Wabash Valley Power Alliance

Wabash Valley Power Alliance

Underground Locator (Hendricks Power)

Avon, IN, United States

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 30 days ago
Customer SupportCommunicationMicrosoft OfficeFiber Optics

About the role

  • Hendricks Power Cooperative celebrated its 65th anniversary in 2001.
  • Formed in 1936, following the creation of Franklin D.
  • They claimed it simply wasn't profitable to provide service to such sparsely-populated areas.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain accurate ticket status and completion records
  • Safely operate and maintain company vehicle and locating equipment
  • Roosevelt's Rural Electrification Administration (REA), Hendricks Power Cooperative started with a small meeting of 12 people, farmers and rural residents, unable to convince the local utility, which was owned by investors, to build lines to serve them.

Requirements

  • High School diploma or GED required
  • 2+ years of positive customer service experience
  • Proficiency in Microsoft office, digital mapping and ticketing software
  • Ability to work outdoors in all weather and walk long distances on varied terrain
  • Ability to lift up to 50 lbs and distinguish utility marking colors
  • Valid driver's license required

Nice to have

  • 2+ years of underground utility locating preferred
  • Familiarity with IUPPS rules and regulations preferred

Company info

  • Communicate clearly with customers and team members
  • As an electric cooperative, Hendricks Power is part of the nation's largest energy network which includes 1,000 electric cooperatives, public power districts, power supply generation and transmission cooperatives, statewide associations, regional trade and service associations, supply and manufacturing cooperatives, data processing cooperatives and employee credit unions.
  • Electric cooperatives alone serve 32 million customers in 46 states, and cover more land mass than any of the nation's single electric utilities.

This listing is sourced directly from Wabash Valley Power Alliance's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.