Line Electrician

Freeport-McMoRan is a leading international mining company with headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona. We operate large, long-lived, geographically diverse assets with significant proven and probable reserves of copper, gold, and molybdenum. The company has a dynamic portfolio of operating, expansion and growth projects in the copper industry. Freeport-McMoRan is one of the world's largest publicly traded copper producers, the world's largest producer of molybdenum and a significant gold producer. We have a long and successful history of conducting our business in a safe, highly efficient and socially-responsible manner.

We have the assets, the talent, the drive and the financial strength to provide attractive and rewarding careers of our employees. We encourage you to take the time to explore the opportunity to advance your career at Freeport-McMoRan.

Description

A Line Electrician safely performs duties relating to the construction and maintenance of high and low voltage power transmission lines and related structures and system components.

• Perform duties associated with the extension and cutback of power lines and various distribution service lines for the site, mine, mobile equipment and substations
• Tasks may include but are not limited to test, frame, and set poles; string electric power lines, install cross arms and anchors, replaces switches, and circuit protection equipment, etc.
• Perform power line and system preventative maintenance
• Troubleshoot system faults on power distribution lines
• Perform construction and maintenance of high or low voltage electric power lines and structures
• May install and maintain:
  • Distribution transmissions systems including substations, substation equipment, single and banked transformers and services
  • General area lighting and perform maintenance of single and banked transformers and services
  • Secondary and primary customer metering
• Mentor or train other electrical workers and perform as a Fill-In Supervisor as needed
• May perform groundman duties such as gathering materials, running equipment, etc.
• Perform other duties as required

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Completion of an approved Lineman Apprentice program, OR
• Minimum of four (4) years of experience as a Lineman, OR
• Associate's degree or Trade School Certification in a related field and two (2) years of experience in overhead and underground power distribution, construction, maintenance and repair
• Valid State Driver's License with the ability to obtain a CDL certification within 90 days of hire date
• Knowledge of rubber gloving, sticking, and livewire maintenance
• Must be proficient in lock out, tag out, try out (LOTOTO)
• Ability to work out of a bucket for long periods of time
• Adequate score on Companywide assessment test to demonstrate knowledge
• Proficiency in troubleshooting, maintenance and repair of overhead power distribution of electrical circuits and connected equipment, focusing on low and medium voltage; this includes the ability to read, understand and apply information from technical manuals, prints, and schematics for trouble shooting and repair
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Knowledge of NFPA-70E arc flash electrical safety standards

Preferred

• High School diploma or GED
• Four-year electrical lineman apprenticeship
• Knowledge of methods, materials, and tools used for construction, maintenance and repair of an overhead/underground transmission, distribution and substation electrical systems
• Commercial driver's license (CDL) and air break certification
• Experience with operating digger, bucket trucks, boom truck, hand tools near and around electrical distribution lines

Criteria/Conditions

• Ability to understand and apply verbal and written work and safety-related instructions and procedures given in English
• Ability to communicate in English with respect to job assignments, job procedures, and applicable safety standards
• Must be able to work in a potentially stressful environment
• This is a Safety sensitive role
• Work is performed in a mine or manufacturing plant which may include exposure to extremes in temperature and humidity, moving mechanical parts, risk of electric shock, toxic chemicals, fumes or airborne particles
• While performing duties of this job, the employee is required to stand, sit, demonstrate manual dexterity, climb stairs and ladders, work on elevated platforms, talk, hear, see and work in confined spaces
• Occasionally may be asked required to life moderately heavy to heavy objects (up to 50 pounds) during the course of the workday
• Will be required to work rotating shifts in a 24/7/365 operation
• Personal protective equipment is required when performing work in a mine, outdoor, manufacturing or plant environment, including hard hat, hearing protection, safety glasses, safety footwear, and as needed, respirator, rubber steel-toe boots, protective clothing, gloves and any other protective equipment as required
• Freeport-McMoRan promotes a drug/alcohol-free work environment through the use of mandatory pre-employment drug testing and on-going random drug testing as allowed by applicable State laws

Freeport-McMoRan has reviewed the jobs at its various office and operating sites and determined that many of these jobs require employees to perform essential job functions that pose a direct threat to the safety or health of the employees performing these tasks or others. Accordingly, the Company has designated the following positions as safety-sensitive:

• Site-based positions, or positions which require unescorted access to site-based operational areas, which are held by employees who are required to receive MSHA, OSHA, DOT, HAZWOPER and/or Hazard Recognition Training; or
• Positions which are held by employees who operate equipment, machinery or motor vehicles in furtherance of performing the essential functions of their job duties, including operating motor vehicles while on Company business or travel (for this purpose "motor vehicles" includes Company owned or leased motor vehicles and personal motor vehicles used by employees in furtherance of Company business or while on Company travel); or
• Positions which Freeport-McMoRan has designated as safety sensitive positions in the applicable job or position description and which upon further review continue to be designated as safety-sensitive based on an individualized assessment of the actual duties performed by a specifically identified employee.

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