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Line worker

Entergy

Posted 12/23/25

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639 Loyola Ave, New Orleans, LA 70113

Full-Time
Entry level
Energy and Utilities
In Person

Job Description

JOB SUMMARY/PURPOSE: The ability to perform all aspects of the Lineworker job function including but not limited to the day-to-day aspects of maintaining and building overhead and underground electrical facilities. Responsible various levels of learning, performing, and/or leading other lineworkers, material maintenance as well as, up to and including, aerial and underground work including utility distribution construction tasks. Working with a Live Safe mindset in all tasks; ensuring to mitigate hazards where identified.

JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

Lineworker I

  • Proper use and care of all rubber goods and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
  • Ability to perform confined space and bucket rescue tasks and properly set up and operate aerial baskets and digger derrick trucks.
  • Ability to lift, rig and tie knots to set up, jobsite and material for work in manholes and vaults, identifying materials and understanding distribution construction specifications.
  • Ability to properly cover up secondary lines and perform energized work on secondary voltage lines.
  • Ability to use meters to perform tests and install 3 and 4 wire secondary lines.
  • Ability to identify substation and underground equipment.

Lineworker II

  • Ability to perform overhead tasks, including energized primary cover up to 34,500 volts.
  • Ability to understand transformer theories including bank installations, tap settings, and identifying and constructing multiple secondary voltage applications.
  • Ability to learn and perform simple primary voltage switching (up to 34,500 volts) tasks and applications.
  • Ability to lift, rig and tie knots to set up, construct, frame poles, and change out cross-arms, identifying materials and understanding distribution construction specifications.

Lineworker III

  • Ability to perform all tasks included in Helper through Lineworker II
  • Ability to build and maintain underground residential distribution circuits, including but not limited to, prepare/operate pad mount switchgear, install and troubleshoot URD circuits and switching/tagging URD primary cable.
  • Ability to learn three phase primary tasks to include safe operation and removal/installation of single and three phase reclosers, changing out insulators, and installing and replacing Gang Operated Airbrake Switches (GOABs).

Lineworker Sr

  • Ability to perform all tasks include in Helper through Lineworker III.
  • Demonstrate strong Leadership capabilities including indirect crew leadership.
  • Ability to learn and perform advanced primary voltage switching (up to 34,500 volts) tasks and applications.
  • Ability to perform advanced Lineworker tasks on Regulators, capacitors banks, Alternate Switching Scheme, and Intelliruptor devices.

All levels must be able to perform the following:

  • Maintaining a well-organized jobsite to ensure the surroundings are safe.
  • Learning, completing, and performing (Lineworker I-Sr) (as necessary) all mandated training, such as but not limited to, First Aid, CPR, etc.

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About Entergy

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Entergy exists to grow a world-class energy business that creates sustainable value for our four stakeholders.

• For our customers, we create value by constantly striving for reasonable costs and providing safe, reliable products and services.

• For our employees, we create value by achieving top-quartile organizational health, providing a safe, rewarding, engaging, diverse and inclusive work environment, fair compensation and benefits, and opportunities to advance their careers. 

• For our communities, we create value through economic development, philanthropy, volunteerism and advocacy, and by operating our business safely and in a socially and environmentally responsible way. 

• For our owners, we create value by aspiring to provide top-quartile returns through the relentless pursuit of opportunities to optimize our business.