Underground Electric Foreman — Travel & Outages Lead

at Pike Electric, Inc. in; Montgomery (AL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

EAP

Short-term and long-term disability

HSA, dependent care and medical FSA

Paid holidays

Job summary

Pike Electric, LLC is seeking a Foreman to lead a crew on underground distribution projects, performing construction, repair, and safety-focused leadership across energized and de-energized lines. Travel to various job sites including out-of-state may be required.

The role reports to the General Foreman and requires CDL, five years underground experience, and willingness to work outside normal hours including outages and emergencies.

Qualifications

• Five (5) years of recent underground line experience.
• Valid Commercial Driver's License (CDL).
• Willing to travel long distances on short notice.
• Lift, carry, push, or pull materials and equipment weighing up to 50 pounds.
• Work for extended periods at job locations, including out-of-state assignments.
• Willing to work outside of normal business hours, including weekends, holidays, emergency callouts, and overtime.

Responsibilities

• Perform new construction, maintain and repair energized and de-energized underground distribution systems while putting safety first.
• Lead crew members and conduct pre-job and tailgate safety briefings.
• Must be experienced with coaching and training lower classification employees in safe and productive work procedures.
• Oversee work related to each project and assume full responsibility for its quality and completion deadline.
• Install and repair underground facilities, underground conductors, including trouble shooting and fault locating on primary and secondary systems.
• Comprehensive knowledge of switching and tagging procedures, grounding and induced voltage on energized and de-energized lines while using the proper tools and test equipment.
• Understand how and when to obtain a one shot on a reclosing device.
• Work in confined spaces, and in proximity to energized equipment.
• Operate and maintain excavation equipment to include backhoes, trenchers, excavators, and pulling equipment.
• Work outdoors in varying environmental conditions, including extreme heat, cold, rain, wind, and inclement weather.
• Available to work outages, storms, emergencies including on call rotation.
• Perform live line work using approved PPE and insulated sticks required for testing voltage and switching of energized lines.
• Follow all safety protocols including PPE use and possess a comprehensive understanding of insulated protective cover to isolate differences of potential.

Job description

Pike Electric, LLC is seeking a Foreman to lead a crew on underground distribution projects, performing construction, repair, and safety-focused leadership across energized and de-energized lines. Travel to various job sites including out-of-state may be required.

The role reports to the General Foreman and requires CDL, five years underground experience, and willingness to work outside normal hours including outages and emergencies.