Alaska Field Telecom Lineman – Remote & Aerial/Underground

Bristol Bay Native Corporation; Palmer (AK); Remote; USD 55,104 - 82,656; Full time

Job summary

Alaska Directional, LLC is seeking a Journeyman Telecom Lineman to perform outside plant aerial and underground construction across Alaska statewide.

The work covers pole framing and erection, guying and anchoring, aerial strand and cable placement, and underground duct and cable installation by trenching and plowing, and requires the ability to work independently in remote or challenging environments, aloft and from aerial lifts, in variable Alaska field conditions.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6,000 hours of documented outside plant line construction experience across aerial and underground telecommunications work.
• Proficiency in pole framing, guying and anchoring, and pole erection.
• Proficiency in aerial strand and cable placement, including lashing copper and fiber cable.
• Proficiency in underground duct and cable placement, including cable pulling.
• Proficiency in operating the heavy equipment associated with line work.
• Ability to climb poles and work aloft, and to operate aerial lifts.
• Ability to travel to and work at remote Alaska sites on a rotational or camp basis as scheduled.
• Valid driver’s license and ability to pass pre-employment and project-required screening.
• Class A CDL, which covers towing the reel, pole, and equipment trailers used in line work, or the ability to obtain one within six months of hire as a condition of continued employment.

Responsibilities

• Frame and erect telecommunication poles and structures, including installing cross arms, hardware, and fixtures.
• Make, install, and pull guys, and set anchors for pole support.
• Dig pole and anchor holes and set, drop, and tamp poles by hand or with mechanical diggers under line foreman supervision.
• Climb poles and work aloft, and operate aerial lifts to perform elevated line work.
• String and install messenger strand, and place and lash aerial telecommunications cable, both copper and fiber.
• Place figure-eight (self-supporting) and internal-messenger aerial cable.
• Ground poles, towers, and structures, and install suspended communication equipment.
• Erect telecommunication towers and steel structures as part of a constituted line crew.

Skills

Pole framing

Guying and anchoring

Aerial cable placement

Underground duct placement

Heavy equipment operation

CDL Class A

OSHA 10/30

First Aid/CPR

Education

Journeyman lineman IBEW/NECA OTA

Aerial lift certification

OSHA 10/30

First Aid/CPR

Tools

Line trucks

Bucket trucks

Cable-pulling equipment

Excavators

Dozers

Skid steers

Fiber placing trailers

Job description

Alaska Directional, LLC is seeking a Journeyman Telecom Lineman to perform outside plant aerial and underground construction across Alaska statewide.

The work covers pole framing and erection, guying and anchoring, aerial strand and cable placement, and underground duct and cable installation by trenching and plowing, and requires the ability to work independently in remote or challenging environments, aloft and from aerial lifts, in variable Alaska field conditions.