Step 01. Pay
East Coast Powerline lineman pay
Pay is not posted as a public wage scale on their public pages. Storm and travel packages vary. Confirm with East Coast Powerline or your hall. No invented averages here.
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Tennessee
Headquarters
Storm team and powerline construction
Hiring for
Contractor · before you apply
East Coast Powerline is a powerline construction and storm contractor with US headquarters in Celina, Tennessee, plus staging in Michigan and Canada. Live-line and T&D work.
Step 02. Apprentice
Getting on a East Coast Powerline crew
They run a careers email path and a storm team signup (join.eastcoastpowerline.com style SMS availability in public materials). Confirm which local covers each US seat.
Step 03. Journeyman
What the job is
Powerline construction, storm restoration, and live-line work across US and Canada claims. Celina, TN HQ after a 2024 US HQ move. Lapeer, MI yard and Nova Scotia staging also appear in public materials.
Step 04. Hiring
How they hire
They hire on their own careers and storm signup paths, not on the Lineman Central career center, unless they post there. Apply on this page searches our board. When they post with us, the job shows under live openings here and the apply click is counted.
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Where East Coast Powerline hires
HQ in Celina, TN. Additional yards in Michigan and Canada. HQ listed as Tennessee. Michigan as a yard state.
- HQ · Tennessee
- 2 states listed
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The line trade around this employer
Unions, schools, and peers
Tap a step. Programs feed crews, locals represent them, employers hire them.
Step 01. Schools
Training programs that feed this market
Start with the National Public Power online pre-apprenticeship, then compare college and trade programs employers hire from.
National Public Power Pre-Apprenticeship
Enroll- Online · 5 weeks
- Pre-apprenticeship
- $399
Tennesse Valley Authority Lineman Apprentice Program
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- Knoxville
Tennessee Valley Public Power Association Lineman Education Service
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- Chattanooga
Tennessee College of Applied Technology Powerline Program
View- Lineman program
- Huntsville
- $3,975
North American Lineman Training Center
View- Lineman program
- McEwen
- $12,875
Columbia State Community College Pre-Apprentice Lineworker Academy
View- Lineman program
- Columbia
- $4,500
Step 02. Unions
Halls this contractor works out of
IBEW locals where we've seen this employer on signatory lists, job calls, or hall contractor filters. Not just same-state neighbors.
IBEW 934
Local- IBEW local
- Kingsport, Tennessee
IBEW 760
Local- IBEW local
- Knoxville, Tennessee
IBEW 1925
Local- IBEW local
- Martin, Tennessee
IBEW 474
Local- IBEW local
- Memphis, Tennessee
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