Line Foreman – Underground Position Summary

The Line Foreman – Underground is a working leader who supervises assigned personnel while performing underground distribution construction, maintenance, troubleshooting, and restoration. The position also supports overhead, substation, and outage work as needed. Responsibilities include promoting safe work practices, training and developing employees, ensuring quality workmanship, and maintaining compliance with Cooperative standards and industry requirements.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead daily work activities, conduct job briefings, identify hazards, and enforce safety policies and procedures.
• Direct and perform construction, maintenance, repair, and operation of underground and overhead distribution systems.
• Ensure proper identification of energized and de-energized equipment and compliance with required clearances.
• Train, mentor, and evaluate employees; communicate performance and development needs to Operations management.
• Install, maintain, troubleshoot, and replace underground lines, pad-mounted transformers, and related equipment.
• Lead underground outage response, including troubleshooting, isolation, repairs, and service restoration.
• Perform overhead line work, including pole setting, framing, conductor installation, and transformer replacement.
• Perform energized line work according to established safety procedures.
• Operate and maintain trucks, bucket trucks, backhoes, trenchers, forklifts, and other assigned tools and equipment.
• Operate and maintain substations as assigned and understand system feeds, switching devices, and protective equipment.
• Coordinate with Engineering and other departments to ensure work meets designs, codes, and Cooperative standards.
• Inspect facilities and completed work, address unsafe conditions, and maintain clean, safe job sites.
• Complete work orders, material records, time sheets, and other required documentation accurately and promptly.
• Maintain crew vehicles, tools, and equipment and report needed repairs or safety concerns.
• Stay current on utility technology, construction practices, equipment, and safety requirements.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of underground and overhead distribution construction, maintenance, troubleshooting, and safety practices.
• Ability to lead, train, motivate, and evaluate employees.
• Strong organizational skills, including prioritizing work, maintaining records, and meeting deadlines.
• Effective communication and teamwork skills when working with employees, management, members, contractors, and the public.
• Ability to operate assigned vehicles, tools, and equipment and use laptops, tablets, radios, and related technology.
• Ability to perform emergency procedures, including CPR, first aid, and pole-top rescue.

Education and Experience

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Completion of technical training at an accredited power line school.
• Experience with both underground and overhead distribution systems required.
• Significant underground construction, maintenance, troubleshooting, and restoration experience preferred.
• Three or more years of Journeyman Lineman experience preferred.
• Crew leadership, training, or mentoring experience preferred.

Licenses and Certifications

• Valid Iowa Commercial Driver’s License (CDL).
• Ability to maintain all required Cooperative safety and job-related certifications.

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