Electric Line Assistant

Requisition ID # 154895
Job Category: Maintenance / Construction / Operations
Job Level: Individual Contributor
Business Unit: Electric Operations
Work Type: Onsite
Job Location: Lemoore
Department Overview
The workers of Electric Operations ensure the delivery of safe and reliable electric service to our customers. Electric Operations is responsible for every aspect of PG&E's electric distribution and transmission operations, including planning, engineering, maintenance and construction, asset management, business planning, restoration and emergency response.
Position Summary
The Electric Line Assistant is a beginning level classification represented by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) local 1245, which has over 100 years of experience representing employees at PG&E. This job is subject to collective bargaining.
Employees in this classification will assist journeyman or apprentice lineman/cable splicer in performing required work. This employee will perform semi-skilled work which may include the use of hand and portable power tools not requiring precision. The employee will assist in overhead and underground line construction, maintenance and other miscellaneous semi-skilled work.
To better represent the communities we serve, applicants who live within 50 miles of the headquarter location will be given preference.
This position may be a DOT (Department of Transportation) covered classification and is subject to random drug and/or alcohol screening.
PG&E is providing the hourly rate that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This position is subject to collectively bargained hourly wage rates and increases. The starting wage rate for this position is $34.53 per hour. This wage rate is specific to the locality of the job. The wage rate is based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, collective bargaining agreements, and internal equity.
Job Responsibilities

• Drive a truck and maneuver it at the job site as required in connection with the maintenance, construction and operation of overhead and underground electrical facilities
• Assist with ground work, perform traffic control work, maintain tools and material on the truck in good order and drive all-terrain vehicles
• Setting and anchoring poles as well as setting and installing overhead structures
• Assists crew in removing facilities, preparing cable for pulling, climbing ladders, working in trenches, framing poles and building cross arms
• Operate hydraulic equipment, including tamper, ground rod driver and spade, as well as line truck, digger derrick, crane and forklift
• Work may include the use of a computer to complete field clerical duties

Qualifications
Minimum:

• Must possess a High School diploma or GED
• Must be 18 years of age
• Must possess and maintain a California Class C Driver's License by first day of employment
• Must obtain a California Class A permit within 3 months of hire and a Class A Driver's License within 6 months of hire
• Must have ability to lift 50 pounds to waist at least one time a day
• Must be willing to work flexible shifts with extended hours
• Must be able to wear company provided Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Desired:

• California Class A Driver's License
• To better represent the communities we serve, applicants who live within 50 miles of the headquarter location will be given preference
• Relevant Hiring Hall Experience
• Experience in construction
• Mechanical experience
• Completion of various skilled trade courses
• Graduate of a PG&E PowerPathway Program
• Graduate of the Cypress Mandela Construction Apprentice program, or other physical trade program
• Military experience

Pre-Employment Testing
PG&E Employees: You must have qualified on all prerequisite tests prior to submitting an application; and all secondary tests prior to interviewing. For more information on prerequisite and secondary exams, including study guides, please visit the Pre-employment testing program website.

• Physical Test Battery
• Work Orientation Inventory-Physical/Technical Driving
• Post-Offer Physical Assessment Lineworkers

Purpose, Virtues and Stands
Our Purpose explains "why" we exist:

• Delivering for our hometowns
• Serving our planet
• Leading with love

Our Virtues capture "who" we need to be:

• Trustworthy
• Empathetic
• Curious
• Tenacious
• Nimble
• Owners

Our Stands are "what" we will achieve together:

• Everyone and everything is always safe
• Catastrophic wildfires shall stop
• It is enjoyable to work with and for PG&E
• A healthy environment and carbon-neutral energy system shall be the reality for all Californians
• Our work shall create prosperity for all customers and investors

More About Our Company
EEO
Pacific Gas and Electric Company is an Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity employer that actively pursues and hires a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, religion, physical or mental disability status, medical condition, protected veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information or any other factor that is not related to the job.
Employee Privacy Notice The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) goes into effect on January 1, 2020. CCPA grants new and far-reaching privacy rights to all California residents. The law also entitles job applicants, employees and non-employee workers to be notified of what personal information PG&E collects and for what purpose. The Employee Privacy Notice can be accessed through the following link: Employee Privacy Notice
PG&E will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment in a manner consistent with all state and local laws.