Rights-Of-Way Maintenance Worker

Seattle City Light, a department of the City of Seattle, is one of the nation's largest municipally owned utilities in terms of the number of customers served. Over the years we have worked very hard to keep Seattle's electricity affordable, reliable, and environmentally sound. Today, City Light is a recognized national leader in energy efficiency and environmental stewardship.

The Power Line Clearance and Landscapes Org Unit is looking for a Right of Way Maintenance Worker to support vegetation management and maintenance work on the Transmission Rights-of-Ways (TROW).  This position performs a wide variety of maintenance tasks under high voltage wires along City Light transmission corridors and on reservoirs and access roads. They are primarily focused on the corridors in the southern half of Seattle and along the east side of Lake Washington from Bothell south to Maple Valley, with a daily reporting location in South Seattle.

This is a fantastic opportunity to get on board with a utility dedicated to serving the public good.  The work varies from day to day, as do the work locations, so there are endless opportunities to learn new things and develop new skills in this role.  The team is small, nimble, motivated, hard-working, and highly dedicated to their work, and a similarly geared applicant will fit right in.

This position will report directly to the South TROW Maintenance Crew Chief, under the supervisory direction of the Vegetation Management Supervisor.

Here is more about what you'll be doing:

This position is in the Operations Division which is responsible for "keeping the lights on" in Seattle and our surrounding service territory.  Within Operations, the Powerline Clearance and Landscapes group is responsible for the vegetation and Transmission rights-of-way (TROW) corridor maintenance and management, including line clearance on the electrical distribution system (within the service territory), maintenance/management of the TROW, and landscapes maintenance of the 70+ properties City Light owns.

The TROW Maint. group is responsible for managing the vegetation that grows within and alongside the TROW corridors in compliance with local and federal regulations, and for ensuring line-workers have access to and support for working on the overhead transmission system.

* Trims, cuts and fells trees using power saws, axes and loppers; disposes of debris using chipper.

* Sprays noxious weeds and tree stumps with herbicides;

* Builds and maintains bridges, installs culverts, installs and repairs gates, and constructs and repairs roadways;

* Mows acres of right-of-way with tractor-mounted rear-deck and side-arm mowers

* Operates heavy trucks (dump trucks), trailers and other heavy equipment such as tractor-mowers;

* Assists in-house Tree Crew as needed;

* Cleans debris out of lakes and reservoirs; sweeps lake with equipment towed by boat;

* Other similar duties as assigned

Required Qualifications:

In addition to the skills and experience mentioned below, a successful applicant will have experience that reflects a commitment to creating fair and equitable outcomes and has:

Education/

Experience:

Requires one year of rights-of-way maintenance experience or work in a related field such as logging, forestry, or heavy outdoor construction (or a combination of education and/or training and/or experience which provides an equivalent background required to perform the work of the class).

Certification/License:

* Current Washington State Driver's License

* Current Class A CDL endorsement or the ability to obtain it within 6 months of hire.

* State of Washington industrial first aid certification required after employment.

* Washington State pesticide licensing, or the ability to attain it within 6 months of hire.

Work Environment/Physical Demands:

* Required to stand, walk, or bend for extended periods of time.

* Frequently required to lift objects weighing in excess of 50 pounds.

* Requires handling or working with toxic/hazardous substances (herbicides, gasoline, others)

* Required to work above ground level in all types of weather and terrain.

* Required to work under electrical transmission lines.

* Required to safely…