Terminator A / Cable Splicer - Underground (Dominion)
Position Summary
The Cable Splicer is a safety-focused professional responsible for constructing and repairing electrical underground systems. This role involves working on energized and de-energized systems and may require travel to different job sites, including out-of-state locations, as operational and customer needs dictate. Reporting to the Foreman, the Cable Splicer performs new construction, maintenance, and repairs while prioritizing safety.
Essential Functions
- Perform new construction, maintenance, and repairs on energized and de-energized underground systems.
- Lead crew members in the absence of the Employee in Charge and conduct pre-job and tailgate safety briefings.
- Train and mentor apprentices and groundmen.
- Install and repair underground power, conductors, and related hardware.
- Comprehensively understand tagging procedures, grounding, and induced voltage on energized and de-energized lines using appropriate tools and test equipment.
- Work in confined spaces and in proximity to energized equipment.
- Operate backhoe, bucket trucks, digger trucks, mini excavators, and other necessary 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.
- Perform live-line work using approved gloving and hot-stick techniques on energized lines.
- Follow all safety protocols, including PPE use and possess a comprehensive understanding of insulated protective covers to isolate differences of potential.
Minimum Requirements
- Three (3) years of recent underground experience.
- Valid Commercial Driver's License (CDL).
- Willingness 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.
- Willingness to work outside of normal business hours, including weekends, holidays, emergency callouts, and overtime.
Physical Demands
While performing the responsibilities of this job, you will be required to talk, listen, and use hand signals to communicate. The job frequently requires you to stand, walk, use hands and fingers to handle objects, operate tools or controls, and reach with hands and arms. Work Environment: While performing the responsibilities of this job, you are frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles, moving mechanical parts, and vibration. You are occasionally exposed to a variety of extreme conditions at construction job sites. The noise level in the work environment and job sites can be loud. You will perform job responsibilities in extreme heat, cold, wet, windy, and storm conditions.
About Us
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, supplying customers with the ideas, technology, experience, workforce, and equipment needed to perform any job. "Essential" is the one word that sums up who we are, the work we do, and what our people mean to us. Each of our employees plays a critical role in ensuring that infrastructure systems are up and running when people and businesses need them. Pike is a family-oriented workplace with a strong culture of safety, collaboration, innovation, and exceptional customer service.
About The Team
Electric: We work with utilities across the country to solve our nation’s energy infrastructure challenges, from designing new transmission and distribution systems, upgrading and managing the installation of the latest smart meter technologies, and integrating renewable energy sources onto the grid.