For over seven decades investor-owned utilities, municipalities, cooperatives, and others have entrusted their electrical construction and maintenance needs to Davis H. Elliot Company, Inc. (Elliot).
Elliot is a full-service electrical contractor specializing in overhead and underground distribution, transmission, substations, lighting, traffic signaling, utility locating and industrial/commercial services.
Job Description
We are seeking a Regional Training Coordinator
to join our Western Region team. This position supports training for
distribution and underground operations across Oklahoma and surrounding states.
Position Overview
The Regional Training Coordinator serves as the
region’s lead trainer, overseeing the development, coordination, and delivery
of regional training programs. This hands-on role manages the regional lineman
apprenticeship program, evaluates field proficiency, and helps employees
develop the knowledge and skills to work safely and effectively. The
coordinator also leads new hire training, required annual training, and
regional driver training. This position reports to the Safety, Training &
Compliance Manager and works closely with Safety, Human Resources, and
Operations leadership to support Elliot’s commitment to Target Zero.
Qualifications and Experience Requirements
Required:
- Minimum of eight years of hands-on power line construction experience in transmission and/or distribution, with journeyman-level technical knowledge and demonstrated field proficiency.
- Experience training or mentoring apprentices and line workers, demonstrating work methods, and evaluating practical skills.
- Strong knowledge of line construction methods, rigging, grounding, energized work practices, and hazard recognition; ability to apply relevant OSHA, NESC, and company requirements in training.
- Ability to deliver classroom and field instruction, explain technical concepts clearly, and provide constructive feedback to employees with varying experience levels.
- Strong organizational skills to manage training schedules, apprentice progression, qualification records, and multiple training priorities.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and the ability to learn systems used to maintain training records and report results.
- Valid driver’s license and willingness to travel throughout Oklahoma and occasionally to surrounding states for training and field evaluations.
Preferred:
- Completion of a recognized lineman apprenticeship program; experience administering an apprenticeship program and tracking on-the-job training, related instruction, and advancement.
- Experience delivering OSHA, CPR/First Aid, Electrical Transmission and Distribution (ET&D), or Serious Injury and Fatality (SIF) prevention training; applicable instructor credentials.
- Experience conducting driver training, practical driving evaluations, and qualification tracking; a commercial driver’s license (CDL).
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as the lead trainer for the region, developing, coordinating, and delivering training programs that meet operational needs and support safe work practices.
- Deliver and coordinate required annual training, including OSHA, CPR/First Aid, ET&D, SIF prevention, New Hire Orientation, and other mandated or role-specific training. Arrange qualified instructors when specialized credentials are required.
- Facilitate onboarding through orientation, foundational safety and skills training, and field proficiency evaluations for new hires; communicate training needs to field leadership.
- Lead the design, administration, and execution of the regional lineman apprenticeship program in alignment with established program standards and training tracks.
- Conduct apprentice skills testing, practical evaluations, and proficiency assessments. Document results, identify skill gaps, coordinate additional instruction, and support advancement through established program requirements.
- Maintain apprentice progress records, including on-the-job training, related instruction, assessments, and advancement status. Work with apprentices and field leadership to resolve incomplete requirements.
- Oversee and directly supervise regional driver training programs, including classroom, practical, and field instruction, qualification tracking, and coordination with Safety and Human Resources leadership.
- Coordinate training schedules, facilities, equipment, materials, and instructors to deliver timely and consistent training across the region.
- Maintain and update training materials, manuals, assessments, and supporting documentation to reflect current regulatory, safety, and operational standards.
- Track and report training completion, proficiency results, upcoming or overdue requirements, and key training metrics to Safety, Human Resources, and Operations leadership.
- Partner with field leaders to reinforce training on the job, address recurring skill gaps, and improve training effectiveness. Promote Target Zero through coaching, mentoring, and servant leadership.
Benefits/Culture
Today, we are listed among Engineering News-Records Top 150 Specialty Contracting firms. Our success is based on our customers confidence in us; the loyalty, hard work and performance of our people; and the traditions with which Mr. Davis H. Elliot began the company in 1946. We understand that having the best team requires people being treated like family. Some of the benefits we offer our team include:
- Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
- Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Company Paid Life Insurance w/ additional Voluntary Life Insurance
- 401K w/ company match
- Employee Stock Ownership Program
- State and Federally accredited Lineman Apprenticeship program
- Paid Vacation
- Servant Leadership Training
- Uniforms and PPE provided