Line Technician - Louisville Center - South Rural

Summary

OPPD is seeking skilled and safety driven Line Technicians to join our Energy Delivery team and help maintain the dependable power service our communities rely on. In this journey level role, you’ll construct, maintain, and operate both overhead and underground transmission and distribution systems playing a critical part in ensuring system reliability and exceptional customer service.

Whether you’re an internal candidate ready to advance within your craft or an external applicant bringing experience from another utility or electrical environment, this position offers the opportunity to perform meaningful, hands‑on work every day. You’ll install and connect poles, lines, transformers, switches, streetlights, and cable; operate heavy construction equipment; support apprentices through on‑the‑job training; and may serve as an Acting Crew Leader when needed.

This essential role is ideal for individuals who thrive in fast paced field environments and are committed to safety, technical excellence, and teamwork. If you’re ready to contribute to the reliable delivery of energy across our service territory and build a rewarding long‑term career with OPPD we encourage you to apply.

• Construct, maintain, and operate District transmission and distribution system equipment and facilities in a manner that ensures a high level of customer service, system reliability and employee safety.
• Perform installation and connection of poles, lines, transformers, switches, streetlights, cable, fuses, etc. for overhead and/or underground service.
• Operate heavy construction equipment including digger derrick trucks, reach trucks, hydraulic and pneumatic tools as well as various hand tools and other equipment.
• Participate in on‑the‑job training of apprentice line technicians.
• Work with the Crew Leader in customer contacts regarding temporary outages, property damage, etc.
• May be required to serve as Acting Crew Leader.

Completion of the District’s four‑year line apprenticeship program or must have completed another certified line apprenticeship program with journeyman lineman certificate.

OR

Five (5) years experience at an electric utility as a Line Technician with a fairly major metropolitan area or major electric utility contractor with exposure to high voltage.

OR

At least six (6) years at a Rural Electric Coop (REC) experience as a Journey Line Technician, and the ability to pass the District’s written and oral Line Technician exams (REC line technicians only).

• Must have good communication and customer service skills.
• Must possess a valid Class A Commercial Driver License.
• Must live within a 35-mile radius of Center/Area Office.

• A two-year Utility Line Construction Associates Degree may be used for one year of experience.
• Rural line technicians require two-years journeyman experience due to on-call responsibilities.

$57.00 Hourly

Local 763

At Omaha Public Power District, we’re passionate about three things: power, the people who make it, and the people who rely on it.

WE ARE:
Where the Light Starts. OPPD is the 12th largest public power utility in the U.S., serving over 850,000 people across 5,000 square miles and 13 counties.

WE’re committed to:
Each other and the people we serve. This commitment drives us. We’re dedicated to providing our communities with affordable, reliable, and environmentally sensitive energy services today, tomorrow, and well into the future.

OUR JOB:
To provide power with a purpose. We have real impact – on people’s lives, on the environment, and on the future of energy. We’re always looking for bright, capable people who want an opportunity to lead from where you are – wherever you are – and know that your ideas will be heard. If you want to be a source of real, positive change for the community and the people who live in this region, then working for a company acknowledged for caring about these same things is likely a priority for you as well.