Mid Step Apprentice Lineman

Overview And Essential Functions

Overview:

Tjader and Highstrom Utility Services, LLC (d/b/a Moll's Utility Services) is looking for reliable, hard-working, driven individuals to work on a great team. We are looking for a mid-step Apprentice to work with our distribution voltage projects located in Wisconsin and Iowa. Our primary customer base is rural electric cooperatives and municipal utilities.

Responsibilities:

• Perform other work related activities as requested
• Must be willing to work overtime as needed
• Frame and set poles and anchors; install guy wire, sag and tie-in conductors
• Participate in traffic control (flagging)
• Must be willing to work storm outages and emergencies as called upon
• Trim trees and cut brush on right-of-way for new construction or existing line
• Assist in the construction of new overhead and underground services and service upgrades (single-phase; three-phase; double-circuit, energized or de-energized)
• Must be willing to travel overnight as needed
• Assist with installation of transformers, switches, voltage regulators, oil circuit-reclosures, capacitors, meters, and other electrical apparatus
• Responsible for following all safety policies and procedures
• Assist in restoring overhead and underground outages
• Lift, push, pull, hoist and carry objects weighing up to 100 pounds
• A minimum of 1 year experience with a line crew in the construction and maintenance of electrical lines
• Assist in maintaining existing overhead and underground line

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• Should possess the ability to climb poles and exercise proper use of hand-tools while working on a pole
• Must be CPR and First Aid certified or possess ability to obtain certification within three months of employment
• Must be able to pass required D.O.T physical examinations and drug testing
• Must have knowledge of electricity, pole-line materials, the proper and safe use of tools and equipment used in line construction and maintenance, know RUS Construction Specifications, and be familiar with the National Electric Safety Code
• Must be proficient in pole-top and bucket rescue procedures
• High-school diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Must become familiar with all company policies and procedures
• Must have or obtain and maintain a valid Class “A" Driver’s License with an air brake endorsement and meet all D.O.T. requirements
• This position may be required to drive company vehicles safely and obey all traffic laws

Benefits And Company Summary

Company:

Tjader and Highstrom (DBA- Moll’s Utility Services)was founded in 1945 and has evolved into a highly competitive underground utility construction firm with a reputation for doing high quality work in a timely and efficient manner. With our diversified construction crews we have the ability to complete a variety of work including underground utilities, aerial, buried cable, fiber optic, directional boring, and fiber and copper splicer. Based in New Richmond, Wisconsin, Tjader and Highstrom has crews working throughout Wisconsin, Minnesota, and other neighboring Midwest States.

Benefits Include:

• Supplemental Life and AD&D Insurance
• Health Insurance: Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Plans
• Short & Long Term Disability
• Competitive Pay
• Stock Purchase Plan
• Retirement Savings Plan (401K) with company matching
• Paid Holidays and Vacation (PTO)
• Flexible Spending Accounts/Health Savings Accounts

EEO

Applicants are required to pass all company drug testing, submit to a background check and adhere to all OSHA, state, city/municipality safety requirements and training provided by the company as required.

Our Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind including, based on disability and protected veteran status. The Company's policy is not to discriminate against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. It is also the Company's policy to comply with all applicable state and federal laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions. Please visit the following URL to view the EEO is the Law poster and the Supplement. (https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/ofccpost.htm)

The Company also does not consider criminal convictions to be an absolute bar to employment and will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories.

Applicants applying for positions in Illinois are not required to disclose arrests or sealed or expunged records of convictions.