Power Linesmen Job in Perth, Western Australia Australia
- Excellent Pay plus Benefits
- Electrical Fitter Mechanic/Overhead Linesperson Certificate
- Elevated Work Platform Certificate/Licence
About the company:
Our client is one of Australia’s leading construction, mining and services contractor. Based in Perth and have been in existence for more than 80 years, our client has amassed enormous depth and breadth of experience, capabilities, skills and resources.
About the role:
Working in a team environment, you will be responsible for the installation, repair, maintenance and patrolling of the overhead lines and cables that carry electricity to domestic, commercial and industrial premises.
You will install earth stakes, wood, concrete and steel structures and guy wires; using hand and power tools and equipment such as elevated work platforms, hole and trench diggers and self loading vehicles.
You will also install and service aerial equipment such as conductors, cross arms, insulators, street lights and customer supply points, transformers, pole mounted circuit breakers and switches.
Other duties will include:
- Constructing, maintaining and repairing overhead distribution lines.
- Undertaking risk assessments before all construction, maintenance and repair work.
- Performing emergency repairs on overhead distribution lines including isolating the live mains.
- Carrying out regrowth maintenance as required.
- Maintaining all relevant competencies including pole top resuscitation and resuce.
Skills/Criteria:
- Exposure upto 33Kv in an overhead lines environment.
- Scale tower and poles and have experience within working at heights.
- Certificate of Competency as an Overhead Linesperson or Electrical Fitter Mechanic.
- Driver Licence
- Elevated work Platform Certificate/Licence
- Crane Operator or GP operator ticket (desirable)
- Fork Truck Operator Licence (desirable)