Lineworker Helper-Sr

Entergy•New Orleans, LA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Entergy New Orleans, LLC is hiring an onsite Lineworker Helper-Sr to maintain and build overhead and underground electrical facilities. The position performs work at different levels of responsibility, from learning and carrying out lineworker tasks to leading or indirectly directing other lineworkers. Work may include utility distribution construction, material maintenance, and aerial and underground tasks, including work in enclosed spaces, manholes, and vaults. Employees are expected to work with a Live Safe mindset, identify hazards, and mitigate them. The role encompasses duties across the Helper, Lineworker I, II, III, and Senior levels. These include operating trucks and equipment; reading job prints and sketches; using PPE and rubber goods; performing rescue and confined-space tasks; carrying out energized secondary and primary work; installing, troubleshooting, repairing, and switching underground and distribution circuits; and performing advanced troubleshooting and switching tasks. Senior-level work includes indirect crew leadership and complex work involving vaults, network protectors, transfer switches, and underground circuit testing. The position requires a high school diploma or equivalent, a valid driver’s license, and the ability to obtain a Class-A CDL. Required field distribution experience varies by level, from 0–1 year for Helper to 3.5–4 years for Senior. The employee must be able to work in all weather conditions, walk on varied terrain, work irregular hours and out-of-town assignments as required, and respond to additional duties, hours, or alternate locations during storms, outages, and emergencies. Travel is up to 25%. This is a safety-sensitive position subject to mandatory pre-employment and random drug testing. Entergy will not sponsor work visas.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Experience by level: Helper—0–1 year; Lineworker I—6 months to 1 year of field distribution experience; Lineworker II—1.5–2 years; Lineworker III—2.5–3 years; Lineworker Senior—3.5–4 years.
Valid driver’s license.
Ability to obtain a Class-A CDL.
Ability to complete fitness-for-duty testing and demonstrate the physical strength needed to perform required tasks in all weather conditions.
Ability to walk on all types of terrain.
Ability to work irregular hours and out-of-town assignments as required.
Good communication skills and ability to understand directives and complete tasks.
Ability to work safely and follow Entergy safety policies and procedures.
Ability to learn through classroom instruction, on-the-job training, and repetitive motions.
Ability to recognize and mitigate workplace hazards.
Ability to properly maintain and care for company equipment and safeguard assets.
Ability to interact pleasantly and tactfully with the public and provide a high level of customer service.
Ability to recognize opportunities for process improvement.
Demonstrated acceptance of a diverse and inclusive work environment and customer base.
Authorization to work in the United States; work visa sponsorship is not available.
Must meet the requirements of a safety-sensitive position, including mandatory pre-employment and random drug testing.

Responsibilities

Maintain and build overhead and underground electrical facilities and perform utility distribution construction tasks.
Perform work in enclosed spaces, manholes, vaults, and aerial and underground work areas.
Learn, perform, and, at senior levels, indirectly lead lineworkers and support material maintenance.
Use safety tools, follow safety policies and procedures, recognize workplace hazards, and mitigate hazards.
Drive trucks of different sizes and types and operate equipment such as aerial buckets, bread vans, and digger derrick trucks.
Read and understand job prints and sketches in reference to distribution standards.
Use and care for rubber goods and personal protective equipment; perform confined-space and bucket rescue tasks.
Set up and operate aerial baskets and digger derrick trucks; lift and rig materials and tie knots for manhole and vault work.
Identify materials, equipment, and construction specifications; perform energized secondary work, testing, and installation of secondary lines.
Perform underground primary and secondary tasks, including energized cover-up, switching, troubleshooting, splicing, and cable repair.
Build and maintain underground residential and network-grid distribution circuits; install, troubleshoot, and switch/tag URD primary cable.
Learn and perform three-phase primary tasks, switching schemes, and switching of distribution circuits in vaults and substations.
Troubleshoot, repair, and phase network protectors; construct vaults; locate and correct backfeed situations; and work with automatic transfer switches.
Install secondary monitoring communication equipment in vaults and conduct complex underground circuit troubleshooting using specified testing methods.
Maintain an organized, safe jobsite and complete required training, including First Aid and CPR, as applicable.
Maintain and safeguard company equipment and assets, provide customer service, and identify process-improvement opportunities.
Work irregular hours, out-of-town assignments, additional hours, alternate locations, or additional duties when required, including during storms, outages, and emergencies.