Job Description
**This position is posted as a range; Pay, title and grade will be based on the qualifications of the individual selected**
Residency Requirements: Successful candidate must reside within 30 miles to the Henderson Service Center
Perform all types of work involved with the installation, rearrangement, maintenance, operation, removal and inspection of electrical transmission and distribution facilities. All items apply to overhead and underground, as applicable. Employee may perform miscellaneous, related, and incidental work in addition to that specifically outlined below. The Lineman B builds upon the skills, abilities and knowledge learned as a Lineman C (or equivalent).
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS are listed below:
1. Assemble, install, maintain, remove and inspect conductors, fixtures and other associated equipment on overhead and underground facilities.
2. During the first twelve months in this classification assist with work on energized lines and equipment. During this time frame, the employee should progress from direct supervision to immediate supervision as skill level dictates. Also, shall be capable of replacing fuses and operate switching and sectionalizing devices energized at any voltage when working under general supervision.
3. After twelve months in this classification, while performing work on energized lines and equipment, should progress from immediate supervision to general supervision as skill level dictates.
4. Install and operate cutouts, line switches, reclosers and other sectionalizing devices; re-fuse line and transformer devices; test de-energized line or equipment, and place or remove grounds.
5. Install, maintain and switch residential and commercial underground distribution facilities. Locate and correct trouble using cable-locating and fault finding tools and equipment.
6. Install and maintain multiple street light circuits.
7. Install three-phase transformer banks on poles, aerial or ground-mounted platforms.
8. Install three-phase regulator banks and energize or remove them from service.
9. Install, maintain, operate and remove capacitor banks from service.
10. Connect, phase out, parallel and adjust voltage on single and three-phase transformer installations.
11. Locate and correct faults and hazardous conditions on lines and/or equipment.
12. Perform similar or less skilled work.
13. Prepare, conduct and facilitate safety meetings.
14. Direct the work of employees assigned to assist.
Minimum Requirements BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: High school diploma or GED
Experience: Minimum of 2 years of work experience as Lineman C or the equivalent experience as determined by the Company
Licenses/Certifications: Valid Class A CDL is required
OTHER REQUIREMENTS:
1. Shall have performed the duties of and have all the qualifications of Lineman C or the equivalent and shall qualify through demonstration, examination and/or performance appraisal as determined by the Company.
2. Must have the ability and desire to acquire the necessary knowledge and skills to perform the duties and/or responsibilities of the key job (Lineman A) in this family and be qualified through demonstration, examination and/or performance appraisal as determined by the Company.
3. Must acquire within such time frame as determined by the Company, the qualifications necessary to perform the duties of the next higher classification in the line of progression, or vacate the current job classification.
4. A physical abilities assessment is also required for this position.
Physical demand level is Heavy
Columbus, OH
American Electric Power Company, Inc., an electric public utility holding company, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity for sale to retail and wholesale customers in the United States. The company generates electricity using coal and lignite, natural gas, nuclear, hydroelectric, solar, wind, and other energy sources. It also supplies and markets electric power at wholesale to other electric utility companies, rural electric cooperatives, municipalities, and other market participants.
The company owns, leases, or controls approximately 3,664 railcars, 468 barges, 9 towboats, and a coal handling terminal with approximately 18 million tons of annual capacity. American Electric Power Company, Inc. was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.