Job Overview
The CHANCE brand originated with the 1907 founding of A. B. Chance Company. Originally a manufacturer of anchors, CHANCE purchased Tip Tools Co. in 1937, which would later become CHANCE Lineman Grade Tools. Over the course of nearly 120 years, CHANCE has delivered pole line hardware, switches, cutouts and fuse links in addition to anchors, foundations, hot line tools, fiberglass and rubber products. Acquired by Hubbell in 1994, the CHANCE brand is proudly manufactured in Centralia, Missouri, Leeds, Alabama and Juarez, Mexico.
Promotion of CHANCE Tools and related products through show-and-tell demonstrations, presentations and training; representation of company at Live Line Training schools, collaborative meetings, trade shows, IOUs, and other customer and end user events.
This position will ideally be based in the Midwestern or Northeastern United States and will require up to 70% travel.
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A Day In The Life
- Provide distribution and transmission live line tool demonstrations and training up to 500KV.
- Provide classroom and field training; working alongside of students whether climbing a structure or working from a bucket.
- Conduct seminars on Equipotential grounding, care and maintenance of tools, testing and other related live line tool topics.
- Provide detailed sales and application training to HPS customers, distributors and company sales representatives on the complete line of CHANCE Tools and related products.
- Attend and support Line Technician Schools and Training Events with the demonstration trailer and tool samples, showing specific tool products applicable for those situations.
- Keep trailer neat and stocked with tool samples and vital handout literature for sales promotion and tool demonstrations.
- Attend trade shows and industry meetings as the need arises.
- Travel both domestically and internationally up to 70% of the year.
- Speak and present to small and large groups.
- Report technical and competitive developments and customer requirements.
- Keep advised of applicable state and federal safety regulations.
- Represent the CHANCE brand and HPS always in a professional manner, both on and off the job. Other duties as assigned.
What will help you thrive in this role?
- Minimum 15 years' experience as a Journeyman Lineman.
- Significant practical experience with distribution and transmission voltages, substations and underground.
- Experience with Live Line Rubber Gloving, Hotsticking, Barehanding, and temporary Grounding.
- Experience working from structures and buckets
- Experience providing training to other linemen.
- Ability to travel up to 70% and work remotely.
- CDL required.
- Bilingual in English and Spanish is helpful.
- Mobility required fortravelto various domestic and international locations. Ability to demonstrate tool related products, including, but not limited to, lifting (up to 75 pounds), walking, climbing utility poles and towers, and the general dexterity required to use hand tools.
Hubbell Incorporated
Hubbell creates critical infrastructure solutions that power our customers, communities, people and the planet. Our company is strategically aligned around enabling grid modernization and electrification. As more products plug in to an aging grid, Hubbell solutions enable the transition to a more reliable, resilient and efficient energy infrastructure. Founded in 1888 our innovation has made us a leading global manufacturer of high quality electrical and utility solutions enabling customers to operate critical infrastructure reliably and efficiently.
The company operates in two segments. Hubbell Utility Solutions (HUS) enable the grid to conduct, communicate and control energy across utility applications and Hubbell Electrical Solutions (HES) are essential to managing power across a wide range of industries and applications. Our vertical market solutions can be applied to markets including Data Centers, Renewables, Commercial Buildings, Industrial, Telecom and Transportation. Supporting both of our business segments is our corporate and Hubbell Unified Business Solutions teams that provide consistent process, tools technologies across our businesses.
We are committed to operating sustainably and ethically while promoting an inclusive and supportive culture for our people to grow and develop in their careers. Our employees proudly work and serve our communities from our headquarters in Shelton, CT, across the United States and around the globe.
Hubbell Utility Solutions
Hubbell Utility Solutions (HUS) enable the grid to conduct, communicate and control energy across utility applications. HUS provides the critical components that allow the grid to reliably transmit and distribute energy, as well as the communications and controls technologies to make the grid smarter and more flexible.
Hubbell Incorporated, its subsidiaries and affiliates, is an EO Employer AA: M/F/Veteran/Disability. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other protected class.
The above summary of position responsibilities and requirements is not intended, and should not be construed, to be an exhaustive list of duties, skills, efforts, physical requirements, or working conditions associated with the position. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of those principal position elements essential for making decisions related to position performance, employee development, and compensation.
