Combination Mechanic Journey or Apprentice

Alliant Energy•Sibley, IA

2d•$42 - $55

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 at gas and/or electric properties in small towns, communities, and rural areas, and may perform similar or less-skilled work as required. Training locations are 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 performs electric line mechanic work, including construction, maintenance, and restoration of overhead and underground electric systems. It also performs specified gas duties, including monitoring border stations, investigating gas leaks, setting meters, and assisting with gas main and service installation, operation, and maintenance. The position responds to emergencies and may work in adverse weather conditions. The listed duties are general rather than exhaustive.

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.

Responsibilities

Install, tension, tie in, splice, secure, and remove conductors and guys.
Install, remove, frame, climb, change, and transfer poles, towers, and other structures; install and maintain line hardware and electrical equipment.
Operate basket trucks, digger trucks, trenchers, backhoes, construction equipment, and hydraulic or air tools and systems.
Restore electric service following weather events, equipment failures, or other causes, safely and promptly.
Install and maintain street and security lighting, underground electrical equipment, cable, switchgear, cable terminations, and related equipment.
Load and haul poles, transformers, and materials to job sites; maintain truck stock and material inventory.
Trim trees from power lines and operate a chipper to dispose of brush.
Install or transfer cablevision and telephone lines during overhead or underground new construction and rebuild projects, without terminations, splicing, or entering phone or cable pedestals.
Field-test and maintain line-type transformers, including taking oil samples.
Follow safety rules, operating practices, construction standards, and applicable codes; maintain equipment and housekeeping and perform daily equipment inspections.
Complete mapping and paperwork related to job-order changes as required.
May require licensing for pesticide, preservative, or hazardous-material handling.
May lead and assist with training employees in the same or lower classifications.
Respond to emergency callouts to help ensure the safety of the public and employees, and work in adverse weather conditions as system conditions require.
Perform border station activities, including observing pressure and temperature, changing and reading charts, and reading meters.
Investigate gas leaks from surveys or customer reports by probing mains, services, and customer premises using 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 mains and services.
Perform the same gas duties as a Customer Service Mechanic; this classification is not grouped to perform Gas Serviceperson work.
Perform other similar, related, or incidental duties and assist in activities that do not require skills of a higher classification.