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Uses all tools and equipment necessary for installation and maintenance of overhead and URD distribution lines.
Operates equipment necessary for maintenance and installation of overhead and URD lines including trucks and trailers, winches, bucket truck controls, pulling machine, rope machine, forklift, road boring machine, minicrane, air compressors, flashing arrows, trenchers, backhoe, hydraulic cutting equipment, etc.
Operates small tools necessary for construction and maintenance of overhead lines and URD including jackhammer, chipping hammer, rotohammer, chain saw, tree saw, electric hacksaw, hotsticks, tensioning machine, portable and truck-mounted generator, bolt-cutter, pliers, cable-stripping equipment, ground rod driver, Nico, Electric High and Burndy presses, status scopes, phasing sets, and primary and secondary voltmeters, etc.
Works with various types of equipment including single- and three-phase transformers, capacitors, regulators, re-closers, switches, cutouts, pad-mount transformers, pad-mount switchgear, switching modules, concrete pads, etc.
Climbs and works from wooden and steel poles and steel platforms, requiring wearing of line worker body belt, harness, and other safety equipment.

Journeyman Lineman

Portland General Electric · Posted Nov 6, 2026

Responsible for construction, operation, and safety of the Company's lines and poles and all equipment attached thereto.

Pay: $70.87 / hr

Work safely
Construct and maintain dead or energized overhead and underground transmission and distribution circuits
Install and remove all types of transformers, arresters, fuses, cutouts, switches, and street-lighting equipment
Drive articulated boom trucks, ladder trucks, hole-digging and pole-setting equipment, and other equipment associated with distribution and transmission work
Perform pole-top rescue as needed