Journeyman Lineworker Locator

A Journeyman Lineworker Locator is a highly skilled, certified professional responsible for the safe installation, maintenance, and repair of underground and overhead power distribution systems for residents and business. In this specialized capacity as a utility locator, they use advanced equipment to locate, trace, and mark underground electric utilities to prevent service disruptions and safety hazards during excavation.

• Primary responsibility:
  Locates and marks all electric utilities at residential, commercial and industrial jobs site prior to work starting on construction or remodel
• Surveys existing and newly installed underground utilities to accurately document locations in GIS software
• Reviews blueprints and plans to identify potential utility conflicts
• Provides electrical installation for new customers and terminates services where required
• Responds to outage service calls, determines nature and cause of failure, decides on and implements course of restorative action for residential and commercial customers
• Provides routine maintenance for City’s electrical system, including circuit and wiring repair and replacement, trouble shooting and identifying potential hazards and solutions
• Provides street light repairs where scheduled for routine maintenance as well as reported outages or other problems
• Participates in overhead and underground construction projects where line work, pole construction, is required
• Maintains equipment, tools and supplies needed for line work, documenting and ordering additions or replacements
• Performs reading of meters
• Provides on-going line clearance including tree cutting and trimming
• Promotes quality customer relations, acknowledging any concerns and bringing them to lead line worker or foreman for resolution
• Participates in on-call rotation; as a municipal employee, maintains availability for emergency situations
• Performs all other related duties as requested or assigned

• High School Diploma or G.E.D
• Successful completion of an accredited Electrical Lineworker program

• 4-years’ experience in similar position
• Holds an active Journeyman Lineworker card

• Must reside within 40 minutes of the Chaska Municipal Services Building (using Google Maps, Map Quest, Waze, Apple Maps as a guide – may be asked to provide proof).
• Valid MN Driver’s License (Class A with applicable endorsements)
• High Voltage Electric Certification helpful
• Ability to trouble shoot and diagnose electrical problems; exercise independent judgment
• Flexibility to participate in on-call schedule as well as emergency situations
• Math aptitude

• Locators, computers, iPads, phones, Trimble GPS Units, etc..
• Heavy equipment including 40/60 ft. bucket trucks, front end loader, digger derrick truck, service and dump trucks, fork lift, excavator, vactor, wood chipper, water pump, wire trailer, etc.
• Hand tools including saw, chainsaw, drill, crimper, etc

• Significant attention to safety standards, procedures, and practices
• Rapid response and accurate problem solving in emergency repair and outage situations

• Proper and safe operation of trucks, bucket equipment and ladders, and other equipment and tools
• Varying and some prolonged periods of standing, walking, bending, stooping, reaching, pushing, pulling, grasping, observing, identifying colors, climbing, balancing, and lifting, carrying and moving objects 80+ lbs.

• Comfort working at heights of 100+ feet and in trenches of 5+ feet in depth
• Walking 10,000 or more steps daily

• Driving to and from work sites
• Working outside in all seasons with varying levels of exposure to wind, rain, snow, ice, sun
• Working within confines of both underground and overhead electrical system structures and construction sites, including energized conductors