Traffic Signal/Lighting Trainee

Davis H. Elliot Company, Inc.; Lexington (KY); On-site; USD 19,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance

401K with company match

Paid Vacation

Job summary

Davis H. Elliot Company, Inc. is seeking a Traffic Signal/Lighting Trainee to perform electrical work for building traffic signals and roadway lighting.

You will assist technicians and foremen, learn basic signal and lighting construction, and work outdoors on roadways including trenching, conduit placement, and pole foundations. The position emphasizes safety, using hand tools, and the ability to pass background checks and drug screening.

Qualifications

• CDL permit level or above recommended but not required upon hire.
• Must be able to acquire Class A CDL within 6 months of hire.
• 1+ years of experience recommended but not required.
• Valid driver's license
• Own your own hand tools
• Must be able to pass criminal background check and drug screening

Responsibilities

• Assisting technicians and foreman with daily task
• Learning basic task to build traffic signals and roadway lighting
• Trenching and placing conduit, building electrical services, concrete foundations for signal poles and lighting poles, installing wire, and making connections
• Operate tools and equipment according to company and OSHA safety procedures
• Versatile to work in outdoor setting and roadways

Skills

Driver's license

Hand tools

Background check

Drug screening

CDL readiness

Job description

For over seven decades investor-owned utilities, municipalities, cooperatives, and others have entrusted their electrical construction and maintenance needs to Davis H. Elliot Company, Inc. (Elliot).

Elliot is a full-service electrical contractor specializing in overhead and underground distribution, transmission, substations, lighting, traffic signaling, utility locating and industrial/commercial services.

Job Description

As a Traffic Signal/Lighting Trainee you will be required to perform all types of electrical work for building traffic signals and roadway lighting. As part of the day-to-day responsibilities, you will be completing the following:

• Assisting technicians and foreman with daily task
• Learning basic task to build traffic signals and roadway lighting
• Potential task to be performed are as follows, trenching and placing conduit, building electrical services, concrete foundations for signal poles and lighting poles, installing wire, and making connections.
• Operate tools and equipment according to company and OSHA safety procedures
• Versatile to work in outdoor setting and roadways.

Qualifications

• CDL permit level or above recommended but not required upon hire. Must be able to acquire Class A CDL within 6 months of hire
• 1+ Years of experience recommended but not required
• Valid driver's license
• Own your own hand tools
• Must be able to pass criminal background check and drug screening

Benefits/Culture

Today, we are listed among Engineering News-Records Top 150 Specialty Contracting firms. Our success is based on our customers confidence in us; the loyalty, hard work and performance of our people; and the traditions with which Mr. Davis H. Elliot began the company in 1946. We understand that having the best team requires people being treated like family. Some of the benefits we offer our team include:

• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
• STD and LTD Insurance
• Company Paid Life Insurance w/ additional Voluntary Life Insurance
• 401K w/ company match
• Employee Stock Ownership Program
• State and Federally accredited Lineman Apprenticeship program
• Paid Vacation
• Servant Leadership Training
• Uniforms and PPE provided