Line Trouble Shooter 1/C T&D

Avangrid

The Role

Overview

Install, maintain, and repair transmission/distribution pole lines, handling emergencies.

Key Responsibilities

  • safety compliance
  • energizing lines
  • pole linework
  • emergency duty
  • record keeping

Tasks

-Must practice Company safety policies and procedures. -Works on energizes lines and equipment in accordance with Company’s Distribution and/or Transmission Standards and Safety Regulations. -Safely performs all types of transmission and distribution pole line work, including climbing poles, installing or maintaining crossarms, pins, insulators, wires and cable, transformers, cutouts, lightning arrestors and related equipment. -Assumes the responsibility of emergency duty with a minimum of supervision and directs the activities of lower rated workers. Sharing the standby requirements of the area. -Prepares and keeps such records as may be necessary and performs other appropriate work as may be assigned.

Requirements

  • class a
  • electrical training
  • line worker
  • agile
  • drug test
  • relocation

What You Bring

-Is subject to the Company random drug and alcohol testing policy. -Be agile -Must be capable of performing all the essential functions of the classification. -Must be a graduate of an approved vocational school, institute, or college with acceptable grades majoring in electrical and line worker training or have previous experience in line work. A qualified applicant may also be a first-class service worker, line worker apprentice or above. -Technical Skills -Must have a valid Class A driver's license unless you were a Lineworker with a Class B driver’s license prior to 7/1/2009, and a good record of safe driving. -Must reside within an acceptable distance (45 minutes) from their regular reporting location or be willing to relocate within nine months of transfer and be available for emergency assignments.

The Company

About Avangrid

-Born in 2015 from a merger with UIL Holdings, creating a national powerhouse from regional utilities. -Headquartered in Orange, Connecticut, with operations in 24 U.S. states. -Its utilities arm manages eight electric and natural gas systems. -Projects include onshore wind, solar, biomass, thermal plants, and grid upgrades. -Fully acquired by Iberdrola in late 2024, enhancing investment potential. -Key ventures include the nation's largest offshore wind project and the Maine Power upgrade. -Combines local legacy with large-scale clean energy ambition.

Sector Specialisms

Energy

Renewable Energy

Electricity Transmission

Electricity Distribution

Smart Grids

Grid Infrastructure

Power Generation

Natural Gas Utilities

Electric Vehicles

Charging Infrastructure

Energy Storage

Clean Heat

Building Electrification

Integrated System Planning

Distribution Grid Operations

Digital Customer Experience

Sustainable Industrialization

Hydrogen Energy

Smart Meter Deployment

Grid Automation