Traveling Line crew

Congruex • Wheeling, WV

4d • Onsite

About The Position

Congruex is seeking complete Traveling Line crews, consisting of an Aerial Foreman, Lineman, and Laborers, to build and maintain telecommunications systems. This role involves both aerial and underground facilities and will require travel throughout West Virginia and surrounding states. The work performed is crucial for modern digital infrastructure, enabling essential services like healthcare, energy, and transportation.

Requirements

• Must have a valid driver's license and transportation
• Extensive knowledge of approved practices, procedures, tools, and materials used in telecom line construction work.
• Pass a pre-employment drug test and Motor Vehicle Record (MVR)
• Identify differences in wire and cable colors.
• Required to lift moderately heavy equipment, such as telephone line; climb structures; and stand for long periods of time.
• Knowledge of first aid procedures and CPR.
• Ability to apply mathematics calculations (Example: fractions for use in drilling and pole sizing; calculating material and hardware length for assembling several pieces of equipment to poles of different thickness and circumferences.)
• Ability to work in a confined space and at high elevations (poles, hydraulic lift buckets, ladders.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule to include nights, weekends, holidays, and on-call as needed.
• Ability to apply logical principles and thinking to solve problems and make decisions.
• Willing to perform work to support the values and goals of the Company.
• Climb up and down poles, ladders, machinery, and other objects.
• Work in confined spaces.
• Push, pull, reach, and carry objects such as tools, materials, and equipment weighing up to 50 lbs.
• Load and unload tools and equipment on the truck.
• Coordinate movement of eyes, hands, fingers, and feet.
• Vision, including depth perception, close vision, distance vision, and ability to adjust focus.
• Must be able to maintain visual and audible contact with other crewman and all moving or stationary persons/vehicles/objects to ensure safe coordination of movement
• All work is performed at remote locations; driving and sitting are required.
• All work is outdoors, subject to inclement weather conditions.
• Working in confined spaces.
• DOT Medical Card
• Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
• First Aid Certification
• Flagger Certification
• Competent Person Certification
• OSHA 10
• Silica Training
• Confined Space Training
• Pole Climbing & Ladder Safety
• Forklift Certification

Responsibilities

• Repairs and maintains major cable systems and structures such as broken lashing, replacing or re-sagging cable strand, pole transfers, down-guys, aerial to underground conversion, substructure repairs and wire/cable replacements related to system outages, maintenance, rebuilds and emergencies or hazards.
• Reads and interprets work orders, specifications, engineering drawings and/or cut sheets to determine work to be done in a sequence of the task.
• Performs construction work such as digging holes, climbing telephone poles, placing, and removing poles and anchors, pulling and stringing wire/cable from pole to pole, laying cable and conduit in the ground.
• Operates power equipment such as compressors, pumps, blowers, hydraulic diggers, and hydraulic aerial lifts mounted on trucks.
• Uses test equipment to check for gas in manholes; may be required to empty water and other debris from manholes.
• Dismantles, moves, and removes aerial, underground, or building wire, cable associated equipment, and hardware.
• Connects wires and cables to terminals and attaches/detaches various kinds of hardware to wires, cables, buildings, or poles.
• Responds to and participates in emergency and outage situations that require heavy construction capabilities.
• Ensures that all work considers the safety of the customer and general public and compliance with all governmental orders.
• Able and willing to work outdoors and in inclement weather conditions.
• Completes daily production reports and As-Built documentation on prints.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental & Vision benefits on day 1
• 401(k) program with company match and immediate vesting on day 1
• Flexible PTO for all exempt roles & competitive PTO accrual for all non-exempt roles
• 10 company paid holidays
• Company Paid Maternity & Parental Leave Options
• Company Paid Basic Life Insurance (employee paid voluntary options)
• Free wellness benefits like counseling, financial planning, caregiver support, and more!
• Marketplace discounts and 24/7 access to online learning & development

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed