Apprentice Lineman C - Electrical Distribution

Chain Electric Company; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Chain Electric Company seeks an entry-level Apprentice Lineman C to safely perform skilled electrical work in the construction, maintenance, and operation of distribution systems, both underground and overhead, including storm restoration duties. The position emphasizes learning apprenticeship-type skills to advance toward journeyman status.

Under supervision, you will travel on short notice, work irregular hours including weekends, and follow safety procedures.

Qualifications

• Minimum one year experience in groundman and lineman work. (Lineman training school qualifies for 6 months experience.)
• Ability to travel at a moment's notice, anytime
• Available to work irregular hours, weekends and holidays, as needed
• Possess at minimum a valid CDL-B license
• Possess your own tools
• Ability to handle physically demanding construction duties in harsh weather conditions
• Ability to read and follow instructions
• Ability to lift a minimum of 50 lbs
• Ability to hear long distances
• Must be able to see long distances and differentiate between colors and have clear depth perception, as well as peripheral vision ability

Responsibilities

• Climb poles or use truck-mounted buckets to access equipment and work at heights
• Safely construct, maintain, and repair electrical overhead and underground distribution systems and substations, including conduits, cables, wires, and related equipment
• Verify proper grounding of truck
• Safely control traffic passing near, in or around work zones
• Keep unauthorized people away from work area
• Identify defective sectionalizing devices, circuit breakers, fuses, voltage regulators, transformers, switches, relays, or wiring, using wiring diagrams and electrical-testing instruments
• Drive vehicles equipped with tools and materials to job sites
• String wire conductors and cables between poles, towers, trenches, pylons, and buildings, setting lines in place and using winches to adjust tension
• Replace or straighten damaged poles
• Attach cross-arms, insulators, and auxiliary equipment to poles prior to installing them
• Dig holes, using augers, and set poles, using cranes and power equipment
• Splice or solder cables together or to overhead transmission lines, customer service lines, or street light lines, using hand tools, epoxies, or specialized equipment
• Cut and peel lead sheathing and insulation from defective or newly installed cables and conduits prior to splicing
• Clean, tin, and splice corresponding conductors by twisting ends together or by joining ends with metal clamps and soldering connections
• Pull up cable by hand from large reels mounted on trucks
• Lay underground cable directly in trenches, or string it through conduit running through the trenches
• Cut trenches for laying underground cables, using trenchers and cable plows

Skills

Reading and following instructions

Computer application aptitude

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Chain Electric Company seeks an entry-level Apprentice Lineman C to safely perform skilled electrical work in the construction, maintenance, and operation of distribution systems, both underground and overhead, including storm restoration duties. The position emphasizes learning apprenticeship-type skills to advance toward journeyman status.

Under supervision, you will travel on short notice, work irregular hours including weekends, and follow safety procedures.