Right-of-Way Technician I

Job Description

Job Description

Description: Right of Way Technician I ,

Location: Greenville, AL

Department: Construction
Wage/Hour Status: Exempt ☐ Non-Exempt ☒
Summary: This position requires judgement to comply with instructions and standard procedures. Is responsible for inspecting, trimming, pruning, and removing trees and vegetation that interfere with electric distribution power lines, substations, and utility rights-of-way. This position helps maintain safe, reliable electrical service by ensuring vegetation complies with utility clearance standards while following industry safety regulations. Assist linemen in the construction, maintenance, and repair of electrical distribution system.

Reports to: Special Projects Manager Titles

Supervised: None

According to safety guidelines and visually inspecting for safe conditions, this position uses tractors, bushhogs, chain saws, pole saws and other handheld tools to clear trees, brush and shrubs from under distribution lines, as well as delimbing small trees. May apply herbicides to control brush and small trees in ROW.
As needed, assist linemen with installing transformers, lightening arrestors, cutouts, crossarms, insulators, switches, and switchgear. Identifies primary and secondary voltage on a circuit and assists in replacing fuses in transformers and clearing faulted circuits and systems. Sets, aligns and frames poles according to RUS standards. Handles cables, digs pole and anchor holes, sets anchors, etc. to assist line crews.
As needed, operates vehicles to ensure proper placement at the job site, including but not limited to bucket trucks, digger trucks, etc. Utilizes the bucket to install pole top material on deenergized lines; hang transformers. Connect services using the proper connectors based on wire size and combinations. Identifies primary and secondary pole top assemblies.
Maintains company vehicles, equipment, and tools in good working order. Performs preventative maintenance on tools by sharpening blades, replacing handles, sprockets, chains, etc. as required. Washing trucks are required.
Performs flagman duties and traffic control to protect employees and the public from injury. Operates radio communication equipment, abiding by Cooperative rules.
Explain to members, as needed, the Cooperative’s policies and procedures related to right-of-way clearance. Handles complaints or problems with courtesy and tact and refers members to supervisor as needed. Ensures the work site is clean and free from debris following completed work.
Performs other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications: Education: High School diploma or GED required. Acceptable performance in lineman school preferred or ability to complete course upon hire. Experience: Must be able to obtain a valid Class A Commercial Driver’s License and DOT Medical Card within six months of hire date. Experience in working in a logging environment preferred. Functional Competencies: Problem solving, mechanical aptitude, troubleshooting, critical thinking, flexibility, judgment, decision making, active listening skills, affective communication skills, time management, teamwork, member service, patience.

Work Schedule Requirements: Must be willing to work non-duty hours, including overtime, holidays, and weekends in emergency situations. Must be willing to work as a “B” person on standby. Must be able to obtain 60% participation on call-out duty. Must be willing to travel overnight occasionally for training. Special Requirements: Must be willing to participate in specialized training as requested. Must be able to successfully complete the lineman apprenticeship program, which includes becoming a qualified climber & proficiently demonstrating the ability to perform pole top and bucket rescue at height up to 65 feet. Must be able to perform first aid and CPR as needed.

Must reside within 35 minutes of the Greenville office.

Essential Physical and Mental Requirements
Physical Demands:
Continuous (>70%)
Frequent (40-69%) Occasional (15-39%)Rarely (up to 15%) Standing: ☒Continuous (>70%)

Walking: ☒Continuous (>70%)

Bending: ☒Continuous (>70%)
Crouching: ☒Continuous (>70%)

Climbing: ☒Frequent(40-69%)

Pushing/Pulling: ☒Frequent(40-69%)
Carrying: ☒Frequent(40-69%)

Lifting/Lowering 1-5 lbs . ☒ Occasional (15-39%)

6-30 lbs. ☒Frequent(40-69%)

31-50 lbs. ☒Frequent(40-69%)

> 50 lbs. ☒Frequent(40-69%)

Fine Eye/Hand Coordination: ☒Occasional (15-39%)

Color Discrimination: ☒Occasional (15-39%)

Hearing Acuity: ☒Continuous (>70%)

Visual Ability: ☒Continuous (>70%)

Mental Demands:
Continuous (>70%)
Frequent (40-69%)
Occasional (15-39%)
Rarely (up to 15%) Concentration to detail: ☒Continuous (>70%)

Attention span of 1+ hours on a task: ☒Continuous (>70%)

Ability to remember multiple tasks: ☒Frequent(40-69%)

Oral Communication: ☒Frequent(40-69%)

Written Communication: ☒Frequent(40-69%)

Working Conditions:
Continuous (>70%)
Frequent (40-69%)
Occasional (15-39%)
Rarely (up to 15%) Hazardous work conditions: ☒Continuous (>70%)

Extreme heat, cold, temp fluctuation: ☒Frequent(40-69%)

Hazardous chemicals: ☒Occasional (15-39%)
Other: ☐

PIONEER ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC.

