Step 01. Pay
Montana Dakota Utilities Lineman Pay and Salary Information
The average Lineman salary at Montana Dakota Utilities Inc is $65,807 per year. Montana-Dakota Utilities benefits and perks, including insurance benefits, retirement benefits.

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Montana Dakota Utilities
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2026 current openings
Montana
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Groundmen · Apprentices · Journeymen
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Montana Dakota Utilities is hiring linemen. Missoula Electric Cooperative, Inc. (MEC) was founded in 1936 and is a member-owned rural electric cooperative serving electricity to 13,000+ members throughout Western Montana and Idaho. The Cooperative is committed to service excellence and strives to deliver safe, affordable and reliable electricity to its members.
Step 01. Pay
The average Lineman salary at Montana Dakota Utilities Inc is $65,807 per year. Montana-Dakota Utilities benefits and perks, including insurance benefits, retirement benefits.
Step 02. Apprentice
As a Groundman/ Apprentice Lineman at Montana Dakota Utilities you will assist and learn under a Journeyman Lineman in Building and Maintaining Powerlines for various Utility Contractors. This Job also consists of working sometimes in inclement weather such as Hurricanes, Snow Storms, Tornadoes, Hard Freezes, & Fires.
Step 03. Journeyman
Journeyman lineman at Montana Dakota Utilities select and use a variety of "hot line" tools and makes use of rubber gloves, line hoses, mechanical jumpers, fiber guards, blankets and other protective devices.
Step 04. Hiring
Lineman at Montana Dakota Utilities required driver's license and work clothing, tools and gear and has High Voltage experience.
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