This position will climb transmission wood and steel poles and steel towers. Operate service trucks, cranes, digger derricks, and bucket trucks. Operate chainsaws, drills and other power tools. Manually dig with a shovel. Apply wood preservative chemicals. Operate mobile computers for mapping system and facilities maintenance. Qualifications include three years overhead lineman experience, Class A commercial driver’s license with clean driving record, certified in glove and hot stick work on energized lines. Ability to lift/carry 75 pounds, perform heavy physical work and walk long distances over rough terrain. Have basic electrical training and ability to read blueprints and instruction manuals. Work outside in inclement weather day or night. Work overtime as required and report for emergency call in work anytime.
Minimum 3 years of related experience and a minimum of 620 hours (6 months) of industrial electricity education from a state approved industrial vocational school or a recognized accredited technical school. In addition, an employee must already have or receive a CDL license and State of Kentucky Pesticide applicators license within 6 months of accepting the job as Lineman. Travel within service area, out of town overnight, and overtime work is required. Reside within 35 miles of the workplace within 12 months. Prefer graduate of lineman training from accredited program.
Qualified candidates send resume to jobs@bigrivers.com – include job title & job number. Deadline to apply is 04/02/23. No third parties, no phone calls accepted. EOE/M/F/D/V
The first cooperative principle is voluntary and open membership. This was a driving factor in western Kentucky in 1936 and 1937 when neighbors and friends decided to work together to form Henderson Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation. Spurred by the need for electricity to improve the rural life style and economic benefits, these people voluntarily joined together to be better able to reach their dreams of electricity in their rural homes, farms and businesses. Soon, many people in western Kentucky and other parts of Kentucky and across the entire country were forming cooperative organizations to reach this same dream.
Once established with an infrastructure of wires, poles, transformers, meters, and members consuming electricity, the local cooperatives were viable economic business organizations facing the prospect of significant growth in numbers of members and their increasing appetite for electricity. To meet long-term power supply concerns, it only took a few years to see one of the next cooperatives to be formed. In 1961, three cooperatives, Henderson-Union RECC, headquartered in Henderson, Green River RECC, headquartered in Owensboro, and Meade County RECC, headquarte...red in Brandenburg, created Big Rivers Electric Corporation. Today the three member-owners of Big Rivers serve more than 121,000 members in 22 counties.
