Journeyman Lineman

POSITION SUMMARY

The Journey Lineman position is responsible for installing, repairing and maintaining overhead and underground electrical power lines and auxiliary equipment.

• Work collaboratively with colleagues and foster the spirit of cooperation in the workplace by utilizing the Code of Conduct as a guideline.
• Conduct yourself in a manner that reflects favorably on Lane Electric and fosters a harmonious and helpful relationship between staff, our members, vendors, and the general public.
• Approach all situations with the attributes of honesty, integrity, respect, and professionalism.
• Maintain and promote a positive work environment by creating an environment of creativity, collaboration, safety, and pride in your work.
• Maintain a helpful attitude in which you see yourself as a part of the whole team ready to add your strengths to any area you might be needed.
• Always look for ways in which you can help Lane Electric employees and members.
• Speak and write clearly with the desired effect of positive outcomes in any situation.
• Look for ways to improve and promote quality, and demonstrate accuracy and thoroughness.
• Treat all people with respect in actions and speech, supporting affirmative action and respecting diversity.
• Exhibit sound and accurate judgement, including an understanding of who should be involved in decision making.
• Ability to prioritize and plan work activities using time effectively.
• Maintains a neat, organized work area that allows for easy access to information when absent.
• View Lane Electric as a unit of interdependent functions and assist when needed for the good of the whole.
• Respectfully take direction and feedback from supervisor and/or co-workers.

• Complies with all of the Cooperative’s safety rules and uses safe working practices and methods.
• Construct, maintain, and repair overhead and underground electrical distribution and transmission system, including stringing wires, setting poles and anchors, pull slack out of primary and secondary wires and hanging transformers, lightening arrestors, cutouts, crossarms, and insulators, installing pad mount gear and pulling and terminating underground conductors, and related tasks of new construction on energized and de-energized lines.
• Strings, splices, transfers and sags wire in energized or de-energized circuits and connects wires and transformers as specified or directed. Shortens or lengthens lines by adding or removing wire, using a variety of types of splices, connectors, sleeves or clamps. Regularly works above ground on poles using climbers and safety belt or operating man lift equipment, boom truck or other specialized equipment.
  
  Uses a variety of underground locating and fault-finding equipment.
• Routes or re-routes power lines over, under or around existing lines and structures, regularly working above, on, or in close proximity to energized lines. Selects and uses a variety of "hot line" tools and makes use of rubber gloves, line hoses, mechanical jumpers, fiber guards, blankets and other protective devices as specified. Works on all voltages as required throughout the system.
• Installs and removes transformers, including primary and secondary current transformers and self-contained meters, cut-outs, disconnecting switches, circuit breakers and other overhead line and underground devices, rigging block and tackle where necessary or working with ground crew and winch to raise or lower equipment. May install street and area lights, working with primary and secondary voltages. May change transformer locations on maps.
• Performs line switching or sectionalizing as directed. Performs emergency repairs, phases and connects circuits under load; performs load checks and balances feeders as required.
• Installs, removes, transfers, maintains and/or repairs cross arms, pins, insulators, guys, transformer and switch racks and other overhead pole and underground equipment using a variety of hand tools, equipment and power tools.
• Inspects lines, poles and equipment for signs of damage or wear and reports deficiencies.
• Assists in carrying poles, digging holes, piking and guying poles and other such…