Combination Mechanic Journey or Apprentice
About The Position
The Combination Mechanic may be hired at the Apprentice or Journey level, depending on qualifications. The role may represent Alliant Energy for service work in gas and/or electric properties in small towns, communities, and rural areas, and may perform similar and less-skilled work as required. It performs a broad range of electric line work, including construction, maintenance, service restoration, equipment operation, and work on energized lines and equipment. It also performs gas-related duties involving border stations, leak detection, meter service, and assistance with pressurized gas mains and services. The position may respond to emergency callouts and work in adverse weather conditions as system conditions require. Training locations are the Burlington, Ottumwa, and Washington Operations Centers. Travel time from the employee’s primary residence to the assigned headquarters must be 35 minutes or less under normal driving conditions. The position is subject to DOT drug and alcohol testing requirements and requires obtaining and maintaining a valid Commercial Driver’s License.
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.
Responsibilities
- Perform duties comparable to those of a Line Mechanic, including installing, tensioning, tying in, and removing conductors and guys.
- Install, remove, frame, and climb poles, towers, and other structures.
- Operate basket trucks, digger trucks, trenchers, backhoes, construction equipment, and hydraulic or air tools and systems.
- Restore electric service safely and promptly after weather events, equipment failures, or other outages.
- Install and maintain street and security lighting equipment and underground electrical equipment, including cable, switchgear, and cable terminations.
- Apply safety and construction standards and follow safety rules, operating practices, and applicable codes, including when working on energized lines and equipment with live-line maintenance tools.
- Load and haul poles, transformers, and other materials to job sites; maintain truck stock and material inventory.
- Trim trees from power lines and operate a chipper to dispose of brush.
- Install and transfer cablevision or telephone lines during overhead and underground new-build or rebuild projects, without performing terminations or splicing or entering phone or cable pedestals.
- Field-test and maintain line-type transformers, including taking oil samples.
- Maintain good housekeeping and equipment; perform daily equipment inspections.
- Complete mapping and paperwork related to job-order changes when required.
- Install, splice, and secure conductors; install, change, transfer, and remove poles, line hardware, guys, transformers, lightning arresters, capacitor banks, regulators, fuses, electrical cable, cross-arms, energized conductors, insulators, conduit, and related electrical materials and accessories.
- Lead and assist in training employees in the same or lower classifications when required.
- Perform similar, related, or incidental duties and assist with activities that do not require skills of a higher classification.
- Respond to emergency callouts to help ensure the safety of the public and employees; work in adverse weather as system conditions warrant.
- Perform border station activities, including observing pressure and temperature, inking and changing charts, and reading meters.
- Investigate reported or surveyed leaks by probing gas mains, services, and customer premises with gas and carbon monoxide leak detectors.
- 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 installation, operation, and maintenance of pressurized mains and services.
- Perform the gas duties of a Customer Service Mechanic; do not group this classification to perform Gas Serviceperson work.
Benefits
- Comprehensive total rewards package, including competitive compensation and benefit programs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
