Traveling Aerial Lineman | Charlotte, NC

Traveling Aerial Lineman Charlotte, NC

Traveling Aerial Lineman

Location: Charlotte, NC
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Benefits

Calculating your total compensation is key to understanding the full value National invests in you. Our competitive benefits and perks enable you to live your best life, inside and outside of work. When it comes to understanding your total compensation, it’s more than your wage. It’s a total investment in your well-being that we hope gives you and your family more peace of mind on and off the clock, anytime, and anywhere.

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Company Vehicle and Fuel Card*

Qualifying positions get access to a company vehicle and fuel card for the commute to each job site, meaning you keep more of your money in your pocket. National pays for maintenance and gas so you won’t have to.
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Free Tools & Uniforms*

National provides all tools, equipment and uniforms needed to perform your duties in the field, keeping more money in your pocket as you start your new career.
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Major Medical Plans

Tiered medical insurance provides excellent coverage and deductible options for your health care.
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Vision Coverage

All your vision needs are met with our vision insurance policies by Community Eye Care, including a free annual eye exam, affordable eyewear copay, and $150 allowance to purchase any eyewear, even sunglasses, with no prescription required! These services are available 24/7 online.
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Dental Coverage

With Guardian dental, all preventative care deductibles are completely waived. This enables you to get the dental care you need with minimal copayments.
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PTO (Vacation, Sick, Personal Time off)

Up to 18 days of Paid Time Off per Year.
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Paid Holidays

Up to 6 Paid Holidays per Year.
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401K Retirement - Vanguard

Enables employees to responsibly save for retirement, all while being able to choose from a variety of savings plans that best suit you.
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Free Life Insurance - $25,000

We offer a base level of life insurance at no cost to our employees to help them plan for the worst. Life insurance policies give a basic level of financial security so employees can focus on building their career while protecting their loved ones in the unexpected case of death.
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FREE Employee Assistance Program (Family law, counseling & more)

Our EAP helps employees with a myriad of services, including financial and legal counseling, personal convenience solutions, grief counseling, health solutions, and so much more. It comes at no cost to our team members yet empowers them to receive professional help with many facets of their daily lives.
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FREE 24/7/365 Doctor by Phone - Teladoc

Grants access to 24/7 virtual health care with a licensed medical professional without the cost of a copay. This turns potentially expensive office visits into quick phone calls and comes in handy when you just need a simple prescription.
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Voluntary Short/Long Term Disability, Voluntary Term Life & AD&D

If you suddenly become unable to work due to illness or injury, our programs provide you with the financial resources necessary to help you stay financially stable.

* For qualifying field positions

Position Summary:

National OnDemand, Inc. is a communications and utilities infrastructure provider delivering service solutions to the Fiber, Wireless, Energy and Technology sectors in the United States. Headquartered in Burlington, North Carolina, the Company provides full turnkey infrastructure solutions – on demand, anywhere across its service footprint and has secured and sustained its current standing in the market through the successful completion of mergers and acquisitions, along with demonstrable, steady organic growth.

Primary Position Duties:

  • Operating bucket truck as well as other equipment related to aerial fiber construction
  • Understand how to proficiently set up the job (strand trailer, fiber trailer and caddies)
  • Understand clearances from the other utilities, ground, road, highway, sidewalk and non-pedestrian areas
  • Knowledge and ability to properly frame poles according to industry specifications
  • Ability to lash/over-lash single and multiple cable bundles of fiber cables
  • Ability to read and interpret network prints
  • Ability to safely climb poles using gaffs or ladders
  • Understand and follow OSHA safety requirements to complete the job(s) safely and efficiently
  • Communicate by phone frequently throughout the work day
  • Follow direction(s) specifically delivered from crew leader
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

Position Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing duties, the employee will work primarily in the field. The employee may be required to work outdoors in all types of weather and may be exposed to dust, fluctuating temperatures, and periodic high noise levels.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands and fingers to handle, feel, or operate objects, tools or controls, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to stand, talk, and hear.

Travel

The employee may be required to travel to other project sites in different states to assist with new project start up. Travel will be for 28 day periods at a time.

Education or Skills:

  • High school diploma or its equivalent
  • Combination of technical training and/or experience
  • 1 year of relevant experience
  • Previous experience in a construction environment preferred
  • Must be able to meet physical requirement of the position
  • Must be able to work nights and weekends, if necessary
  • Must be able to work in all weather conditions.
  • Must have a valid driver’s license
  • Must be authorized to work in the United States
  • Must be able to pass drug, background, DOT & MVR screenings

Benefits

This is a full time position with access to our comprehensive benefits which include paid time off (PTO), medical, dental, vision, short- and long-term disability, and life insurance, an Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and 401(k). ; EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER: NATIONAL OnDemand, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. The company’s policy does not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on race, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, color, religion, national origin, disability, genetic information, age, veteran status or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state or local laws. NATIONAL OnDemand, Inc. prohibits harassment of applicants and employees based on any of these protected categories.

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What is an Aerial Lineman?

An aerial lineman is responsible for constructing strand infrastructure and securing fiber optic cables to it. Essentially, they’re the people climbing up utility poles up to twenty-five feet in the air and hanging cable bundles over them.

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