C Lineman - Overhead

About the Role

The role may involve overtime, weekend, and holiday work, and includes responsibilities such as maintaining company vehicles, equipment, and tools in good working order. • Perform new construction, maintenance, and repair of energized and de‑energized overhead distribution systems safely. • String overhead wire and set poles and anchors. • Assist in installing transformers, lightning arrestors, cutouts, crossarms, insulators, switches, and switchgear. • Replace fuses in transformers and clear faulted circuits. • Maintain company vehicles, equipment, and tools. • Identify primary and secondary voltages, induced voltage, and material types in line work. • Properly install, remove, and inspect PPE, cover‑ups, and rubber goods. • Tie lineman knots, make up and use hand lines, and apply grounding procedures and Kellum grips as needed.

Key Responsibilities

• ▸overhead construction
• ▸stringing
• ▸transformer install
• ▸fuse replacement
• ▸equipment maintenance
• ▸grounding

What You Bring

Class C Lineman is an entry‑level position focused on the construction, maintenance, and repair of electrical overhead distribution systems. The role involves work at various locations and may require travel to other states depending on customer demands. The position requires frequent outdoor work in all weather conditions, exposure to fumes, noise, mechanical parts, and vibration, and involves rigorous physical labor such as climbing structures, lifting over 50 lb, standing, walking, and using hands for detailed tasks. Employees must be self‑motivated, team‑oriented, and customer‑focused, and must follow all company safety rules and policies. Pike is an equal‑opportunity, non‑union employer that offers a VA‑approved apprenticeship program with GI Bill benefits for eligible veterans. • Safely set poles, climb wood or steel structures, and work at heights or in confined spaces. • Possess or obtain a Commercial Driver’s License and travel on short notice when required. • Lift more than 50 lb, work extended periods outdoors in inclement weather, and be willing to work overtime, weekends, and holidays.

Requirements

• ▸cdl
• ▸class c
• ▸climbing
• ▸heavy lifting
• ▸apprenticeship
• ▸team‑oriented

Work Environment

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