What are the responsibilities and job description for the Transmission Journeyman Lineman position at Davis H Elliot Company, Inc.?
For over seven decades investor-owned utilities, municipalities, cooperatives, and others have entrusted their electrical construction and maintenance needs to Davis H. Elliot Company, Inc. (Elliot).
Elliot is a full-service electrical contractor specializing in overhead and underground distribution, transmission, substations, lighting, traffic signaling, utility locating and industrial/commercial services.
As a Journeyman Lineman you will be performing the installation, construction, maintenance, and repair of overhead electric transmission lines. Work locations vary from Central to Eastern KY with occasional overtime and travel expected.
Qualifications
- Valid driver’s license, Class A CDL, and medical card required
- 3-4 years of experience required
- 4 years of experience recommended
- Must provide references and or documentation verifying experience
- Strong understanding of electrical transmission systems
- Knowledge of proper grounding and EPZ
- Understanding of minimum approach distances
- Proficient in rigging
- Competent in proper steps to safely work out angle and dead-end structures
- Familiar with wire pulling equipment
- Hot stick experience preferred
- Own your own hand tools
- Must be able to pass a criminal background check and drug screening
Benefits/Culture
Today, we are listed among Engineering News-Records Top 150 Specialty Contracting firms. Our success is based on our customers confidence in us; the loyalty, hard work and performance of our people; and the traditions with which Mr. Davis H. Elliot began the company in 1946. We understand that having the best team requires people being treated like family. Some of the benefits we offer our team include:
- Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
- Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Company Paid Life Insurance w/ additional Voluntary Life Insurance
- 401K w/ company match
- Employee Stock Ownership Program
- State and Federally accredited Lineman Apprenticeship program
- Paid Vacation
- Servant Leadership Training
- Uniforms and PPE provided