Lineman Apprentice: Overhead Distribution Tech

Chain Electric Company; Franklinton (LA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Chain Electric Company in Louisiana is seeking an Apprentice Lineman B to perform skilled tasks in construction, repair and maintenance of electrical distribution systems. This semi-skilled role requires following standard trade practices while working on overhead and underground networks.

You will climb poles or bucket trucks, install and repair components, and ensure safety, grounding, and proper signaling.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 1/2 years' experience in groundman and lineman work.
• 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 a long distance
• Must be able to see long distances and differentiate between colors and have clear depth perception, as well as peripheral vision ability.

Responsibilities

• Regular attendance and punctuality.
• Adhere to safety practices and procedures, such as checking equipment regularly and erecting barriers around work areas and follow company procedure in reporting unsafe conditions or practices.
• Climb poles or use truck-mounted buckets to access equipment and works at heights.
• Safely construct, maintain, and repair electrical overhead and underground distribution systems and substations, including conduits, cables, wires, and related equipment, such as transformers, circuit breakers, and switches.
• 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

Groundman/lineman experience

Travel on short notice

Read and follow instructions

Lift 50 lbs

Color vision and depth perception

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Lineman training school preferred

Tools

CDL-B license

Own tools

Job description

Chain Electric Company in Louisiana is seeking an Apprentice Lineman B to perform skilled tasks in construction, repair and maintenance of electrical distribution systems. This semi-skilled role requires following standard trade practices while working on overhead and underground networks.

You will climb poles or bucket trucks, install and repair components, and ensure safety, grounding, and proper signaling.