Entry Level Distribution Line Apprentice ; IBEW - North & South Carolina;

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In order to ensure your application is successfully received before the job posting expires, please submit your application by 11:59 PM on Tuesday, January 13, 2026.

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The Line Apprentice position supports the operations process in providing and maintaining service to new and existing customers by learning a working knowledge of computer system, tools, equipment, and material. Employees in the Line Apprentice position will be learning the day‑to‑day operations and specifications of the distribution system. In addition to normal work, employees in the Line Apprentice position must be available to be on‑call with a more experienced person as required and to work all hours as needed, day or night, weekends or holidays, to perform work required during planned outages or emergency situations.

Employees in the Line Apprentice position must learn to perform all duties in a safe manner and adhere to all Company safety rules and procedures.

Hourly Pay Rate: $28.42

Please note this posting is for multiple Operation Centers. In the next section, you will be able to select your preferred and second choice work locations. Locations are subject to change based on business need.

• Durham Operations Center - 4412 Hillsborough Rd, Durham, NC 27705
• Elkin Ops Center - 461 Winston Road, Jonesville, NC 28642
• Gastonia Operations Center - 120 Duke Power Dr, Dallas, NC 28034
• Hendersonville NC Operations Center - 957 Spartanburg Hwy, Hendersonville, NC 28792
• Lewisville Ops Center (Clemmons NC) - 500 Utility Dr. Clemmons, NC 27012
• Matthews Operations Center - 3500 Gribble Rd, Matthews, NC 28104
• Newell Operations Center - 2530 E W.T. Harris Blvd. Charlotte, NC 28104
• Reidsville NC Ops Center - 2119 Freeway Dr, Reidsville, NC 27320
• Salisbury Operations Center - 700 E Ritchie Rd, Salisbury, NC 28144

• Installs and repairs electrical equipment such as street lighting and load control devices.
• Constructs overhead and underground distribution lines based on engineering specifications, including setting poles, pulling cable, setting transformers, etc.
• Installs equipment such as transformers, capacitors, regulators, load control devices, meters, street lights, safe lights, etc.
• Maintains and repairs equipment; also performs preventative maintenance using test equipment such as volt and amp meters to measure the performance of equipment.
• Responds to trouble calls when equipment fails and/or electrical service is interrupted.
• Supports the company's goals and represents the company positively and professionally.

• Shift work, overtime, weekend work.
• Work environment ranges from indoors to outdoors in varying degrees of heat and cold weather conditions.
• Emergency situations may require working at night and in inclement weather.
• Subject to confined spaces (e.g., manholes, vaults, etc.).
• Subject to periodic call‑out duty.
• Frequent travel.
• Field Mobility Classification – Work will be performed in various field locations, as needed, after the onboarding period. Field employees are required to live within a reasonable daily commute to their assigned work location.

• High school diploma or GED.
• Valid driver's license.

• Certificate from Lineman's Training School.
• Certificate from Technical School Line program.
• Military experience.
• Experience in the electric utility industry.
• Training and/or work experience with climbing different types of structures (wood, steel, etc.).
• Previous work experience or training working near power lines and electricity (residential, commercial, overhead lines, or underground lines).
• Experience with responding to natural disasters or emergency situations (storm response such as hurricanes, tornado, wind event, high water; emergency responses such as fires,…