Description
Responsibilities for this position include but are not limited to the following:
- Construct, maintain, and repair electrical distribution systems, including overhead and underground lines
- Install and repair electrical equipment such as street lighting and load control devices
- Construct overhead and underground distribution lines based on engineering specifications, including setting poles, pulling cable, setting transformers, etc.
- Install equipment such as transformers, capacitors, regulators, load control devices, meters, street lights, safe lights, etc.
- Maintain and repair equipment such as checking and doing preventative maintenance; Also, involves using test equipment such as volt and amp meters to measure the performance of equipment
- Respond to trouble calls when equipment fails and/or electrical service is interrupted
Working Conditions
- Shift Work, Overtime, Weekend Work.
- Frequent travel
- Work environment ranges from indoors to outside in varying degrees of heat and cold weather conditions
- Emergency situations may require working at night and in inclement weather
- Subject to confined spaces, (manholes, vaults, etc.)
- Subject to periodic call-out duty and subject to second and third shift schedules
The Line Apprentice positions will be located throughout Duke Energy's Florida region. The exact location will be determined based on business needs at the time of offer. Relocation will be entirely at your own expense. In the next section, you will be able to select your preferred location and your second preferred location. The choices are as follows:
Location Information:
- Longwood Operation Complex, 150 Progress Energy WAY, Longwood, Florida 32750
- Madison Operations Complex, 1800 E Base ST, Madison, Florida, 32340
- Crawfordville Operations Complex, 25 Millender LN, Crawfordville, Florida 32326
- Perry Operations Complex, 408 W Lafayette ST, Perry, Florida 32347
- Zephyrhills Operations Complex, 36453 Eiland BLVD, Zephyrhills, Florida 33541
- Clearwater Operations Complex, 2166 Palmetto ST, Clearwater, Florida, 33765
- Lake Buena Vista Operations Complex, 3250 Bonnet Creek RD, Lake Buena Vista, Florida 32830
- Dunnellon Operations Complex, 11991 N Florida AVE, Dunnellon, Florida 34434
- Inverness Operations Complex, 517 Independence HWY, Inverness, Florida 34453
- Lake Wales Operations Complex, 2031 Old Scenic HWY, Lake Wales, FL, 33898
- Trenton Operations Complex, 1532 E Wade ST, Trenton, Florida 32693
- Wildwood Operations Complex, 4306 E CR 462, Wildwood, Florida 34785
Basic/Required Qualifications:
- High school diploma or GED
- Valid driver's license
- Ability to stand a minimum of 5-6 hours; may be on ground, in a bucket on a line truck, or at the top of a distribution pole
- Ability to sit for a minimum of 2-3 hours; may be driving a truck or sitting in a manhole or an underground vault
- Ability to move frequently to unload equipment and to install/maintain/repair equipment
- Ability to lift up to 75 pounds
- Ability to push/pull weights up to 75 pounds
- Ability to frequently climb or use authorized equipment to reach various heights and breadths
- Ability to frequently and repetitively bend/stoop/squat
- Ability to differentiate between colors (color vision)
- Manual dexterity to operate small hand tools, turn small knobs, etc.
Desired/Preferred Qualifications:
- Completion of a Duke Energy Sponsored Qualified Event
- Military experience
- Certificate from Lineman's Training School or currently enrolled in a Lineman Training Program
- Experience in the electric utility industry
- Training and/or work experience with climbing different types of structures (wood, steel, etc.)
- Previous work experience or training working near power lines and electricity (residential, commercial, overhead lines, or underground lines)
- Experience with responding to natural disasters or emergency situations (storm response such as hurricanes, tornado, wind event, high water; emergency responses such as fires, auto accidents, etc.)
Job Specific Requirements:
- Ability to obtain DOT Certification
- Respirator Clearance
- This position contains a weight restriction of 275 pounds as an essential function of the job. The purpose of this restriction is to ensure that all weight rated equipment is used in an appropriate and safe manner within maximum allowed weight loading
- Work schedule requires working various shifts as business needs arise
- Position has on-call responsibilities as scheduled and generally available at others times as needed, demonstrate the ability to work independently, and to work all hours as needed, day or night, weekends or holidays, and in all weather conditions to perform work required during planned and emergency outages
- Requires ability to travel and stay overnight to various locations and work extended hours to assist in major storm restoration
- Must live within 40 minutes of assigned operations center. Relocation is at the expense of the applicant.
- Duke Energy's Winter Garden Training Center is approved for veterans training.
Contact
Duke Energy
526 S Church St
Charlotte
North Carolina United States
www.duke-energy.com
From the same category : lineman
9 May, 2025
