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2026 current openings
Maine
Headquarters
Groundmen · Apprentices · Journeymen
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Utility · before you apply
Central Maine Power is hiring linemen. Iberdrola USA, a subsidiary of global energy leader Iberdrola, S.A., is an energy services and delivery company serving more than 2.4 million customers in upstate New York and New England. Central Maine Power serve more than 600,000 retail electric customers and deliver over 9 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity yearly throughout central and southern Maine.
Step 01. Pay
Central Maine Power Linemen earn $70,000 annually, or $34 per hour. Central Maine Power offer comprehensive benefits plans providing many options to meet the varied needs and Health care options.
Step 02. Apprentice
The lineworker apprentice at Central Maine Power is responsible for a variety of tasks and accepts assignments from Line Supervisor on shift and shall be assigned to work directly with a 1st Class Lineman. Learns to perform those tasks required in the construction, maintenance or operation of electrical power transmission and distribution facilities. Lineman Apprentice I shall be assigned to a Line Supervisor on 1 of 4 rotating shift schedule: midnight to 08:00 a.m.; 08:00 a.m. to 04:00 p.m.; and 04:00 p.m. to midnight and a swing-shift.
Step 03. Journeyman
Journeyman lineman at Central Maine Power Supervise and approve the work of engineering and design groups toward the completion of substation standards and design libraries. Approve substation engineering criteria, construction standards, equipment specifications and equipment and engineering suppliers and contractors, as per the industry standards
Step 04. Hiring
To become a lineman at Central Maine Power must have High School diploma, GED or equivalent experience and 1 to 2 years of related work experience.
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