Lighting Groundperson - ULCS

Lighting Groundperson Entry level position designed for a career being able to work from aerial devices, ladders, and ground level to install and maintain streetlights and related equipment.
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: Assist lineperson from the ground by providing material and keeping the work area clean and safe.
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 require flagging certification.
Knowledge of all tools related to work.
Any other duties related to the installation of lighting power supply.
All other duties as required or requested by Supervisors.
Minimum Qualifications: Must be 18 years of age or older.
Posses knowledge of heavy equipment.
Ability to: follow directions, work safely & productively.
problem solve with unidentified circumstances on any job.
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 Ability to provide proof of work experience, schooling, and other certifications obtained during career.
Pre-Screen Upon offer, employees may be required to complete and pass a pre-employment drug screen, background, and/or MVR check.
License & Certifications: Driver License Required, willingness to obtain a valid CDL within 90 days of employment preferred.
Travel Requirements: Willing to travel out of state for emergency storm work.
Physical Requirements: RARE (less than 10%): Sitting, Crawling, and Climbing Poles OCCASIONAL (up to 33%): Stooping, Kneeling, Squatting, Body Twisting, Sense of Touch, Range of Motion, Pushing, Climbing Ladders, Climbing Stairs, Balancing, and Lifting up to 50 lbs.
FREQUENT (up to 66 %): Walking, Manual Dexterity, Seeing Distant, Climbing On/Off Truck, Gripping, Lifting Over 10 lbs.
up to 50 lbs.
, Reaching, Depth Perception, Lifting, Carrying, and Pulling.
CONTINUOUS (up to 100%): Standing, Speaking Clearly, Seeing, Hearing-Speech Range, Color Vision, Lifting Up to 10 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.