Journeyman Lineman (Fiber - Joint Use)
About The Position
LeCom Utility Contractors is hiring a Journeyman Lineman for fiber joint-use work. The role repairs, maintains, builds, and removes telecommunications cable systems and related structures, supporting outages, maintenance, rebuilds, emergencies, and hazard response. Work includes aerial and underground construction and is performed at remote outdoor locations, sometimes in inclement weather, confined spaces, and at high elevations. The lineman reads work orders, specifications, engineering drawings, and cut sheets; operates power equipment and truck-mounted hydraulic aerial lifts; and completes daily production reports and as-built documentation. The position requires a valid Class A CDL, knowledge of telecom line-construction practices, and the ability to perform physically demanding work, including climbing and handling equipment weighing up to 75 pounds. The schedule is four 10-hour days plus overtime. Employment offers are contingent on successful completion of a background investigation and drug test.
Requirements
- Valid Class A CDL.
- Extensive knowledge of approved practices, procedures, tools, and materials used in telecommunications line construction.
- Ability to identify differences in wire and cable colors.
- Knowledge of first-aid procedures and CPR.
- Ability to apply mathematical calculations, including fractions for drilling and pole sizing and calculating material and hardware lengths.
- Ability to work in confined spaces and at high elevations, including poles, hydraulic lift buckets, and ladders.
- Ability to apply logical principles and thinking to solve problems and make decisions.
- Willingness to perform work supporting the company's values and goals.
- Ability to lift moderately heavy equipment, climb structures, and stand for long periods.
- Ability to climb poles, ladders, machinery, and other objects; push, pull, reach, and carry tools, materials, and equipment weighing up to 75 pounds; and load and unload equipment on trucks.
- Ability to coordinate movement of eyes, hands, fingers, and feet; vision includes depth perception, close and distance vision, and ability to adjust focus.
- Ability to drive and sit as required for work at remote locations.
- Willingness and ability to work outdoors in inclement weather.
Responsibilities
- Repair and maintain cable systems and structures, including repairing lashing, replacing or re-sagging aerial strand, pole transfers, down-guys, aerial-to-underground conversions, substructure repairs, and cable replacements.
- Read and interpret work orders, specifications, engineering drawings, and cut sheets to determine work sequence.
- Perform construction work such as digging holes, climbing telephone poles, placing and removing poles and anchors, pulling and stringing wire or cable, and laying cable and conduit underground.
- Operate power equipment, including compressors, pumps, blowers, hydraulic diggers, and truck-mounted hydraulic aerial lifts.
- Use test equipment to check for gas in manholes and, when required, remove water and debris from manholes.
- Dismantle, move, and remove aerial, underground, or building wire, cable, associated equipment, and hardware.
- Connect wires and cables to terminals and attach or detach hardware to wires, cables, buildings, or poles.
- Respond to and participate in emergency and outage situations requiring heavy construction capabilities.
- Ensure work is performed safely for customers and the public and complies with governmental orders.
- Complete daily production reports and as-built documentation on prints.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
