Lighting Tech A

Gridco builds its culture around its primary assets - lineworkers. With our team, you are part of a group working on the electric infrastructure that hundreds of thousands of people rely on in their everyday lives. We offer competitive pay from day one, paid training, and opportunities for company ownership.

As a Lighting Technician A, you will work from aerial devices, ladders, and ground level to install and maintain streetlights and related equipment.

Perks

• Benefit Package including Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage
• 401K w/ Company Match
• Voluntary Life & AD&D Insurance and Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• Vacation/Sick Time and Paid Holidays
• Career Development Opportunities
• Weekly Payroll

Responsibilities

• Safely work on energized electrical systems up to 600 volts, including utility poles and fixtures.
• Excavate to install structures or cables per contract specifications.
• Participate in medium to large-scale lighting construction projects.
• Install lighting power systems.
• Read prints to identify and isolate protection circuits.
• Communicate work plans with public and private property owners.
• Maintain a safe and clean worksite.
• Assist junior technicians with lighting construction and maintenance tasks.
• Adhere to safety performance standards.
• Willingness to be available for emergency storm work.
• Perform additional duties as directed by leadership.

Education, Skills, Experience Needed

• Minimum of one year’s experience in lighting construction.
• Proficient in working with energized low-voltage systems, demonstrating specialized skills.
• Skilled in identifying, operating, and maintaining all necessary tools and equipment (e.g., bucket truck, derrick truck, chain saw, concrete saw, shovel).
• Capable of climbing various structures and own the necessary climbing equipment.
• Strong problem-solving skills to address unexpected challenges on any project.
• Comprehensive understanding of all lighting work activities.
• Understand basic electricity.
• CDL preferred, valid driver’s license, DOT Medical Card is required.

Working Environment

• Work sites are outdoors in potentially extreme weather conditions.
• All worksite safety instructions are written and spoken in English; must be fluent in English.
• Work includes prolonged and repeated: lifting (including overhead, up to 50lbs); standing; climbing; kneeling; reaching and feeling; crouching and crawling.
• Work is performed within the “red zone” of heavy equipment.
• Working safely requires quick/accurate hand-eye coordination and the ability to work in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.

Requirements

• Minimum of one year’s experience in lighting construction.
• Pass pre-employment, random, post-accident, and reasonable suspicion drug screens
• Provide valid US work authorization documents for E-Verify
• Satisfactory results of pre-employment background check results
• CDL preferred, valid driver’s license, DOT Medical Card is required.
• Pre-employment medical fit-for-duty test; hold/obtain DOT medical card

This job description is subject to change at any time. It reflects management’s assignment of essential functions, and does not exclude or restrict the tasks that may be assigned. Gridco and its subsidiary companies will provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants without regard to an applicant’s race, color, religion, sex, gender, genetic information, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other status protected by federal, state or local law. Gridco will provide reasonable accommodations to allow an applicant to participate in the hiring process (e.g., accommodations for a test or job interview) if so requested.

Gridco is a Department of Transportation regulated employer. Certain safety-sensitive positions are covered under the DOT Drug and Alcohol Testing Regulations, 49 CFR Part 40. It is important to note that marijuana remains a drug listed in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. It remains unacceptable for any safety-sensitive employee subject to drug testing under the company’s Drug Free Workplace Policy to use or test positive for marijuana.

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Work Location: On the road