Combination Mechanic Journey or Apprentice

Alliant Energy•Sibley, IA

About The Position

Alliant Energy is hiring a Combination Mechanic at the Apprentice or Journey level, depending on qualifications. The position may represent the company while performing service work in gas and/or electric properties in small towns, communities, and rural areas. The employee may also perform similar, less-skilled work and other related duties. Electric work includes duties similar to those of a Line Mechanic: constructing, maintaining, and operating electrical circuits; installing, transferring, and removing poles, conductors, line hardware, transformers, and related equipment; restoring service; maintaining lighting and underground electrical equipment; operating construction equipment and tools; and responding to emergency callouts. The role involves work on energized lines and equipment, adherence to safety rules and construction standards, equipment inspections and maintenance, material inventory, and work in adverse weather as system conditions warrant. The employee may assist with training others and may handle mapping or paperwork related to job-order changes. Gas work includes monitoring border-station pressure, temperature, charts, and meters; surveying for leaks with gas and carbon-monoxide detectors; setting meters and turning gas service on or off; performing minor customer-service work; and assisting a Journeyman Gas Mechanic with pressurized mains and services. This classification performs the same gas duties as the Customer Service Mechanic and is not grouped with others to perform Gas Serviceperson work. 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. The position is subject to DOT drug and alcohol testing regulations and requires a valid Commercial Driver’s License. The posted pay range is $41.62–$55.49.

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.
Comply with DOT drug and alcohol testing requirements under 49 CFR Part 40 and FMCSA Part 382 and PHMSA Part 199 regulations.
Residency must allow travel from the primary residence to the assigned headquarters within 35 minutes under normal driving conditions.

Responsibilities

Perform electric line construction, maintenance, and service work, including installing, transferring, and removing conductors, poles, line hardware, transformers, and related electrical equipment.
Restore electric service after weather events, equipment failures, or other outages, and respond to emergency callouts to help ensure public and employee safety.
Install and maintain street and security lighting, underground electrical equipment, cable, switchgear, cable terminations, and related gear.
Operate basket trucks, digger trucks, trenchers, backhoes, and other construction equipment; operate and maintain hydraulic and air tools and systems.
Load and haul poles, transformers, and materials to job sites; maintain truck stock and material inventory.
Trim trees near power lines and operate a chipper to dispose of brush.
Install or transfer cablevision and telephone lines during overhead and underground projects, without performing terminations or splicing or entering phone or cable pedestals.
Field-test and maintain line-type transformers, including taking oil samples.
Follow applicable safety rules, operating practices, codes, and construction standards, including while working on energized lines and equipment.
Perform daily equipment inspections, practice good housekeeping, and maintain equipment.
Complete mapping and paperwork related to job-order changes when required.
Perform border-station activities, including observing pressure and temperature, changing charts, and reading meters.
Survey gas mains, services, and customer premises for leaks using 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.
Assist in training employees in the same or lower classifications when needed and perform other similar, related, or incidental duties.