customer equipment as needed.
• Drive bucket truck to jobsite and maintain truck stock.
• Investigate consumer complaints and make repairs to energized electrical distribution lines as needed.
• Perform other duties as required and/or assigned.

Qualifications

• Minimum: High school diploma or equivalent.
• 3 years of lineman experience.
• Valid Class A CDL is required.
• Preferred: 5 or more years of experience.
• OSHA 10 Certification.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

This job operates in a field environment. The role routinely requires extended periods of bending, squatting, climbing, kneeling, pushing, pulling, lifting, lifting in awkward positions, standing, and twisting. Work occurs in inclement weather conditions, such as extreme heat, extreme cold, rain, ice, snow, and wind.

This position is physically active, with lifting required. Must be able to bend, lift, and carry up to 50 pounds. Must have clarity of vision at 20 feet or more or 20 inches or less, with the ability to judge distance and space relationships, precise hand-eye coordination, and the ability to identify and distinguish colors.