Step 01. Pay
Jackson Energy Authority Lineman Pay and Salary Information
The average annual salary for a lineworker at Jackson Energy Authority is $65,800.

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Jackson Energy Authority
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2026 current openings
Tennessee
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Groundmen · Apprentices · Journeymen
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Municipal utility · before you apply
Jackson Energy Authority is hiring linemen. Jackson Energy Authority is one of few public utilities in the United States offering customers all major utility services from one company. It provides reliable electric, gas, propane, water, wastewater, and broadband services. Jackson Energy Authority serves about 40,000 residences, businesses, and industry in Jackson, TN, and parts of Madison County. It also supplies propane to customers not on the natural gas system.
Step 01. Pay
The average annual salary for a lineworker at Jackson Energy Authority is $65,800.
Step 02. Apprentice
The lineworker apprentice at Jackson Energy Authority 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 Jackson Energy Authority Assists in the installation, repair, replacement, and inspection of equipment and materials required for the transmission and distribution of electrical power while training for a position as a Journeyman Lineman.
Step 04. Hiring
Jackson Energy Authority employees must have a high school diploma or its equivalent. Jackson Energy Authority linemanrequires driver's license and work clothing, tools and gear and has High Voltage experience.
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