Transmission Lineman at Southern Electric Corp; collection

About Us

Southern Electric Corporation a Quanta Services, Inc. (NYSE:

PWR) company, is an electrical utility contractor specializing in the construction of high-voltage transmission lines, underground, and distribution lines as well as providing emergency restoration services. A proven leader in the industry since 1985, SEC has earned a reputation of providing superior work with a strong focus on customer satisfaction and safety. We currently manage over 100 crews and nearly 2,000 pieces of late model equipment.

Customers include investor-owned utilities, electric cooperatives, and municipalities throughout our work footprint. Our team is our family. We are 100% committed to the safety of our team members and providing industry leading training. We believe we can be the last job you ever want to apply for. Call us family!

A Journeyman Lineman at Southern Electric Corporation classification will have received their training in an approved forty-two (42) month apprenticeship program or a certified testing program or must have five (5) years of continuous substation/line construction/maintenance experience. Journeyman Linemen shall have a working knowledge of all aspects of substation/line work and have the capability and expertise to work independently if required.

• Installs and repairs structures, conductors or equipment used in electrical power or distribution systems.
• Installs and maintains line hardware and erect wooden and/or steel poles and light or heavy-duty transmission towers.
• Splices cables together for overhead transmission lines, customer service lines, or street light lines.
• Strings wire conductors and cable between erected poles and adjust slack, using winch, hoist, or other means.
• Utilize aerial lift equipment and/or climb poles and removes and installs hardware, wires, and other equipment.
• Opens/closes switches to isolate or energize line sections.
• Test lines and equipment for potential and, installs grounding devices to de-energize circuits and equipment to perform repairs, adjustments or to remove electrical hazards.
• Capable of calculating set up locations for stringing operations.
• Secure one shots, hold tags, R-switches, hot line holds etc. on lines working near or over.
• Required to hang travelers from poles or towers.
• Ensure that guards and covers are in place for lines, highway, and other obstructions on ROW.
• Ensure that all grounds are in place on stringing equip. grounding blocks etc.
• Supervise conductor stringing operation.
• Capable of operating all construction equipment if needed.
• Capable of using plumb bob, pulling guy wires, and ensuring that poles are plumb before dead ending cond.
• Interpret charts and calculate sag for conductors, using owner-s required method.
• Capable of working from hanging ladders, walk boards, or baskets on booms for clipping, dead ending cond., etc.
• Capable of hanging and operating carts for spacing bundle conductors.
• Required to set guard poles, string lead line, string cond., sag, clip, and dead-end cond.
• Watch over, direct, and train Apprentice linemen working under or with them.
• Direct and ensure that Underground utilities are located.
• Replaces and straightens poles and attaches cross-arms, insulators, and auxiliary equipment to wood poles preparatory to erection.
• Cleans, trims, and splices corresponding conductors by splicing together or by joining ends with compression connections.
• Tests conductors to identify corresponding conductors and to prevent incorrect connections, according to electrical diagrams and specifications.
• Install watt-hour meters and connects service drops between power line and consumer.
• Covers conductors with insulating material.
• Uses rubber gloves, hot sticks, or the live line “bare hand” method to work on and/or repair energized lines to avoid interruption of service.

• May be required to relocate as work requirements demand.
• May be required to hold a valid class “B” commercial driver’s license.
• Need to have certification for light cranes, boom trucks, etc.
• May be required to read and interpret blueprints.
• Drives and operates conveyance machinery equipped with tools and materials to and from job site.
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