DOT DRIVER JOB DESCRIPTION ADDENDUM FOR CDL HOLDERS

Background Information:

All DOT regulated positions are considered safety sensitive by regulation. Safety-sensitive employees are those employees

who discharge duties so fraught with risks of injury to self or others, environmental injury and/or property damage that

even a momentary lapse of attention can have disastrous consequences. It is an essential job function safety rule applicable to every employee working in a safety sensitive classified position to be able to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner.

Essential Licenses, Certifications, Registrations and Insurability

All Drivers must have a current commercial driver’s license (CDL) and possess a current DOT Medical Card issued

by a Certified Medical Examiner in accordance with the standards set forth in 49 CFR PART 391—

QUALIFICATIONS OF DRIVERS AND LONGER COMBINATION VEHICLE (LCV) DRIVER INSTRUCTORS.

Federal regulations require random testing of Drivers for drug or alcohol use. Drivers must be insurable at standard rates.

FMCSA Driver Fitness for Duty Statements

FMCSA Driver Fitness for Duty Statement : The DOT regulations make clear that the Company, as a DOT regulated

employer, makes the final determination of who is a qualified individual to drive a commercial motor vehicle. 49 CFR

• 391.11(a). The Company shall not permit a person to drive a commercial motor vehicle unless the person meets all

DOT minimum qualifications and such other more stringent qualifications and requirements relating to safety of

operation and employee safety and health. The Company may use the services of independent Medical Examiners,

Medical Review Officers and Occupational Physicians to make its final determinations.

FMCSA Driver Clearinghouse Certification : Drivers must be currently cleared without restriction in the FMCSA

Clearinghouse to immediately perform FMCSA Safety Sensitive duties as a DOT regulated Driver under 49 CFR

parts 382 & 391.

FMCSA Driver Safety Rule: requiring mandatory reporting by Drivers of off – duty DUI and Drug Offense Arrest

and/or Conviction. In accordance with the authority granted to the Company by the DOT in 49 CFR 382.111 to imposed

other requirements to prevent alcohol misuse by Drivers, it is mandatory that Drivers disclose to their supervisor by

the end of the business day arrest and/or convictions for all alcohol and/or drug related offenses committed while

operating any motor vehicle. This will allow the Company to immediately remove from safety sensitive functions,

Drivers who have engaged in off – duty unsafe behavior related to alcohol or drug misuse (which is directly related to

their safety sensitive functions performed for the Company) to make determinations as follows: 1) if the Driver is fit

for duty; 2) if the Driver is still qualified under DOT regulations to operate a CMV for the Company; 3) if the Driver

is still insurable at standard rates under the Company fleet policy; and 4) if the Driver can still meet the essential job

functions for the position of Driver. It is an Essential Job Function of every DOT regulated Driver that they be qualified

and licensed to operate a CMV without the use of a judicially ordered interlocking device, or similar device as part of

a diversion or conviction for an alcohol related offence.

Essential Physical Demands

• Hand-eye coordination. Driving a commercial motor vehicle requires the controlled use of multiple limbs on the

basis of what a person observes.

• Federal regulations require drivers to have normal use of their arms and legs.
• Hearing ability. Drivers need good hearing. Federal regulations require the ability to hear a forced whisper in

one ear at five feet (with or without the use of a hearing aid).

• Because of possible traffic congestion, Drivers are put in stressful situations and must be able to

continue to calmly operate their CMV.

• Physical health. Federal regulations do not allow people to become a Driver if they have a medical condition

that may interfere with their operation of a CMV, such as high blood pressure or epilepsy.

• Visual ability. Drivers must be able to pass vision tests. Federal regulations require at least 20/40 vision with a

70-degree field of vision in each eye, and the ability to distinguish colors on a traffic light.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit for long periods of time, stand,

walk, use hands to fingers, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear, see and inspect, and

bend.

• The employee must lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Essential Mental Functions

• Demonstrated past and present ability to safely operate a CMV
• Can read, understand, hear, and apply written and spoken directions
• Ability to work in a constant state of alertness and safe manner
• Ability to work in an unfatigued state
• Ability to accurately gauge lengths of time and distance
• Ability to quickly store and recall instructions in one’s short term memory
• Ability to concentrate
• Ability to cope with sudden changes in surrounding and/or emergency situations and/or alarms
• Demonstrates caring, committed and concerned attitude about safety
• Ability to rapidly respond to stimuli
• Possess fast reflexes and unimpaired coordination
• Ability to perform tasks involving high levels of cognitive function and judgment
• Not mentally or physically impaired from any cause that can adversely affect ability to safely and competently perform the DOT regulated functions
• Ability to take prompt and appropriate response to operating conditions
• Not mentally or physically impaired from any cause that can adversely affect ability to safely and competently

perform the DOT regulated functions

Please apply no later than Monday, August 3, 2026, by 4:30 pm. Pioneer Electric Cooperative, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer, including veterans and disabled.