Combination Mechanic Journey or Apprentice

Alliant Energy•Fairfield, IA

20h•Onsite

About The Position

Alliant Energy is hiring a Combination Mechanic 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. Training locations are the Burlington, Ottumwa, and Washington Operations Centers. The commute from the employee’s primary residence to the assigned headquarters must be no more than 35 minutes under normal driving conditions. The position performs electric line work and gas mechanic duties, along with similar and less-skilled work as required. Electric work includes constructing, maintaining, repairing, and restoring overhead and underground electrical systems, including work on energized lines and equipment. Gas work includes monitoring border stations, conducting gas-leak activities, setting meters, and assisting with installation, operation, and maintenance of pressurized gas mains and services. The position requires responding to emergency callouts and working in adverse weather conditions when system conditions warrant. It is subject to DOT drug and alcohol testing requirements. A valid Commercial Driver’s License must be obtained and maintained. The stated pay range is $41.62–$55.49. Alliant Energy describes its total rewards package as including competitive compensation and benefit programs; details are available on its Careers site. Visa sponsorship is not supported.

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.
Meet the residency requirement: travel time from the primary residence to the assigned headquarters must be 35 minutes or less under normal driving conditions.
Comply with DOT drug and alcohol testing requirements under 49 CFR Part 40 and FMCSA Part 382 and PHMSA Part 199 regulations.

Responsibilities

Perform electric line mechanic duties, including installing, tensioning, tying in, splicing, securing, transferring, and removing conductors and related equipment.
Install, frame, climb, change, transfer, and remove poles, towers, and other structures and associated electrical hardware.
Operate basket trucks, digger trucks, trenchers, backhoes, construction equipment, and hydraulic or air tools and systems.
Restore electric service after outages caused by weather, equipment failure, or other causes, safely and promptly.
Install and maintain street and security lighting, underground electrical equipment, cable, switchgear, cable terminations, and other related equipment.
Work on energized lines and equipment using live-line maintenance tools, and follow applicable safety rules, operating practices, and codes.
Load and haul poles, transformers, and materials to job sites; maintain truck stock and material inventory; inspect equipment daily; and maintain equipment and housekeeping.
Trim trees near power lines and operate a chipper to dispose of brush.
Install and transfer cablevision and telephone lines during overhead and underground new-build and rebuild projects, without performing terminations or splicing or entering phone or cable pedestals.
Field-test and maintain line-type transformers, including taking oil samples.
Complete mapping and paperwork related to job-order changes when required.
Lead or assist in training employees in the same or lower classifications when needed.
Respond to emergency callouts to help ensure public and employee safety and work in adverse weather when system conditions warrant.
Perform border station activities, including observing pressure and temperature, inking and changing charts, and reading meters.
Conduct gas-leak surveys or investigate customer-generated leak reports by probing gas mains, services, and customer premises with gas and carbon monoxide leak detectors.
Set meters, turn gas 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 gas mains and services.
Perform gas duties equivalent to those of a Customer Service Mechanic; this classification is not grouped together to perform Gas Serviceperson work.
Perform other similar, related, or incidental duties and assist with activities that do not require higher-classification skills.