Job Description
Your New Job: Aerial Lineman $1000 Sign-On Bonus
HHS Construction, a Congruex company, provides aerial, underground, substructure, ISP, wireless, telecom engineering, and splicing services in and around Portland. We are looking for an Aerial Lineman to join our team. In this role, you will repair and maintain major cable system and structures.
Job Responsibilities:
- Repairs and maintains major cable system and structures such as broken lashing, replacing, or re-sagging aerial strand, pole transfers, down-guys, aerial to underground conversion, substructure repairs and cable replacements related to system outages, maintenance, rebuilds and emergencies or hazards.
- Reads and interprets work orders, specifications, engineering drawings and/or cut sheets to determine work to be done in a sequence of the task.
- Performs construction work such as digging holes, climbing telephone poles, placing, and removing poles and anchors, pulling and stringing wire/cable from pole to pole, laying cable and conduit in the ground.
- Operates power equipment such as compressors, pumps, blowers, hydraulic diggers, and hydraulic aerial lifts mounted on trucks.
- Uses test equipment to check for gas in manholes; may be required to empty water and other debris from manholes.
- Dismantles, moves, and removes aerial, underground, or building wire, cable associated equipment, and hardware.
- Connects wires and cables to terminals and attaches/detaches various kinds of hardware to wires, cables, buildings, or poles.
- Responds to and participates in emergency and outage situations that require heavy construction capabilities.
- Ensures that all work considers the safety of the customer and general public and compliance with all governmental orders.
- Able and willing to work outdoors and in inclement weather conditions.
- Completes daily production reports and As-Built documentation on prints.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
- Valid driver's license and transportation
- Previous experience in the telecom, utility, construction, and/or engineering industry
- 2-5 years recent experience as an Aerial Lineman
- Extensive knowledge of approved practices, procedures, tools, and materials used in telecom line construction work.
- Identify differences in wire and cable colors.
- Knowledge of first aid procedures and CPR.
- Ability to apply mathematics calculations (Example: fractions for use in drilling and pole sizing; calculating material and hardware length for assembling several pieces of equipment to poles of different thickness and circumferences.)
- Ability to work a flexible schedule to include nights, weekends, holidays and on-call as needed.
- A positive can-do attitude and openness to trying things new ways
- GRIT values – Guts, Reliability, Innovation, and Teamwork
Physical Demands and Working Environment:
- Lift moderately heavy equipment, such as telephone line; climb structures; and stand for long periods of time.
- Ability to work in a confined space and at high elevations (poles, hydraulic lift buckets, ladders.
- Climb up and down poles, ladders, machinery, and other objects.
- Push, pull, reach, and carry objects such as tools, materials, and equipment weighing up to 75 lbs.
- Load and unload tools and equipment on the truck.
- Coordinate movement of eyes, hands, fingers, and feet.
- Vision including depth perception, close vision, distance vision and ability to adjust focus.
- All work is performed at remote locations; driving and sitting are required.
- All work is outdoors, subject to inclement weather conditions.
Why Work At Congruex
No matter what role you play, you are an important part of the One Congruex Family. We offer:
- $1000 Sign-On Bonus, Local and Training Provided
- Medical, Dental & Vision Benefits
- 401(k) Program with a Company Match
- Free Wellness Resources & Marketplace Discounts
- Paid Maternity & Parental Leave
- Paid Basic Life Insurance & Voluntary Options
- The pillars of Congruex culture are GRIT, safety, inclusion, and family.
HHS Construction, LLC a Congruex Company, is growing in Portland Oregon. Learn more about our operating unit at .
Who is Congruex
Congruex designs and builds broadband and wireless communications infrastructure. The work we do enables everything in the modern world to operate, from healthcare and energy to transportation and social interactions.
We deliver turn-key network solutions under a single platform by aligning our engineering and in-market construction operating units. Our vision is to be the best end-to-end provider of network services in the U.S. and our core values of GRIT connect everything we do.
We are building tomorrow, together. Will you join us? The Fine Print:
We will determine salary based on skills and experience in relation to the function of the role, as well as equity to employees in similar roles. Some benefits have eligibility criteria. All requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at-will” employment relationship.
Job Tags
Full time, Contract work, Local area, Remote work, Relocation package, Flexible hours, Night shift,