About This Role
This role involves installing street lights, assisting Line Workers with ground and overhead tasks, and trimming trees. The Groundman also installs electric services and connects service meters. This position requires operating heavy equipment and adhering to strict safety procedures on job sites.
Responsibilities
- Install street lights
- Assist Line Workers with electric line installation, maintenance, or repair tasks
- Monitor work site conditions for hazards or safety concerns and inform Linemen of any issues
- Monitor work truck for required tools, supplies, and equipment; ensure truck is fully stocked
- Monitor tool needs of Linemen and supply needed tools as work progresses
- Cut down and trim trees using power saws and other equipment
- Install electric service lines for residential and business customers
- Install service meters for residential and business customers
- Operate equipment such as dump trucks, bucket trucks, backhoes, and trenchers to install and maintain electrical services
- Monitor equipment maintenance and repair needs while operating
- Assist with trouble calls and pull in wire for electric services
- Control work site traffic using established safety procedures and equipment
- Install and remove City holiday lighting
- Perform entry-level and intermediate-level electric service installations for underground, conduit, and meter base connections
- Collect job site tools and materials prior to field work for work crews
- Ensure work crews have all items needed for work site
- Restock supply trucks to ensure work crews have all needed materials and supplies
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED
- Minimum of one to three (1-3) years of experience in electric service line installation
- Possess a Class A Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) or be able to obtain this license within six (6) months of employment; must be insurable
- Ability to work non-standard hours
- Ability to travel to attend training programs or professional development workshops
- Ability to pass a pre-employment background check and an initial drug screen
- Knowledge of City rules, regulations, policies, and procedures
- Knowledge of City geography, street, and electric systems
- Knowledge of tools and equipment utilized in electric line installation, maintenance, and repair
- Knowledge of work site hazards and safety procedures
- Communication skills to effectively communicate internally, both orally and in writing
- Reading skills to understand and interpret City policies and guidelines