Lineworker I-Sr

Entergy•Houma, LA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Lineworker I-Sr performs the full range of duties involved in maintaining and building overhead and underground electrical facilities. Work may take place in enclosed spaces, manholes, vaults, and other field environments. Depending on the worker’s level, duties include learning, performing, and leading lineworkers; maintaining materials; and carrying out aerial and underground utility distribution construction tasks. Employees are expected to work with a Live Safe mindset and identify and mitigate hazards. The role spans Helper through Senior capabilities. Duties progress from learning safety tools, operating trucks and equipment, and interpreting job prints to performing energized secondary and primary work, underground construction and troubleshooting, switching, splicing, and repairs. Senior-level work includes indirect crew leadership, advanced switching and troubleshooting, vault construction, work on network protectors and automatic transfer switches, installation of secondary monitoring equipment, and complex underground circuit troubleshooting. All levels must maintain an organized and safe jobsite and complete required training, including First Aid and CPR as applicable. The position is based in Houma, Louisiana, is onsite, and may involve travel of up to 25%, irregular hours, out-of-town assignments, and additional work or alternate locations during storms, outages, emergencies, or other situations deemed necessary by the company.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Experience varies 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; Senior, 3.5–4 years.
Must be able to complete fitness-for-duty testing and demonstrate the physical strength to perform required tasks in all weather conditions.
Ability to work irregular hours and accept out-of-town assignments as required.
Good communication skills and the ability to understand directives and complete tasks.
Ability to learn through classroom instruction, on-the-job training, and repetitive motions.
Ability to recognize and mitigate workplace hazards and follow Entergy safety policies and procedures.
Ability to properly maintain and care for company equipment and safeguard assets.
Ability to interact with the public pleasantly and tactfully and provide a high level of customer service.
Ability to recognize opportunities for process improvement and demonstrate acceptance of a diverse and inclusive work environment and customer base.
Ability to walk on all types of terrain.
Valid driver's license.
Ability to obtain a Class-A CDL.

Responsibilities

Maintain and build overhead and underground electrical facilities, including utility distribution construction.
Work in enclosed spaces, manholes, vaults, aerial locations, and other field environments as required.
Learn, perform, and, at senior levels, lead lineworker work and material maintenance.
Use safety and human-performance tools, follow company safety policies and procedures, recognize workplace hazards, and mitigate them.
Drive trucks of different sizes and types and operate equipment including aerial buckets, bread vans, and digger derrick trucks.
Read and understand job prints, sketches, distribution standards, materials, and construction specifications.
Use and care for rubber goods and personal protective equipment; perform confined-space and bucket rescues; and set up and operate aerial baskets and digger derrick trucks.
Rig, lift, and tie knots and prepare jobsites and materials for manhole and vault work.
Perform secondary-line cover-up and energized work, use meters, and install three- and four-wire secondary lines.
Perform underground work, including primary cover-up up to 34,500 volts; transformer and secondary-voltage applications; switching; troubleshooting; splicing; and cable repair.
Build and maintain underground residential and network-grid distribution circuits; operate pad-mounted switchgear; troubleshoot URD circuits; and switch or tag URD primary cable.
Perform three-phase primary tasks, switching in vaults and substations, and troubleshooting, repair, and phasing of network protectors.
At senior levels, provide indirect crew leadership; perform advanced primary switching up to 34,500 volts; build vaults; locate and correct backfeed situations; troubleshoot and repair energized 277/480V network protectors and automatic transfer switches; and install secondary monitoring communication equipment in vaults.
Troubleshoot underground circuits using VLF, capacitor discharge, TDR, and Arc Reflexional methods.
Maintain an organized jobsite and safeguard company equipment and assets.
Complete required training, such as First Aid and CPR, as applicable.
Provide courteous customer service and identify opportunities for process improvement.
Be available for irregular hours, out-of-town assignments, additional hours, alternate locations, and additional duties during storms, outages, emergencies, or other situations as deemed necessary.