Telecom Lineperson - ULCS

Lighting Lineperson

This position is responsible for safely operating a bucket truck while rodding existing duct to pull in fiber optics from transformer or pole to the meter on the house/business.

Pay: Competitive/Hourly (more detail during your interview process)

Benefits:

• Health/Dental/Vision Insurance
• Short/Long Term Disability
• Matching 401(k) Plan
• Paid Holidays and Vacation
• FR Clothing Provided
• Employee Payroll Deduction Program

Make a difference. Join us.

In states from DE to TX, ULCS needs people with a variety of skills and capabilities to help us build smarter more resilient energy grids and futures for our customers and communities. It’s important work that communities increasingly depend on for their quality of life and we are making a difference for the customers and communities and growing as more customers discover the ULCS difference. It’s rewarding work and a career that can support you on your life’s journey. If you’d like to make a difference too, then own your career.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities:

• Install fiber optics through existing duct
• Install overhead fiber optics
• Duct rod existing primary cable
• Install pull string
• Assists crew with proper cable sagging techniques.
• Ensure daily testing and inspection of assigned tools and equipment.
• Maintain company equipment in a safe and efficient manner.
• Any other duties related relocating over-head telecommunications.
• Perform work or operate vehicle/equipment only where training and qualification has been provided.
• Communicate all safety concerns, incidents and near misses to Foreperson
• Ability to problem solve with unidentified circumstances on any job.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Weather permitting, this is a 40 hour per week job.
• Must be able to work long hours and overtime during emergencies (including holidays, weekends, etc. Subject to call out work).
• Knowledge of: heavy equipment, proper sagging techniques, working around energized high voltage systems and parts, installing and removing over-head telecommunications, grounding procedures, rigging, hand lines, and lineman knot tying, making and using a hand line, minimum approach distance.
• Understanding of Kellum grips.
• Ability to:
  • Safely drive an approved company vehicle.
  • Identify electrical sources.
  • Identify different materials used in telecommunications linework.
  • Problem solve with unidentified circumstances on any job;
  • climb different structures and possess the tools to do the climb;
  • identify, operate and service all required tools and equipment. (i.e., bucket truck, digger derrick truck, tensioners, puller, rollers, hand tamp, chain saw, concrete saw, shovel)

Education & Experience

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent preferred.

Pre-Screen

• Upon offer, employees may be required to complete and pass a pre-employment drug screen, background, and/or MVR check.

License & Certifications:

• Valid commercial driver's license (CDL) required.

Travel Requirements:

• Willing to travel out of state for emergency storm work.

Physical Requirements:

• OCCASIONAL (up to 33%): Sitting, Kneeling, and Crawling
• FREQUENT (up to 66 %): Stooping, Squatting, Body Twisting, Manual Dexterity, Reading, Climbing Ladders, Climbing On/Off Truck, Climbing Poles, Gripping, and Climbing Stairs
• CONTINUOUS (up to 100%): Standing, Walking, Sense of Touch, Speaking Clearly, Seeing Distant, Seeing, Reaching, Range of Motion, Hearing-Speech Range, Depth Perception, Color Vision, Lifting, Carrying, Pushing, Pulling, Lifting Over 10 lbs. to 50 lbs., Balancing, Lifting Up to 10 lbs., and Lifting Up to 50 lbs.

Safety

Due to the inherently dangerous nature of the industry and requirements to work with or around hazardous equipment, employees must have sufficient eyesight to judge distance/coordination of equipment and tools, be able to maintain attention and concentration for extended periods, be able to withstand exposure to all kinds of weather while completing work assignments, be able to wear personal protective equipment as necessary, be able to enter and exit a vehicle numerous times a day, have the endurance necessary to traverse various terrain, be capable of performing job duties throughout a standard 8- or 10-hour day, be able to communicate with others, read, write, and comprehend written/verbal job instructions and information, and communicate and handle conflict professionally.

• Able to identify job site hazards.
• Exhibits and carries out cognitive problem-solving skills.
• Able to read, comprehend, and visualize job build and all prints.
• Works near/around energized, hazardous parts and equipment.
• Exposed to traffic.
• Works around excessive noise from machines (bore drill, backhoe, trencher, mini excavator, bucket trucks, digger derricks, concrete saw, jackhammers).
• May exposed to hot and cold environments, poisonous plants or reptiles, and stinging insects.

About Us:

Utility Lines Construction Services (ULCS) delivers electric and gas utility construction and maintenance services for investor-owned utilities, cooperatives, municipalities, large industrial manufacturers, government, general contractors, developers and EPC firms. Formed in 2000 from small beginnings, ULCS now boasts more than 2,300 non-union employees in 15 states safely performing utility transmission and distribution infrastructure work throughout the Mid-Atlantic, the Delmarva Peninsula, the Southeast and the South regions of the United States.

Individuals must be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation. Individuals with a disability who desire a reasonable accommodation should contact the ADA Coordinator at 1-800-248-8733, ext. 1339.

An Equal Opportunity Employer.