Groundman Pre-Apprentice

Ameren • Hillsboro, IL

2d

About The Position

Ameren Illinois provides electric transmission and distribution service and natural gas distribution service to customers in central and southern Illinois. The Groundman Pre-Apprentice works under direct, but not constant, supervision while assigned to line crews. The position safely drives trucks, sometimes pulling a trailer or float, to transport employees, materials, and equipment between the garage and job sites. When opportunities arise, the employee operates truck-mounted power machinery and performs ground work, handles tools and materials, and completes similar or less-skilled work as assigned.

Work includes supporting linemen with tools and materials; assisting with wire-pulling operations; handling fall lines and wire on winches or power reels; signaling winch or boom operations when assigned; delivering line tools and materials; and maintaining truck, trailer, and equipment supplies and housekeeping. General labor duties include loading and unloading poles, ladders, lines, blocks, rigging tools, and materials; helping assemble cross arms, pole fixtures, and guys; splicing unenergized wires; digging holes; setting anchors and poles; trenching; adjusting poles to grade; carrying poles, transformers, and materials to locations trucks cannot reach; and loading brush.

Requirements

• Meet a 25 domicile requirement.
• Possess a high school diploma or equivalent.
• Receive a recommended status on the company apprentice Lineman Evaluations.
• Be able to climb poles on deenergized lines.
• Take and pass applicable State/Federal driver's licensing requirements, including having or being able to obtain a valid Class A Commercial Driver's License.
• Pass medical testing and drug screening.
• Pass the Construction and Skilled Trades (CAST R) test.

Responsibilities

• Safely drive a truck, sometimes pulling a trailer or float, to and from the garage and between job sites.
• Transport employees, materials, and equipment.
• Operate truck-mounted power machinery when the opportunity exists.
• Perform ground work and handle tools and materials as assigned.
• Send tools and materials to linemen on poles.
• Assist with pulling in and pulling out wire, or watch wire reels during pulling operations.
• Manipulate fall line or wire on a winch or power reel; signal winch or boom operations when assigned.
• Assist in delivering line tools and materials.
• Stock materials and tools and maintain housekeeping on trucks, trailers, and equipment.
• Load and unload poles, ladders, lines, blocks, rigging tools, and materials.
• Help make up cross arms, pole fixtures, and guys, and splice unenergized wires.
• Dig holes, set anchors and poles, trench, and assist in adjusting poles to grade.
• Carry poles, transformers, and materials to locations inaccessible to trucks.
• Load brush and perform general labor work.

Benefits

• Position is eligible for annual incentive payments based on company performance and subject to sole management discretion.
• Benefits are provided to regular full-time employees; see the company's Benefits & Perks Page for details.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED