Combination Mechanic Journey or Apprentice

Alliant Energy•Sibley, IA

17h

About The Position

The Combination Mechanic may be hired at the Apprentice or Journey level, depending on qualifications. The role may represent the company while performing service work in gas and/or electric properties in small towns, communities, and rural areas. The employee performs duties associated with electric line work and gas operations, along with similar and less-skilled work as needed. Electric duties include constructing, maintaining, and operating electrical circuits; installing, transferring, and removing conductors, poles, hardware, transformers, and related equipment; restoring service; maintaining lighting and underground electrical equipment; and working on energized lines and equipment using live-line maintenance tools. The role also involves operating construction equipment and hydraulic or air tools, transporting materials, trimming trees, maintaining equipment and truck stock, completing inspections and job-related paperwork, and responding to emergency callouts. Work may take place in adverse weather conditions. The employee must follow applicable safety rules, operating practices, and codes, and may assist with or lead training for employees in the same or lower classifications. Gas duties include monitoring border station conditions and records; investigating gas leaks using gas and carbon-monoxide detectors; setting meters, turning gas service on or off, and lighting equipment as needed; performing minor customer service work; and assisting a Journeyman Gas Mechanic with the installation, operation, and maintenance of pressurized mains and services. This classification does not perform Gas Serviceperson work as a group. The position is subject to DOT drug and alcohol testing requirements. A valid Commercial Driver’s License must be obtained and maintained. Training locations are the Cherokee Operations Center and Storm Lake Operations Center. Travel time from the employee’s primary residence to the assigned headquarters must be 35 minutes or less under normal driving conditions.

Requirements

High school diploma.
Successful completion of a Line Mechanic Apprenticeship.
Satisfactory passage of the Line Mechanic Examination.
Obtain and maintain a valid Commercial Driver’s License.
Subject to DOT drug and alcohol testing requirements under 49 CFR Part 40 and FMCSA Part 382 and PHMSA Part 199 regulations.
Travel time from the primary residence to the assigned headquarters must be 35 minutes or less under normal driving conditions.
Follow required safety rules, operating practices, and codes pertaining to line work.

Responsibilities

Perform electric line mechanic duties, including installing, tensioning, tying in, splicing, securing, transferring, and removing conductors and related equipment.
Install, change, transfer, and remove poles, line hardware, guys, transformers, lightning arresters, capacitor banks, regulators, fuses, cross-arms, insulators, conduit, and other electrical materials and accessories.
Restore electric service after outages or equipment failures safely and promptly.
Install and maintain street and security lighting and underground electrical equipment, including cable, switchgear, and cable terminations.
Operate basket trucks, digger trucks, trenchers, backhoes, construction equipment, and hydraulic or air tools and systems.
Work on energized lines and equipment using live-line maintenance tools while following safety rules, operating practices, and applicable codes.
Load and haul poles, transformers, and other materials to job sites; maintain truck stock and material inventory.
Trim trees near power lines and operate a chipper to dispose of brush.
Install and transfer cablevision and telephone lines during overhead and underground construction or rebuilding projects, without terminations, splicing, or entry into phone or cable pedestals.
Field-test and maintain line-type transformers, including taking oil samples.
Perform daily equipment inspections, housekeeping, and equipment maintenance; complete mapping and paperwork related to job-order changes as needed.
Respond to emergency callouts and work in adverse weather conditions as system conditions require.
May lead and assist with training employees in the same or lower classifications and perform other related duties or assist with activities that do not require higher-classification skills.
Perform border station activities, including observing pressure and temperature, changing and reading charts, and reading meters.
Investigate gas leaks through surveys or customer-generated reports using gas and carbon-monoxide leak detectors at mains, services, and customer premises.
Set meters, turn gas service on or off, light equipment as necessary, and perform general minor customer service work.
Assist a Journeyman Gas Mechanic with installing, operating, and maintaining pressurized gas mains and services.