Substation Maintenance Electrician

CDE Lightband•Clarksville, TN

About The Position

CDE Lightband, the municipal power provider for the City of Clarksville, offers electric, television, Internet, and phone service to customers within the city limits. We serve over 85,000 metered homes and businesses with electric service, and over 32,000 customers with broadband services over our Fiber-to-the-Premise Network. We are seeking a high-caliber Substation Maintenance Electrician to join our Operations team in ensuring the relentless reliability of Clarksville's electrical infrastructure. As our city experiences historic growth, this role is on the front line of defense for our critical assets, responsible for the testing, troubleshooting, and preventive maintenance of high-voltage transformers, circuit breakers, and relay protection systems. The individual we are looking for is safety-focused and takes pride in technical precision. If this is you, we invite you to apply to join our team! Substation Maintenance Electrician Team/Division: Substation / Engineering / Electric Reports To: Substation Maintenance Supervisor Job Status: Full – Time Work Schedule: Business Hours Pay Status: Hourly FLSA Status: Non-Exempt Pay Grade: 8 Updated: March 2026 Job Summary Incumbents operate, maintain, and repair substations and electrical equipment. Responsibilities may include participating in the construction of substations; maintaining, operating, and testing substation equipment; installing and testing transmission, distribution, telecommunications, and data equipment; and maintaining records of activities.

Requirements

High School Degree or Equivalent
Three years of related work experience
Class D Driver's License
CPR/AED or ability to obtain upon hire
An equivalent combination of education and experience is sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job, which are also considered
Knowledgeable of the basics of substation maintenance, installation, and testing practices and procedures
Knowledgeable of Applicable Federal, State, and local laws, rules, and regulations
Knowledgeable of record-keeping principles
Skilled in Basic Computer and related software applications
Skilled in installing, troubleshooting, repairing, and maintaining substation
Skilled in utilizing the applicable equipment needed to maintain substations
Skilled in reading and comprehending training documents
Skilled in organizing and presenting data, preparing operational records, and reports
Ability to work independently and individually, and to accept responsibility and account for his/her actions
Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing
Ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems
Ability to pay attention to the minute details of a project or task
Ability to identify and correct conditions that affect employee safety
Ability to identify and handle hazardous materials
Skilled at reading a Wire Table to determine conductor size required
Skilled at terminating aluminum or copper cable
Skilled at terminating high-voltage cable
Skilled at splicing high-voltage cable

Responsibilities

Tests, builds, repairs, and maintains substations and substation equipment, including repairing and replacing parts and systems, constructing substations, and modifying systems as necessary.
Installs and tests transmission, distribution, telecommunications, and data equipment, including electronic repair.
Monitors compliance with Federal, State, and local regulations and safety
Prepares a variety of operational records and logs
Perform other duties as assigned, of a similar nature, or to provide assistance as needed

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