Line Service Worker

Ameren • Mexico, MO

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Ameren Missouri provides electric and gas service to customers in central and eastern Missouri. Under indirect and intermittent supervision, the Line Service Worker works a regular day-shift assignment and regularly works alone to patrol, repair, and restore service—or report trouble—on overhead and, when required, underground circuits. The position also inspects and operates automatic substation equipment, drives a Company automobile equipped with tools and materials, responds to residential, commercial, and industrial trouble calls, and makes customer-service repairs and adjustments needed to restore service. Similar and less-skilled work may also be assigned.

The work includes responding to outages and lighting calls; locating and clearing electrical trouble; repairing lines and services; replacing fuses and, in special cases, transformers; maintaining street lighting and circuits; inspecting and operating substation equipment; performing directed switching; installing and removing grounds and protective equipment; assisting with fire and accident responses; investigating current thefts; reading and installing meters; maintaining work records; and, in some geographical groups, performing regulator, substation, and gas-service operations.

The worker is responsible for responding promptly to customer calls, using and safeguarding the trouble vehicle and its tools and materials, following safety rules and traffic laws, making prompt decisions independently, protecting the public around fallen high-voltage wires, and keeping specified investigation and service information confidential. The position involves customer contact and coordination with Overhead and Underground Foremen during switching operations.

Work is exposed to outdoor weather and may require work at night in inadequate artificial light, in rain, sleet, or snow, and during emergencies at any time in the 24-hour cycle. Work may involve cramped or crowded positions and slippery or uneven footing. Hazards include falls, electrical shocks, flashes or burns while working alone on poles, traffic, dog bites, and falls on customers’ premises. The assigned Operating Center must be within 25 miles of the employee’s domicile.

Requirements

• High school graduation or equivalent.
• One year of experience as a Lineman or successful completion of the Apprentice Line Troubleman Training program.
• Thorough knowledge of overhead line construction and standard practices.
• Ability to perform artificial respiration.
• Must be alert, neat in appearance, resourceful, agile, quick-acting, and able-bodied.
• Domicile must be within 25 miles of the assigned Operating Center.

Responsibilities

• Patrol, repair, and restore service, or report the nature of trouble found, on overhead and, when required, underground circuits.
• Inspect and operate automatic substation equipment.
• Drive a Company automobile equipped with tools and materials.
• Respond to residential, commercial, and industrial trouble calls and make repairs and adjustments needed to restore service.
• Clear and put up fallen wires; respond to lighting and power-outage calls; locate trouble and restore service or report needs to the Distribution or District Dispatcher.
• Test circuits and equipment for open, ground, or short circuits and clear trouble when possible.
• Inspect, repair, reinstall, or string services; clear tree limbs; and replace brackets.
• Replace blown line, transformer, or substation fuses; change burned-out transformers in special cases with assistance from other linemen; and perform transformer load tests.
• Patrol and repair street lighting, alley circuits, and feeders.
• Inspect, report, and clear emergency substation trouble; check substation operation; read meters and change ammeter or voltmeter charts; and check and reset relays and breakers.
• Perform routine or emergency switching on overhead or underground circuits of all voltages, or clear circuits as directed by the Distribution or District Dispatcher.
• Phase out circuits and establish phase rotation on overhead and underground circuits.
• Respond to fire alarms, clear Company wires or customers’ circuits, and investigate and extinguish fires on poles.
• Install and remove grounds and protective equipment on poles or in substations.
• Investigate and report in detail Company accidents involving personal injury or property damage.
• Investigate current thefts and answer jury summonses for related cases.
• Install or read watt-hour and maximum-demand meters; wind, set, or change time clocks; and read check meters on poles.
• Write requisitions and reports on work performed.
• In some geographical groups, block and release regulators, perform switching operations in Company distribution and transmission substations, and turn gas service on or off.
• Operate an inhalator in accident cases.
• Respond promptly to customer calls and make prompt decisions on own initiative.
• Safeguard the trouble vehicle, tools, and materials; observe safety rules and traffic laws; protect the public around fallen high-voltage wires; and keep specified information confidential.

Benefits

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

What This Job Offers

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