Lineman Helper - SR Lineman

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This position may be filled as a Lineworker (Mechanic) Helper, I, II, III, or Sr based on the qualifications and experience of the selected candidate.

The ability to perform all aspects of the Lineworker job function including but not limited to the day-to-day aspects of maintaining and building overhead and underground electrical facilities. Responsible various levels of learning, performing, and/or leading other line workers, material maintenance as well as, up to and including, aerial and underground work including utility distribution construction tasks. Working with a Live Safe mindset in all tasks;

ensuring to mitigate hazards where identified.

• Learning and understanding human performance and safety tools and their usage in day-to-day work
• Driving of different sizes and types of trucks. Operation of 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.

• Proper use and care of all rubber goods and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
• Ability to perform confined space and bucket rescue tasks and properly set up and operate aerial baskets and digger derrick trucks.
• Ability to lift, rig and tie knots to set up, jobsite and material for work in manholes and vaults, identifying materials and understanding distribution construction specifications.
• Ability to properly cover up secondary lines and perform energized work on secondary voltage lines.
• Ability to use meters to perform tests and install 3 and 4 wire secondary lines.
• Ability to identify substation and underground equipment.

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

• Ability to perform all tasks included in Helper through Lineworker II
• Ability to build and maintain underground residential distribution circuits, including but not limited to, prepare/operate pad mount switch gear, install and troubleshoot URD circuits and switching/tagging URD primary cable.
• Ability to learn three phase primary tasks to include safe operation and removal/installation of single and three phase reclosers, changing out insulators, and installing and replacing Gang Operated Airbrake Switches (GOABs).

• Ability to perform all tasks include in Helper through Lineworker III.
• Demonstrate strong Leadership capabilities including indirect crew leadership.
• Ability to learn and perform advanced primary voltage switching (up to 34,500 volts) tasks and applications.
• Ability to perform advanced Lineworker tasks on Regulators, capacitors banks, Alternate Switching Scheme, and Intelliruptor devices.

All levels must be able to perform the following:

• Maintaining a well‑organized jobsite to ensure the surroundings are safe.
• Learning, completing, and performing (Lineworker I‑Sr) (as necessary) all mandated training, such as but not limited to, First Aid, CPR, etc.

Minimum education required of the position:

• High School Diploma or equivalent.

Minimum experience required of the position:

• Lineworker Helper - 0‑1 year of experience required.
• Lineworker I - 6 months to 1 year of field distribution experience is required
• Lineworker II - 1.5 years to 2 year of field distribution experience is required
• Lineworker III - 2.5 years to 3 years of field distribution experience is required
• Lineworker Sr.
  
  - 3.5 years to 4 years of field distribution experience is required
• Preferred
  : 2 years of direct Distribution linework experience.

Minimum knowledge, skills and abilities required of the position:

• Ability to use physical strength to…