Line Troubleman

Ameren • Ellisville, MO

172d • $57

About The Position

Ameren Missouri has been providing electric and gas service for more than 100 years, and our electric rates are among the lowest in the nation. Ameren Missouri's mission is to power the quality of life for our 1.2 million electric and 132,000 natural gas customers in central and eastern Missouri. Our service area covers 64 counties and more than 500 communities including the greater St. Louis area.

Requirements

• Graduation from high school or the 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 obtain and maintain a CDL.
• Be adept in artificial respiration.
• Be alert, neat in appearance, resourceful, agile, quick-acting, able-bodied.

Responsibilities

• Patrol, repair and restore service or report the nature of trouble found on overhead or underground circuits.
• Inspect and operate automatic substation equipment.
• Drive a Company automobile equipped with tools and materials.
• Make residential, commercial or industrial trouble calls and handle customer service repairs and adjustments.
• Clear and put up fallen wires.
• Respond to 'light out' and 'power off' customer calls.
• Locate trouble and restore service or inform Distribution or District Dispatcher as to needs.
• Test circuits and equipment for open, ground, or short circuit, and clear if possible.
• Inspect, repair, re-install or string services, clear tree limbs, or replace brackets.
• Replace blown line, transformer, or substations fuses.
• Patrol and repair street lighting, alley circuits, or feeders.
• Inspect, report, and clear emergency substation trouble.
• Check substation operation, read meters and change ammeter or volt-meter charts.
• Check operation of relays and breakers in substations and reset relays.
• Perform routine or emergency switching on overhead or underground circuits of all voltages.
• Phase out and establish phase rotation on overhead and underground circuits.
• Respond to fire alarms, clearing Company wires or customers' circuits.
• Install and remove grounds and protective equipment on poles or in substations.
• Investigate and extinguish fires on poles or in manholes.
• Investigate and report in detail, Company accidents involving personal injury or property damage.
• Investigate current thefts and answer jury summonses on cases relating thereto.
• Change burned out transformers in special cases with the aid of other Troublemen.
• Make load tests on transformers.
• 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 all work done.
• Perform blocking and releasing of regulators, and switching operations in Company distribution and transmission substations.
• Turn off or turn on gas service.
• Operate inhalator in accident cases.

Benefits

• Eligible for annual incentive payments based on company performance.
• Visit our Benefits & Perks Page for more information on benefits provided to regular full-time employees.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Industry: Utilities
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees