Lineman Helper - SR Lineman

About This Role

This position involves learning, performing, and leading various aspects of linework, including maintaining and building overhead and underground electrical facilities. It requires a Live Safe mindset to mitigate identified hazards and offers growth through different lineworker levels based on qualifications and experience.

Responsibilities

• Perform all aspects of the Lineworker job function, including day-to-day maintenance and building of overhead and underground electrical facilities
• Learn, perform, and/or lead other lineworkers in material maintenance, aerial, and underground utility distribution construction tasks
• Maintain a well-organized jobsite to ensure safety
• Learn, complete, and perform all mandated training, such as First Aid, CPR

Lineworker Helper:

• Learn and understand human performance and safety tools and their usage in day-to-day work
• Drive different sizes and types of trucks
• Operate various pieces of equipment, including Aerial Bucket, Bread Vans, and Digger Derrick Trucks
• Read and understand job prints and sketches with reference to distribution standards

Lineworker I:

• Properly use and care for all rubber goods and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
• Perform confined space and bucket rescue tasks
• Properly set up and operate aerial baskets and digger derrick trucks
• Lift, rig, and tie knots to set up jobsite and material for work in manholes and vaults
• Identify materials and understand distribution construction specifications
• Properly cover up secondary lines and perform energized work on secondary voltage lines
• Use meters to perform tests and install 3 and 4 wire secondary lines
• Identify substation and underground equipment

Lineworker II:

• Perform overhead tasks, including energized primary cover up to 34,500 volts
• Understand transformer theories including bank installations, tap settings, and identifying and constructing multiple secondary voltage applications
• Learn and perform simple primary voltage switching (up to 34,500 volts) tasks and applications
• Lift, rig, and tie knots to set up, construct, frame poles, and change out cross-arms
• Identify materials and understand distribution construction specifications

Lineworker III:

• Perform all tasks included in Helper through Lineworker II
• Build and maintain underground residential distribution circuits, including preparing/operating pad mount switchgear