Operator - DFW

5 Star Electric, LLCRio Vista, TX
Onsite

About The Position

5 Star Electric, LLC (5 Star) is a premier full-service provider of electrical construction, maintenance, and repair services with offices in Western Kentucky and Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas. 5 Star specializes in Distribution and Transmission Power Line work, Substation, Industrial, Commercial, Streetlighting, and Fiber installations. Our Core Values: Guided by Safety. Focused on Communities. Powered by Care.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or equivalent
  • 1 Year of Prior Equipment operating experience In a related field.
  • Possession of, or ability to obtain, a valid State of Residence Driver License is required.
  • Must obtain a Class A CDL with Medical Examiner’s Card
  • Candidates must pass criminal and Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) background checks and pass a pre-employment drug screen.
  • Complete OSHA 10hr Safety Training Program within 60 days.
  • Successful completion of appropriate knowledge and skills examinations.
  • Compliance with Safety Performance Standards.
  • Must have ability for frequent travel on needed training requirements and potential for overtime including storm work.

Nice To Haves

  • May be Employee Performance Tested to a higher level with testing and verifiable experience.
  • Completion of Critical review and recommendations from Operations, Safety/Training.

Responsibilities

  • Assists line crew or network crew members by working on the ground, handing tools and heavy materials to workers.
  • Digs holes and pad ditches, and performs other similar work in connection with the construction and maintenance of overhead and underground power lines.
  • Passes tools to line crew or network crew members by acting as a general helper on the ground.
  • Handles cables, conduit and other materials as directed.
  • Glues conduits together.
  • Assists in setting transformers.
  • Assists line crew with setting poles by shoveling or piking; fills anchor holes.
  • Uses heavy equipment, digger derricks, backhoes, skid steers, or bucket trucks.
  • Clears undergrowth from right-of-way by using hand tools or saws.
  • Piles debris to clear path.
  • Performs general clean-up of job sites following completion of work.
  • Positions reels of electric cable beside trenches and lays heavy residential underground distribution (URD) cables in ditches and pads by shoveling fine sand around cable.
  • Assists network crew top man with lowering and raising molten metals and other heavy materials to the cable splicer working below in the vault.
  • Operates roto hammer to access vaults.
  • Notifies customers of impending disruption of service while lines are under repair.
  • Flags traffic to protect employees and the public from injury.
  • May assist linemen as directed, operating jackhammer or digging bars to break concrete or rocks.
  • May drive 3/4-ton or 1-ton pickup truck to job site or to obtain supplies.
  • Performs other duties as assigned. Job duties are subject to change as directed by management.
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