Traffic and Lighting Trainee/Technician

About the role

For over seven decades investor-owned utilities, municipalities, cooperatives, and others have entrusted their electrical construction and maintenance needs to Davis H. Elliot Company, Inc. (Elliot). Elliot is a full-service electrical contractor specializing in overhead and underground distribution, transmission, substations, lighting, traffic signaling, utility locating and industrial/commercial services. As a Traffic Signal/Lighting Trainee you will be required to perform all types of electrical work for building traffic signals and roadway lighting.

Responsibilities

• Assisting technicians and foreman with daily tasks
• Learning basic tasks to build traffic signals and roadway lighting
• Trenching and placing conduit
• Building electrical services
• Concrete foundations for signal poles and lighting poles
• Installing wire and making connections
• Operating tools and equipment according to company and OSHA safety procedures
• Working versatilely in outdoor settings and roadways

Qualifications

• CDL permit level or higher recommended, but not required upon hire (must be able to acquire a Class A CDL within 6 months of hire)
• 1+ years of experience recommended but not required
• Valid driver's license
• Own your own hand tools
• Must be able to pass criminal background check and drug screening

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
• Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Company Paid Life Insurance with additional Voluntary Life Insurance
• 401K with company match
• Employee Stock Ownership Program
• State and Federally accredited Lineman Apprenticeship program
• Paid Vacation
• Servant Leadership Training
• Uniforms and PPE provided