Journeyman Lineman

Homer Electric Association (HEA) is a member-owned electric utility serving the central and southern areas of the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska. We are excited to be growing at our Kenai Facility and are seeking a Journeyman Lineman to join the team. We truly believe in the cooperative values of integrity, accountability, innovation, and commitment to community and a successful candidate will have an opportunity to directly impact these values.

A successful candidate will perform electrical construction, operation, and electrical maintenance work for HEA. This person will be expected to perform the work in accordance with prescribed and acceptable procedures on a Journeyman level.

• Responsible for performing work on HEA construction and maintenance projects in compliance with shop drawings and specifications while adhering to HEA safety standards.
• Perform proper assembly or installation of overhead line construction such as framing and erection of poles, towers, and fixtures.
• Perform proper assembly or installation of splices, indoor/outdoor terminations, load break elbows, transformers, switch cabinets, vacuum/oil switches, conduits or ducts, vaults and pads, conductors, and various types of apparatus in the secondary, distribution, and transmission voltages.
• Operate equipment and vehicles related to power line maintenance, operations, and constructions.
• Respond to and perform problem/outage operations and maintenance when available outside normal work hours when required.
• At times must work with or around consumers. Therefore, must provide a highly professional level of prompt, efficient, accurate, courteous, and reliable service in such a manner as to reflect credit on the management of the Association and to assure utmost service to the membership.

• Required to have a high school diploma or equivalent.
• Required to successfully have completed an apprenticeship program which is certified by the Federal Bureau of Apprenticeship Training and pass a Journeyman Lineman exam which meets the requirements CFR .
• Must demonstrate job proficiency on an annual basis as required by OSHA CFR .

• Must hold and submit a valid Commercial Driver's License and maintain a good driving record with no record of DWI or reckless driving during the preceding three years and containing no information which suggests that the applicant is other than a safe driver.
• Must possess and maintain a current State of Alaska, Electrical Certificate of Fitness.
• Must possess or provide proof of application for the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) card.
• Must possess and maintain a current CPR/First Aid Card.
• Knowledge of overhead and underground line construction and maintenance.
• Knowledge of the National Electrical Safety Code and any applicable OSHA regulations.
• Skills in climbing poles and towers, proper use of tools and safety equipment and proper use of reference materials.
• Ability to read shop drawings and maps, properly operate equipment and vehicles associated with maintenance or construction of transmission and distribution systems.
• Ability to properly prepare required forms and reports.
• Ability to apply rational thinking to solve problems, calculate measurements and comprehend relevant instructions.
• Ability to effectively communicate both verbally and written.

Recruiting will continue until a qualified applicant has been hired.

HEA is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer.