A Lineman - Overhead (MP)
On-siteGulfport, Mississippi, United States
Job Summary
Construct and repair electrical overhead distribution systems, including new construction, maintenance, and live-line work using approved gloving and hot-stick techniques. Lead crew members, conduct safety briefings, and train apprentices while climbing structures and operating bucket trucks and tensioners. Perform troubleshooting and fault locating on energized and de-energized lines while adhering to strict safety protocols and PPE standards. Work outdoors in extreme weather conditions, including heat, cold, and storms, often traveling to out-of-state job sites. Available for on-call rotation, outages, and emergency callouts outside normal business hours. Requires five years of recent overhead line experience, a valid CDL, and willingness to lift up to 50 pounds.
Required Qualifications
- Five (5) years of recent overhead 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
- Willing to work outside of normal business hours, including weekends, holidays, emergency callouts, and overtime
- 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
- Climb different structures (wood, steel, concrete) using approved climbing methods and equipment
- Work at heights, in confined spaces, and in proximity to energized equipment
- Operate and maintain bucket trucks, digger derricks, tensioners and pullers and other pieces of overhead line 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 gloving and hot‐stick techniques of energized lines, including troubleshooting and fault locating
- Follow all safety protocols including PPE use and possess a comprehensive understanding of insulated protective cover to isolate differences of potential
- Lead crew members in the absence of the Employee in Charge and conduct pre-job and tailgate safety briefings
- Train and mentor apprentices and groundmen
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