High Line Worker (On-Site)
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Job No: 500005
FT/PT: Full-time
Regular/Project/Seasonal: Regular
Location: La Grange, TX
City: LaGrange
State: Texas
Categories: Operations/Maintenance (Power, Water, Transmission, Telecom), On-site
We, the Line Operations group at LCRA, are looking for a High Line Worker to join our team! This position is based out of our Eastern Maintenance Facility in La Grange, TX. This role is open to all candidates from apprentice lineman through journeyman, and individuals will be selected for a grade commensurate with their experience. In this role, you would help us in our mission to improve the lives of Central Texas. If you want to advance your career at an excellent company that provides for the local community, puts safety first, offers amazing benefits and training, then this is the job for you! Our ideal candidate will strive for excellence in all areas of their work while exemplifying LCRA’s values of focusing on service, taking initiative, showing respect, and operating with integrity!
You will be trusted to:
- Perform various tasks in constructing, maintaining, and/or repairing of electric transmission lines. Act as a resource for colleagues with less experience. May direct the work of other staff members in the supervisor’s absence as necessary. - Perform routine, standard and complex tasks associated with all aspects of the construction or maintenance and repair of transmission lines (e.g. overhaul and inspection of lines and installing lines). - Operate and maintain equipment such as bucket trucks, boom trucks, winch trucks, etc., used in performing aerial work. - Assist the supervisor with planning and performing jobs. Act in the supervisor’s absence as necessary. - Perform live-line maintenance with hot-sticks on energized transmission lines. - Interpret and follow all safety, environmental and departmental policies and procedures. - Respond to emergency situations. - Communicate with management, customer and landowners through both verbal and written methods. - Perform work by traveling independently or with a small crew to various locations (substations, power plants, transmission lines, etc.) as scheduled. - Provide day-to-day guidance and direction to less-experienced team members. Use leadership skills to lead others and effectively manage multiple tasks at the same time in support of the supervisor and in lieu of the supervisor.
You qualify with:
- Four or more years of experience in transmission and/or distribution line construction or maintenance work or related field involving work at heights or relevant experience. - Class A Texas commercial driver’s license
You are a great fit with:
- Knowledge of transmission construction and/or maintenance operations - Knowledge of heavy equipment operations - Skill in communicating effectively with team members, supervision/management, landowners and external organizations under normal and emergency conditions - Ability to work in a team environment - Ability to train others and communicate complex information to less experienced personnel - Ability to climb wood and steel structures up to extreme heights - Familiarity with work that involves 24-hour emergency call-out
You gain:
- Competitive salary & medical, dental, vision and legal insurance
- Paid time off, including time for vacation, sick and family care leave
- 401(k) match up to 8% that includes a student loan 401(k) contribution program option
- Life and disability insurance
- Wellness program including wellness incentive
- Extensive learning & development programs
And more - all to create a compelling and rewarding work environment.
Equal Opportunity Employer
LCRA provides equal employment opportunities and a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at LCRA are based on business need, job requirement and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, or veteran status in accordance with applicable federal and state legal requirements governing nondiscrimination in employment.
LCRA is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to job applicants with physical or mental disabilities. Applicants with a disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process can contact LCRA Human Resources (512) 578-4004 or email lcra.benefits@lcra.org . Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis.
Applications close: 11/04/2025 Central Standard Time
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