SENIOR ELECTRIC LINEMAN

The City of Fairburn is seeking a qualified, highly skilled Senior Electric Lineman that can lead a team and 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

The Senior Electric Lineman is responsible for leading a team and performing 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.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Serves as crew leader as required, completing the necessary paperwork (material forms, time sheets, etc.) and preparing, reading and/or interpreting construction prints and work requests.
• 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.
• Installs, removes or repairs the following equipment on energized or de-energized lines in all types of weather conditions; anchors, cross-arms, insulators, brackets, capacitors, regulators, poles, switches, lightning arrestors, grounds, transformers (overhead and underground primary, secondary and services) URD switchgear, LBC cabinets, manholes, splices boxes and fuses.
• Switches, tags, tests and grounds overhead and underground electrical systems.
• Writes switching orders, performs and directs sub-station and field switching operations.
• Phases out and cuts in new circuits; pulls slack out of primary and secondary wires; tests poles, lines and other facilities.
• Installs, maintains and repairs electrical underground distribution equipment such as conduit duct systems, boxes, and vaults, switches, capacitors, transformers, street lights, and concrete foundations.
• Trims trees to clear wires.
• Drives trucks and operates associated equipment as assigned; assists in the instruction and training of other new crew members in techniques of the trade.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.