ELECTRIC LINEMAN
Summary
Electric Lineman for a Georgia city government performing installation, maintenance, and repair of overhead electrical lines, underground cables, and substations. Work involves climbing poles, splicing high voltage cables, operating trucks and equipment, and responding to storm-related emergencies.
The City of Fairburn is seeking a qualified, highly skilled electric lineman that can perform work in the installation, maintenance, alteration and repair of overhead electrical lines, underground cables, electrical substations, and related electrical equipment. Local government or electric utility experience is a plus. Reports to the Electric Superintendent.
Work Days/Hours: Monday – Friday; 7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.; may be required to work emergency power outages and in an on call rotation.
JOB SUMMARY
This position is responsible for performing highly skilled electric lineman work in the installation, maintenance, alteration and repair of overhead electrical lines, underground cables, electrical substations, and related electrical equipment. Reports to the Electric Superintendent.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
- Climbs power poles and steel towers, splicing and making repairs to energized lines.
- Constructs new overhead lines, setting poles, installing cross arms and brackets, stringing wire, and placing equipment such as transformers, switches, cut-outs, lightning arrestors and insulators.
- Performs switching operations as a member of a line crew.
- Runs new service lines from pole or transformer to consumer’s premises.
- Reconstructs existing lines and related fittings.
- Phases out and cuts in new circuits; pulls slack out of primary and secondary wires; tests poles, lines and other facilities.
- Trims trees to clear wires.
- Installs, maintains and repairs electrical underground distribution equipment such as conduit duct systems, boxes, and vaults, switches, capacitors, transformers, street lights, concrete foundations.
- Installs electrical cable in ducts or direct burial; installs cable risers; splices and terminates non-leaded high voltage cables
- Drives trucks and operates associated equipment as assigned; assists in the instruction and training of other new crew members in techniques of the trade.
- Responds to emergency calls during hurricanes, inclement weather, or other emergency situations.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.