Line Foreman: Odessa Pole Line

Line Foreman

Lone Star Corporation is seeking a Line Foreman to provide field supervision over crews involved in the installation, maintenance, and repair of underground and overhead electric distribution and service lines, transformers, meters, metering equipment, and related equipment. Foreman serves as a strong leader that can ensure work is completed in a safe and timely manner.

Daily Activities

• Provides lead supervision over workers involved in maintaining, installing, and repairing underground and overhead power distribution and service lines, transformers, meters, metering equipment, and related equipment.

• Reads and interprets construction plans and schematics (related to the installation of electrical power distribution lines).

• Assists in hiring, managing, and evaluating pole line crews

• Create and maintain a safe and secure worksite due to the hazardous conditions of working with high-voltage electrical lines.

• Ensure that procurement of materials, supplies and equipment meets project needs

• Perform all physical requirements of the position including being able to lift 50 lbs.

• Proficient in pole top, bucket and vault rescue

• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with management, coworkers, and clients

• Supervises and checks each phase of work in progress to ensure jobs meets required quality and construction standards

• Maintains time reporting records of the crew and approves employee leave

• Installs personal protective grounds. Removes broken or defective conductors.

• Assists in constructing and wiring electrical high-voltage substations. Installs and terminates underground high-voltage cable between vaults, manholes, and pole risers.

• Works at heights greater than ten feet (example: in bucket or platform truck) to install equipment or connectors. Climbs ladders, poles, and towers on a daily or continuous basis as required.

• Establishes and maintains electric line clearances with other utilities. Installs high-voltage connectors; transformers and switches in manholes and vaults, securing equipment, and cables; and various service lines, power poles, meters, and metering devices.

• Operates boom and bucket trucks requiring a valid Texas CDL to operate heavy equipment.

• Ensure the efficiency of all operations and compliance to company policies

• Must be able to troubleshoot and solve problems

• Prepares work orders summarizing work performed, materials uses, cost and charges

• Any other duties as assigned

Position Requirements

• Journeyman License
• Must have valid CDL
• Must be able to pass drug test
• Prefer 3 years' experience Open availability and must be willing to travel as work is subject to stand-by, pre-arranged and/or call-out duty

Benefits

Benefits include medical, vision and dental insurance, 401K retirement savings plan, company paid life insurance and paid time off. Our company maintains a strong policy of equal employment opportunity for all associates. We hire, train, promote and compensate associates on the basis of personal and professional competence and potential for advancement without regard for race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, disability or citizenship, as well as other classifications protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.

About Lone Star Corporation

Lone Star prides itself on the reputation that it has built providing instrumentation and electrical installation and maintenance for a wide variety of heavy industrial markets. Our 100% commitment to customer satisfaction ensures that our clients have a competitive advantage on all of their electrical projects. Our goal is to improve value without sacrificing quality, reliability or excellent service. Quality work demands quality people so apply today