Assistant Cable Splicer

Portland General Electric

The Role

Overview

Assist with cable splicing, transformer installation, and related linework in transmission systems.

Key Responsibilities

  • streetlight install
  • conduit install
  • cable splice
  • transformer install
  • primary switching
  • vehicle operation

Tasks

-Install and maintain streetlight standards and streetlight equipment. -Install conduits. -Rack, insulate, splice, and terminate leaded and nonleaded cables. This work will be performed in vaults, pad mounts, manholes, hand holes, and trenches, or on structures or poles. -Install and remove all types of transformers, arresters, fuses, cutouts, switches, and street lighting equipment. -Do primary switching in the underground area and switch lines at all voltages. -Install and connect transformers. The work shall include but not be limited to installing main line service boxes, main line disconnect blocks or switches; network protector testing; jumpering customers' services; and other types of hot secondary wiring including residential underground. Above work is on hot lines with extremely high short-circuit currents. -Drive Company vehicles, both cars and trucks. -Assist cable splicer as required. -Install and connect transformers in customers' vaults as well as Company vaults.

Requirements

  • journeyman
  • lineman card
  • hot line
  • cdl
  • asbestos
  • osha

What You Bring

-Journeyman Lineman card required. -Will be required to live within a reasonable distance of headquarters. -Hot line experience required. -Must possess and maintain a valid CDL driver’s license. -Asbestos physical and fit test for respirator are required and must be maintained. -Knowledge of safety regulations and OSHA required.

The Company

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.

Sector Specialisms

Energy

Commercial

Industrial

Renewable Energy

Carbon Free Energy

Electricity Generation

Electricity Transmission

Electricity Distribution

Hydropower

Wind

Solar

Battery Storage

Thermal

Infrastructure

Maintenance Services

Construction Materials and Services

Professional and Consulting Services

Information Technology

High-voltage Electrical Systems

Emergency Electrical Repair

Outage Restoration

Business Distribution Services