DOT Lighting Bucket Operator

Performs work from aerial devices and ladders to install and maintain streetlights and related equipment. Working hours is typically a 10-hour day.

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 :

• Operates various tools for the work (manual digging devices, wrenches, hammers, come-alongs, and handline etc.).
• Clears work area and maintains safe jobsite conditions and assists with work and material assembling from the ground
• Excavates to assist in the installation of structures or cable as required by contract specification.
• Will have contact with public and private property owners to communicate work to be performed.
• Exposed to traffic and may be required to have training on traffic flagging.
• All other duties as required or requested by Supervisors.

Minimum Qualifications :

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Able to : meet and maintain weight restrictions for bucket truck as identified by truck manufacturer.work long hours and overtime, emergencies, weekends, etc.

Subject to call out work.work with hands above head for extended periods of time.work efficiently and effectively while working at heights.

safely enter and exit the aerial device and rear-end of the bucket and derrick trucks

Education & Experience

High School Diploma or GED equivalent preferred.

Pre-Screen

License & Certifications :

• Valid class "B" commercial driver's license (CDL) required.
• Ability to pass DOT physical & obtain DOT medical card required.

Travel Requirements :

Must be willing to travel out of town / state for regular / emergency storm work.

Physical Requirements :

• RARE : (less than 10%) : Sitting, Kneeling, Crawling, Color Vision, Climbing Stairs
• OCCASIONAL : (up to 33%) : Stooping, Squatting, Climbing On / Off Truck, Climbing Ladders, Pushing, Reading, Lifting up to 50 lbs.
• FREQUENT : (up to 66%) : Carrying, Pulling, Balancing, body-twisting, Hearing / Speech Range, Lifting, Lifting up to 10 lbs.

Manual Dexterity, Speaking Clearly, Walking

CONTINUOUS : (up to 100%) : Standing, Sense of Touch, Gripping, Seeing , Reaching, range-of-motion, Depth Perception, Lifting over 10 lbs. to 50 lbs., Climbing.

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.

• Works at varying heights above ground with proper Personal Protective Equipment.
• Works around excessive noise from machines, jackhammers, chain saws and other equipment with proper hearing protection.

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.

Last updated : 2024-05-18