Lineworker Apprentice

The mission of Lebanon Utilities is to provide our community with reliable, economical and high quality services in a friendly and courteous manner.

What we are proud to offer you:

• Health Insurance (begins first day of employment)
• Retirement
• Health Savings Account
• Dental
• Vision
• STD, LTD
• Term & Accidental Life
• PTO
• Floating Holidays
• Paid Holidays
• Continuing Education Benefits

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Under supervision, constructs, maintains and repairs overhead and underground electrical distribution and transmission systems including such things as setting towers/poles, maintaining and repairing overhead distribution or transmission lines, stringing new wire or maintaining old wire, installing and maintaining anchors, installing and maintaining insulators, installing and maintaining transformers, installing and maintaining underground distribution systems, trimming trees and brush, installing and maintaining other equipment including but not limited to; street lights, capacitor banks, transformers, cutouts, cross arms, switches, and insulators.
• Works in below grade structures to pull, splice, and connect underground primary and secondary cables and other devices and equipment.
• Installs single phase and three phase electric meters.
• Installs, maintains, constructs, and replaces de-energized transmission and energized (de-energized for 1st and 2nd year apprentice) distribution lines and equipment under all weather conditions and at all hours of day or night.
• Assists in the training of all other apprentices.
• Inspects, maintains, and repair electrical services and street lights.
• Observes all safety rules and practices, including working on circuits with hot sticks and/or with rubber protective equipment in aerial lifts or on poles in required safety apparel.
• Operates all equipment as required including Digger/Derrick, Aerial Lift truck, forklift, backhoe/tractor, trencher, hydraulic presses, cutters, and tools.

Qualifications:

• High school education or equivalent required.
• A minimum of 6 months as groundman/operator
• Shows familiarity with principles and practices of electric power line construction, maintenance, and substations required.
• Strong verbal communication skills necessary in order to deal with a wide range of personalities both inside and outside the organization.
• Ability to follow directions in emergency or highly stressful situations.
• A valid Indiana driver's license and CDL required.