Journey-Level Lineworker

Overview

Construct, maintain, and operate overhead/underground power lines and related equipment.

Key Responsibilities

• pole rescue
• boom truck
• circuit build
• transformer install
• pole climbing

Tasks

-Perform pole-top rescue as needed. -Drive articulated boom trucks, ladder trucks, hole-digging and pole-setting equipment, and other equip¬ment associated with distribution and transmission work. -Construct and maintain dead or energized overhead and underground transmission and distribution circuits Install and remove all types of transformers, arresters, fuses, cutouts, switches, and street-lighting equipment. -Climb poles to perform work.

Requirements

• climbing
• journeyman
• cdl license
• hot stick
• osha

What You Bring

-Must be able to climb. -Journeyman Lineman card required. -Must possess and maintain a valid CDL driver’s license. -Hot stick experience required. -Knowledge of safety regulations and OSHA required.

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About Portland General Electric

-the company began transmitting long‑distance power from Willamette Falls in 1889, a pioneering effort in the region -It operates a diversified fleet—hydro, natural gas, coal, wind and solar—alongside a sizable transmission and distribution network across Oregon -Serving nearly a million retail customers in over 50 cities, it blends generation, wholesale trading, and regulated retail operations -Typical projects include hydroelectric dams like T.W. Sullivan (still active from 1889), wind‑solar‑battery hybrids (e.g., Wheatridge), and transmission line expansions -Unusual facts: it closed Oregon’s last in‑state coal plant early and built one of the first long‑distance AC transmission systems in the U.S.

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