Step 01. Pay
Sacramento Municipal Utility District Lineman Pay and Salary Information
Annual pay for a Power Lineman in Sacramento is $77,628 a year. SMUD offers insurance benefits, retirement benefits, and vacation policy.
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Sacramento Municipal Utility District Lineman Jobs
Sacramento Municipal Utility District
3
2026 current openings
California
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Groundmen · Apprentices · Journeymen
Hiring for
Municipal utility · before you apply
Sacramento Municipal Utility District is hiring linemen. SMUD has been providing low-cost, reliable electricity to Sacramento County for more than 75 years. SMUD is a recognized industry leader and award winner for its innovative energy efficiency programs, renewable power technologies and for its sustainable solutions for a healthier environment.
Step 02. Apprentice
Lineman Apprenticeships at Sacramento Municipal Utility District
As a Groundman/ Apprentice Lineman at Sacramento Municipal Utility District 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
Sacramento Municipal Utility District Journeyman Lineman Jobs
Journeyman lineman at Sacramento Municipal Utility District Location and repair secondary service wires extending from the meter to other building and those connections. Any disconnect switches, fuses and/or breaker panels at the meter. The meter socket. Fuses and/or breaker panel, including disconnect switches.
Step 04. Hiring
Sacramento Municipal Utility District Lineman Job Hiring Process
Sacramento Municipal Utility District lineman requires having a valid commercial driver's license (CDL), first aid certification, competency in CPR and pole top rescue.
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Where Sacramento Municipal Utility District hires
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Unions, schools, and peers
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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
Imperial Valley College Lineman Program
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California-Nevada Electrical Apprenticeship
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- Riverside
East Los Angeles Skills Center Lineman School
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- Los Angeles
- $520
American Lineman College
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- Bakersfield
- $5,000
American Career Training Electrical Lineworker Program
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- Redding
- $19,500
Northwest Lineman College California
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- Oroville
- $21,186
Step 02. Unions
IBEW locals in this employer's territory
Locals we've seen tied to this employer's system. Utility crews are usually hired direct, not dispatched off the books.
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