Assistant Splicer/Cable Splicer

Portland General Electric Company • Portland, OR

4d • Onsite

About The Position

At PGE, our work involves dreaming about, planning for, and realizing a smarter, cleaner, more enduring Oregon neighborhood. Its core to our DNA and we haven’t stopped since we started in 1888. We energize lives, strengthen communities and drive advancements in energy that promote social, economic and environmental progress. We’re always on the lookout for people passionate about leading and being a part of teams that are advancing innovative clean energy solutions that are also affordable and accessible to all. This role is at the Rose City Operations Center and operates on a Day Shift. It is recognized that the Company is engaged in a public service requiring continuous operation, and it is agreed that recognition of such an obligation of continuous service is imposed upon both the Company and the Union.

Requirements

• Journeyman lineman card required.
• If applicant is not a Journeyman Lineman, then a Journeyman Cable Splicer card is required.
• Hot line experience required.
• Commercial driver's license required.
• The position for which you are applying is covered under the Department of Transportation and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration regulations as defined in 49 CFR Part 40 and 49 CFR Parts 380, 390 and 391 which became effective on October 29, 2004.
• If you have been employed by PGE for less than 3 years, once you submit your Bid, you will receive a Supplemental Application form. The information you provide on the form related to the names and addresses of your previous employers during the preceding 3 years, dates of employment, reasons for leaving employment, whether you were subject to FMCSA while employed, whether your job was designated as a safety sensitive function in any DOT mode, may be used and your previous employers may be contacted.
• During the probationary period following reassignment to any job, at least two progress reports will be completed. These reports will be discussed with the employee by his/her immediate supervisor, and copies of each will be given to him/her.

Responsibilities

• Perform all duties of a journeyman lineman and cable splicer in connection with construction, operation, and maintenance work on dead or energized overhead and underground transmission and distribution lines and on system telephone lines.
• Rack, insulate, splice, and terminate leaded and nonleaded cables.
• Install and connect transformers.
• Install main-line service boxes, main-line disconnect blocks or switches, network protector testing, jumpering customers' services, and other types of hot secondary wiring, including residential underground.
• Install conduits.
• Install and connect transformers in customers' vaults as well as Company vaults.
• Do primary switching in the underground area and switch lines at all voltages.
• Install and maintain ornamental streetlight standards and streetlight equipment.
• Install and remove all types of transformers, arresters, fuses, cutouts, switches, and streetlighting equipment.
• Drive Company vehicles, both cars and trucks.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Rack, insulate, splice, and terminate leaded and nonleaded cables on the Underground system only.
• Install and connect Underground transformers.
• Install Underground main-line service boxes, Underground main-line disconnect blocks or Underground switches, network protector testing, jumpering customers' Underground services, and other types of hot Underground secondary wiring, including Underground residential underground.
• Install conduits in the underground system.
• Install and connect Underground transformers in customers' vaults as well as Company vaults.
• Do Underground primary switching in the underground area and switch Underground lines at all voltages.
• Install and maintain Underground ornamental streetlight standards and Underground streetlight equipment.
• Install and remove all types of Underground transformers, Underground switches, and Underground streetlighting equipment on the Underground system only.
• No aerial work shall be performed.
• Assisting with storms or other Company emergencies is a part of all positions at Portland General Electric.

Benefits

• PGE believes in rewarding dedicated performance. We provide a total rewards package that is designed to reward your contributions to the company, and, at the same time, support your well-being and professional development, both now and into the future.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed