Apprentice (1st Year - 4th Year) or Journey Line Worker - Seminole, TX

Xcel Energy•Seminole, TX

9d•$31 - $54•Onsite

About The Position

Xcel Energy’s Distribution Department is hiring an Apprentice (1st through 4th year) or Journey Line Worker at its Seminole, Texas location. Apprentices learn to construct, maintain, and remove high-voltage distribution and transmission lines and assist with storm restoration through a Department of Labor-certified apprenticeship program. The position is responsible for construction, maintenance, and operations, including supporting maintenance and emergency repairs of distribution and transmission lines. The role may involve extended travel and requires responding to after-hours, weekend, or scheduled emergency callouts, depending on the position. Applicants must reside within 20 miles of the Seminole Service Center. Selection may include testing or assessment, and candidates must pass Xcel Energy’s security and drug screening.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED for apprentice applicants.
Apprentice applicants must have a valid Class A commercial driver’s license or be able to obtain one within 120 days of the start date; journey line worker applicants must have a Class A CDL.
Apprentice applicants must successfully complete the EEI CAST Assessment; journey line worker applicants must successfully score on the Journeyman Assessment.
Apprentice applicants must be committed to safety, quality work, and customer service.
Ability and willingness to respond to after-hours and weekend callouts for apprentice applicants; journey line workers must be available for emergency callouts according to a schedule.
Ability to communicate effectively, comprehend instructions, build on previous experience, and work as part of a team.
Physical ability to lift and maneuver up to 90 pounds, climb wood poles up to 100 feet, perform aerial work while secured in a safety belt, use shovels, sledgehammers and 90-pound jackhammers, and work in confined areas for apprentices.
Apprentice applicants must pass the federal DOT physical examination. Journey line workers must be physically fit, pass a physical examination, and perform strenuous physical labor in all types of conditions.
Journey line worker applicants must have completed an approved apprentice line program or have five years of progressive electric lineman experience.
Journey line workers must be capable of performing all aspects of overhead and underground electric distribution construction, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
Journey line worker applicants must have experience with bucket trucks, digger derricks, trenchers, and groundwork with a utility line crew.
Maintain a high awareness of safety and comply with company safety rules at all times.
Reside within 20 miles of the Seminole, Texas Service Center.
Complete all application questions and upload a resume for consideration.
Pass Xcel Energy’s security and drug screening.

Responsibilities

Construct, maintain, operate, and remove distribution and transmission lines.
Support maintenance and emergency repairs of distribution and transmission lines.
Perform storm restoration work.
For journey line workers, perform overhead and underground electric distribution construction, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
Respond to after-hours, weekend, or scheduled emergency callouts as applicable.
Attend second-, third-, and fourth-year apprentice schools if hired as an apprentice.