Description
The Town of Hardwick Electric Department (HED) is looking for ambitious and enterprising candidates to consider for filling vacancies within our operations team. We are looking for two skilled, capable, and fully qualified First-Class line workers.
HED is a VPPSA and NEPPA member with 325 miles of overhead/underground power facilities, and our service area includes customers in eleven Vermont towns. Applicants must be proficient in performing all overhead/underground transmission and distribution operations, construction, maintenance, and restoration duties - in accordance with industry standard safe work practices for both energized and de-energized equipment. Successful candidates are required to reside within a 30-minute radius from our Hardwick service center and will be in the on-call rotation for after-hours outage response. HED operations staff are paramount - and share responsibilities with HED - in educating and developing subordinate crew members as they progress through the Vermont Department of Labor line worker apprenticeship program. Successful candidates will also possess and maintain a Vermont Class A Commercial Driver's License.
The Town of Hardwick is part of Vermont's "Northeast Kingdom" where outdoor and nature enthusiasts can enjoy limitless activities year-round. Skiing, snowboarding, hunting, fishing, snowmobiling, hiking, cycling, and gardening, are all readily available. You can also enjoy top notch arts performances within short driving distances to venues in Burlington, Stowe, Jay Peak, and via Catamount Arts in St. Johnsbury.
HED's hourly wage for a First-Class line worker is $50.76 with an excellent fringe benefits package that includes a 401k Plan, a pension plan, medical/dental insurance, life insurance, paid holidays, plus personal and vacation time off.
If you enjoy line work and take pride in what you do - we look forward to receiving a cover letter and a copy of your resume ASAP.