Distribution Lineman

SDG&E • San Clemente, CA

3d • $78 • Onsite

About The Position

SDG&E is seeking Distribution Linemen to join their team and contribute to building a brighter, cleaner future. This role involves powering everyday life for millions by supporting community passions and ambitions. The company is committed to innovation in reducing emissions, modernizing the electric grid, and enabling customer transitions to clean technologies, including advancing zero-emissions solutions and driving the electric vehicle revolution. This is an opportunity to join a team that is redefining sustainability.

Requirements

• Must be a Journeyman Lineman possessing IBEW Journeyman Lineman status in good standing.
• Must be a Journeyman electrical worker who has completed an accredited apprenticeship program.
• Must be able to perform heavy manual labor, lifting a minimum of 60-75 pounds.
• Will be required to work on steel and wood structures.
• Prior climbing experience is required.
• Must have demonstrated ability to absorb formal training and schooling.
• Must demonstrate and maintain good safety habits.
• Valid Driver's License required; will be required to obtain and maintain a Class A CA Driver's license.
• Applicants must meet all DOT requirements for safety-sensitive positions.

Nice To Haves

• Underground system experience with 200 and 600 AMP systems is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Works on poles up to 100 feet and steel structures on lines up to 230 kilovolts (kV).
• Uses Live Line Tools up to 69 kV and may use the rubber gloving method up to 12 kV.
• May work from the bucket of an aerial lift truck and operate mechanized line trucks or other trucks.
• Installs electric meters rated less than 200 amperes.
• Installs and maintains electric service lines and metering equipment, primary and secondary voltages.
• Installs and makes repairs to overhead & underground lines carrying primary and secondary voltages.
• Installs wood, steel, concrete, and fiberglass poles.
• Installs fuses, service drops, and electric meters.
• Installs cross arms, insulators, conductors, switches, transformers, and other equipment on both overhead and underground systems.
• Operates line switches.
• On new installations, climbs poles and attaches building service wires to overhead electric distribution lines and installs electric meters.
• Connects service wire leads, inserts fuses, and tests meters for proper voltage and operation.
• Requires standing, climbing gaffs, and steel pole climbing.
• Lifts an assembled 10-foot crossarm weighing 80 pounds with hardware from belt height while standing in climbing gaffs on a pole, supported by a body belt and safety strap.
• Opens or removes substructure covers, including rectangular metal handhole "doors" or round metal manhole covers weighing up to 108 pounds (using a lifting tool for manholes).
• Pulls loadbreak elbows from padmount or rack-mounted equipment using a hotstick.
• Lifts and carries 60-75 pound tools, materials, or equipment from the ground to the truck bed.
• Works in a variety of terrain, weather, and other conditions, including temperatures up to 110 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Periodically required to work extended overtime shifts.

Benefits

• Wage Schedule: $77.92 per hour
• This position adheres to Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations and will be subject to drug and alcohol testing as required by 49 CFR Part 40, 199, and 382, respectively.
• This is a Union Represented position - Represented by Local IBEW 465.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree