Utility Trainee (Meter and Installation)

Job Description

Description

At Exelon, we've got a place for you!

Join the nation's leading competitive energy provider, with one of the largest electricity generation portfolios and retail customer bases in the country. You will be part of a family of companies that strives for the highest standards of power generation, competitive energy sales, and energy delivery. Our team of outstanding professionals is focused on performance, thought leadership, innovation, and the power of ideas that come from a diverse and inclusive workforce.

Exelon will provide you the tools and resources you need to design, build and enhance a successful career. We are also dedicated to motivating the success of our employees through competitive base salary, incentives, and health and retirement benefits.

Join Exelon and share your passion at a forward-thinking Fortune 100 company. Establish yourself in a place where you can truly shine and create a brighter, more sustainable tomorrow. Energize your career at Exelon!


PRIMARY DUTIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Approximately 18 months of instruction leading to an electric or gas distribution discipline.
• During the first 6 to12 months of the program, trainee will participate in formal curriculum at the Utility Learning Center for cognitive learning, as well as physical attainment of the skills of the trade. Under the direction of qualified instructors learn how to interpret construction drawings, standards, safety practices, work procedures and regulations; and apply that knowledge to the construction, maintenance and service of both gas and electric utility infrastructure and limited customer equipment. Discipline specific on-the-job training will be combined with the time spend at the training center.
• Interact and communicate with the public utilizing verbal communication skills in confrontational situations.

 

Location-Front Street  

Number of positons-3

Senior Qualified

 

Qualifications

Skills/Abilities:

• Ability to interpret and accurately follow technical instructions.
• Physical ability to perform assigned job duties, (e.g., ability to lift 50 lbs. or greater; climb 90 ft utility poles; work from ladders and aerial lifts; work in manholes, underground utility vaults and excavated trenches; operate heavy duty construction equipment.)
• Ability to meet Occupational Safety and Health Administration weight restriction (275 lbs.) for bucket trucks and manhole entry when wearing required tools.
• Willingness to work under adverse working conditions (e.g., inclement weather and vehicular traffic).
• Willingness to work shift, weekend and mandatory overtime.
• Satisfactory completion of the Construction and Skilled Trades Test Battery.
• Valid driver’s license and the ability to meet Company driving standards. Ability to obtain appropriate Commercial Driver’s License, Class A, where applicable.
• Must pass U.S. Department of Transportation Chemical Test.
• Ability to operate in both Gas & Electric emergency situations.
• Ability to operate and update a Mobile Data Terminal.
• Ability to Diagnose, Analyze and Investigate illegal and unsafe hazards on all utility equipment.
• Ability to comprehend training modules and successfully pass written and practical demonstration testing.

Education/Experience:

• Training, education and/or experience in a technical or vocational field; or equivalent combination of formal education/training and experience.

Exelon is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and employees or applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to: age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law.

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