Wireworker​/Lineworker I​/II

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Salary: $22.00-$26.00 per hour.

Seniority level:
Entry level.

Employment type:

Full‑time.

Job function:
Administrative.

Industry: Government Administration.

Working Environment:
Duties are performed both indoors and outdoors. Indoor work occurs in a workshop setting. Outdoor work exposes the incumbent to inclement weather. Duties may also require work in confined spaces, e.g., manholes.

• Display honest, trustworthy, and ethical behavior when dealing with internal and external customers.
• Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
• Regular attendance that is punctual and dependable is required.
• Install, repair and maintain a variety of electrical equipment used in transmission and distribution systems, including padmount transformers, substations, and distribution and control wiring and cables.
• Install conduit, conductors and other associated hardware and protective devices for underground electrical systems.
• Install transformers and check voltages; assemble and activate electrical components.
• Survey, excavate and prepare installation site for placement of pads, ducts, conduits and related equipment; install and maintain distribution and control wiring and cables.
• Install, maintain, test and repair transformers; repair and rebuild bushings, switches, tap changers, and related equipment in aerial and padmounted transformers; assist in PCB testing.
• Assist with the building and repair of substation structures and related transmission equipment.
• Perform routine maintenance on electrical equipment, machinery and tools; ensure that service vehicles are equipped to respond to emergency situations.
• Respond to service calls concerning power outages and various electrical problems; work to correct power outages and electrical problems. May be required to be on stand‑by.
• Observe all established safety standards while performing work including the wearing of safety apparel, proper placement of work barricades and warning signs and grounding of machinery and equipment.
• Ensure that proper equipment and materials are present at the corresponding work site.
• Replace service wires and connections; install meters and perform connection of service; install and maintain high voltage circuit breakers, instruments, relays and controls and related substation equipment.
• Perform maintenance on the transmission system when energized and de‑energized and in substations; provide assistance in the repair of streetlights.
• Operate and use a variety of equipment including hydraulic, hand and power tools, trucks, bucket trucks, truck‑mounted cranes, forklifts, wire‑pulling equipment, trenchers, voltage meters, transits, backhoe / front‑end loader, skid steer, vacuum excavation and hot‑line equipment.
• Building and site construction / maintenance including basic structural, electrical, drainage, concrete removal and installation, painting, mowing and snow removal.
• Assist in testing and maintaining control equipment used for remote operation of the water and electrical distribution systems.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Display honest, trustworthy, and ethical behavior when dealing with internal and external customers.
• Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
• Regular attendance that is punctual and dependable is required.
• Install, repair and maintain a variety of electrical equipment used in underground transmission and distribution systems, including padmount transformers, substations, and distribution and control wiring and cables.
• Install conduit, conductors and other associated hardware and protective devices for underground electrical systems.
• Install transformers and check voltages; assemble and activate electrical components.
• Survey, excavate and prepare installation site for placement of pads, ducts, conduits and related equipment; install and maintain distribution and control wiring and cables.
• Install, maintain, test and repair transformers; repair and rebuild bushings, switches, tap changers, and related…