Journey Lineworkers Wanted

The sign-on bonus is just the beginning

We are currently looking for exceptional journey lineworkers who share our passion for the community and desire to serve.

We’d all be in the dark without you

It’s one thing to talk about strengthening the grid and another thing to be the ones doing it. At PGE, our line crews work year-round building, maintaining and repairing the electrical grid that keeps our customers lives, homes and businesses powered. Whatever the challenge and no matter the time, they always answer the call.

Team PGE earns top spot at Pacific Northwest Lineman Rodeo

The teams shined at the 30th annual Pacific Northwest Rodeo with journey lineworkers, apprentices and pre-apprentices all scoring top spots in their respective competitions.

We are a committed team that delivers an Oregon kind of energy.

Let’s get into it. Here’s where the rubber meets the road. Below you’ll find more information about what we’re offering and what we expect.  

Our compensation is highly competitive, ranking among the highest in the industry. It also reflects the high value we place on our journey lineworkers and the critical service they provide.

Here’s just some of the benefits our journey lineworkers receive:

  • Signing bonus, plus help with relocation for eligible new employees

  • Paid training

  • 401(k) with 6% match on base pay with a 7% fixed contribution (profit share) and an additional contribution from the company of 4% eligible overtime

  • State-of-the-art safety gear, tools and equipment

  • Paid vacation days, holidays and voluntary overtime

  • Excellent health and dental options for dependents

Essential job responsibilities:

  • Work safely without exception

  • Construct and maintain dead or energized overhead and underground transmission and distribution circuits

  • Install and remove all types of transformers, arresters, fuses, cutouts, switches and street-lighting equipment

  • Drive articulated boom trucks, ladder trucks, hole-digging and pole-setting equipment, and other equipment associated with distribution and transmission work

  • Maximize the use of personnel and equipment to complete the job in a timely and orderly fashion while maintaining quality and safety

  • Climb poles to perform work

  • Provide coverage throughout PGE’s service area

You must have:

  • Journeyman Lineman card

  • Proficiency in hot sticking (required by end of the probationary period)

  • Valid CDL driver’s license

  • Knowledge of safety regulations and OSHA requirements

  • Passed a pre-employment physical and drug screen

  • Ability to climb and safely perform work from a pole

  • Proficiency in performing pole-top rescues

  • Documentation showing completion of an accredited apprenticeship program

  • IBEW Local 125 union membership

Reach out to talentacquisition@pgn.com with any questions.

Let’s get started

Ready to join our team? Here’s where you’ll find all our current job listings. Or if you’ve already applied, you can check the status of your application.