Traffic and Lighting Trainee​/Technician

For over seven decades investor-owned utilities, municipalities, cooperatives, and others have entrusted their electrical construction and maintenance needs to Davis H. Elliot Company, Inc. (Elliot).

Elliot is a full-service electrical contractor specializing in overhead and underground distribution, transmission, substations, lighting, traffic signaling, utility locating and industrial/commercial services.

As a Traffic Signal/Lighting Trainee you will perform all types of electrical work for building traffic signals and roadway lighting. Your day-to-day responsibilities include:

• Assisting technicians and foreman with daily tasks
• Learning basic tasks to build traffic signals and roadway lighting
• Performing tasks such as trenching and placing conduit, building electrical services, concrete foundations for signal poles and lighting poles, installing wire, and making connections
• Operating tools and equipment according to company and OSHA safety procedures
• Working outdoors and on roadways

• CDL permit level or higher recommended, but not required upon hire; must acquire a Class A CDL within 6 months of hire
• 1+ year of experience recommended but not required
• Valid driver’s license
• Own your own hand tools
• Must pass criminal background check and drug screening

• Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Company Paid Life Insurance with additional Voluntary Life Insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Employee Stock Ownership Program
• State and Federally accredited Lineman Apprenticeship program
• Paid Vacation
• Uniforms and PPE provided

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disabled and veterans.

Pay Transparency Policy Statement is available upon request.