Lineperson

We’re looking for the best and brightest to join our dynamic and innovative cooperative!

Our employees are key to our successes and we depend on our talented and dedicated staff to power Kauai. We offer a meaningful work environment, career development, competitive pay and comprehensive benefits package.

Kauai Island Utility Cooperative is looking for a unique individual who will perform construction and maintenance work on electric transmission and distribution facilities. Works with, trains, and directs the work of the employees in lower classifications. Inspects, troubleshoots, and repairs transmission, distribution, secondary and service systems. Installs, removes, maintains and inspects secondary lines, services, and meters.

Rate of Pay: $62.13 - $65.83 per hour. Rate of pay is determined by the current collective bargaining agreement and may include a step progression.

Please provide your Certificate of Completion from an accredited Apprenticeship Program, and your work process hours & curriculum data, with your application.

- This position is eligible for a $25,000 sign-on bonus plus a one-time $25,000 lump sum relocation package for external candidates only. Terms and conditions apply. - This position requires the incumbent to be physically on-site. Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the United States. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Kauai Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC) is an award winning and dynamic not-for-profit electric cooperative. Formed in 2002, KIUC is an industry leader in the transformation to a clean and modern renewable energy future. Member-owned, the cooperative is focused on improving the quality of life for its 34,000 members and is one of 900+ electric co-ops serving more than 40 million members in 47 states. KIUC may be relatively small in size, but its bold leadership in renewable innovation has had an enormous positive impact on the global transition to 100% clean energy. KIUC has led utilities in the State of Hawaii in both reliability and renewable production for the past two years.

Position Responsibilities:

- Performs construction and maintenance work on electric transmission and distribution facilities. Works with, trains, and directs the work of employees in lower classifications. Inspects, troubleshoots, and repairs transmission, distribution, secondary and service systems. Installs, removes, maintains and inspects secondary lines, services, and meters.

- Uses insulated bucket truck, climbing equipment, a complete variety of hand tools, hot line tools and power tools used in the trade, and testing instruments of all sorts for transmission, distribution, secondary and service circuits.

- Performs transmission and distribution construction work on both energized and de-energized facilities.

- Operates a service bucket truck in performing work requiring an aerial platform. Climbs poles as required in the performance of the job.

- Conducts voltage, phase and load tests of lines. Checks condition of lines, transformers, and substation equipment for abnormal voltages, overloads, and before energizing.

- Inspects conditions to determine location and apparent cause of trouble by testing for grounds, locating fallen trees or testing transformers.

- Switches and parallels company and customer circuits, transmits clearances and de-energizes company and customer equipment for construction, maintenance or repairs.

- Responds to trouble calls during and after normal working hours.

- Restores service by making emergency or permanent repairs, and replacing fuses. Operates switches and cutouts to energize or de-energize circuits. Makes minor adjustments to operating equipment. Sets equipment controls as directed.

- Installs overhead and underground secondary circuits and customer services. Installs, reads, and removes customer meters.

- Inspects for adequate clearances between energized and de-energized equipment. Inspects condition of poles, crossarms, insulators, conductors and other plant equipment.

- Installs, removes, and makes repairs to street lights.

- Uses radio and phone to notify system control personnel of field status.

- Trims trees and other vegetation as required to maintain clearances and protect company equipment. Locates and corrects causes of radio and television interference.

- May be required to stand by substations during switching or trouble. Reads indicating and recording instruments and meters. Takes and records substation readings as directed.

- Is responsible for the regular inspection of company truck, equipment, and tools assigned to insure that proper and safe operating conditions are maintained.

- Is responsible for completing all necessary reports and forms applicable to completion of a job.

- Is responsible for the protection of the public while performing the duties of the job.

- Applies company's construction safety standards and other applicable rules and procedures.

- Directs work of others assigned to him/her.

- Performs all work required of any lower classification.

- Performs similar and incidental duties as required.

Qualifications and Experience:

- Must pass Edison Electric Institute (EEI) CAST test and other company administered tests.

- Must have demonstrated leadership ability and the capability of accepting working instructions to direct assigned personnel.

- Must pass company written job knowledge test and job performance tests.

- Must have or be able to obtain a valid State of Hawaii driver's license, Class B (CDL).

- Ability to read and write reports and analyze and interpret technical procedures. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from customers and the general public.

- Ability to work with mathematical concepts and apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instruction in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; and talk or hear. The employee is required to walk, bend and reach with hands and arms and climb utility poles.

- The employee must occasionally lift, carry and/or move up to 75 pounds.

- The noise and dust level in the work environment is as would be encountered in normal commercial/industrial sites.

- Proficient in the use of personal computers, preferably Microsoft Office applications.

- Must be a graduate of KIUC's apprenticeship program, or provide documentation of an accredited Apprenticeship program providing equivalent knowledge.