Operator - DFW

5 Star Electric, LLC•Rio Vista, TX

10d•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.