Senior Electric Lineman

Job Details

Job Location:

City of Fairburn - FAIRBURN, GA 30213

Position Type:
Full Time

Education Level: High School

Salary Range: $35.44 - $35.44 Hourly

Job Shift: Day

Job Category:
Utilities

Do you lead the line and power the Fairburn community? Are you ready to pass down the craft to the next generation?

Work Days/

Hours:

Monday – Friday;7:00 a.m.

- 4:00 p.m.; may be required to work emergency power outages and in an on call rotation.

The Senior Electric Lineman is responsible for leading a team and performing work in the installation, maintenance, alteration and repair of overhead electrical lines, underground cables, electrical substations, and related electrical equipment. Local government or electric utility experience is a plus. Reports to the Electric Superintendent.

• Serves as crew leader as required, completing the necessary paperwork (material forms, time sheets, etc.) and preparing, reading and/or interpreting construction prints and work requests.
• Climbs power poles and steel towers, splicing and making repairs to energized lines.
• Constructs new overhead lines, setting poles, installing cross arms and brackets, stringing wire, and placing equipment such as transformers, switches, cut-outs, lightning arrestors and insulators.
• Performs switching operations as a member of a line crew.
• Runs new service lines from pole or transformer to consumer’s premises.
• Reconstructs existing lines and related fittings.
• Phases out and cuts in new circuits; pulls slack out of primary and secondary wires; tests poles, lines and other facilities.
• Trims trees to clear wires.
• Installs, maintains and repairs electrical underground distribution equipment such as conduit duct systems, boxes, and vaults, switches, capacitors, transformers, street lights, concrete foundations.
• Installs electrical cable in ducts or direct burial; installs cable risers; splices and terminates non-leaded high voltage cables
• Drives trucks and operates associated equipment as assigned; assists in the instruction and training of other new crew members in techniques of the trade.
• Responds to emergency calls during hurricanes, inclement weather, or other emergency situations.
• Installs, removes or repairs the following equipment on energized or de-energized lines in all types of weather conditions; anchors, cross-arms, insulators, brackets, capacitors, regulators, poles, switches, lightning arrestors, grounds, transformers (overhead and underground primary, secondary and services) URD switch gear, LBC cabinets, manholes, splices boxes and fuses.
• Switches, tags, tests and grounds overhead and underground electrical systems.
• Writes switching orders, performs and directs sub-station and field switching operations.
• Phases out and cuts in new circuits; pulls slack out of primary and secondary wires; tests poles, lines and other facilities.
• Installs, maintains and repairs electrical underground distribution equipment such as conduit duct systems, boxes, and vaults, switches, capacitors, transformers, street lights, and concrete foundations.
• Trims trees to clear wires.
• Drives trucks and operates associated equipment as assigned; assists in the instruction and training of other new crew members in techniques of the trade.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

High school diploma or GED and three-year apprenticeship program; supplemented by five to seven (5
- 7) years of related experience; or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this job.

Valid Class B CDL driver’s license required. Class A CDL license preferred or the ability to obtain a Class A license within one year of employment. Integrated Transmission System Operator Certificate Completion of a recognized three (3) year apprenticeship program as a Certified Lineman/Linewoman, required.

• Requires an acceptable general background check to include a local and state criminal history check, and a valid driver’s license with an acceptable driving record.
• Requires pre-employment medical evaluation and…