Sr Technician, Exterior Lighting and Signage
Columbia, SCFull-timePosted 5 days agoStill listed today
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Job overview
The Sr Technician, Exterior Lighting and Signage diagnoses and repairs exterior signs and lighting, including electrical components operating at 120 to 480 volts. The role responds to service requests, completes repairs and installs, communicates repair status, and maintains service vehicles, tools, and parts. It also performs equipment testing and calibration, follows safety requirements, and provides support during emergencies. Travel is required less than 75%.
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Company Description
Pilot Company is an industry-leading network of travel centers with more than 30,000 team members and over 750 retail and fueling locations in 43 states and six Canadian provinces. Our energy and logistics division serves as a top supplier of fuel, employing one of the largest tanker fleets and providing critical services to oil operations in our nation's busiest basins. Pilot Company supports a growing portfolio of brands with expertise in supply chain and retail operations, logistics and transportation, technology and digital innovation, construction, maintenance, human resources, finance, sales and marketing. Founded in 1958 by Jim A. Haslam II and currently led by CEO Adam Wright, our founding values, people-first culture and commitment to giving back remains true to us today. Whether we are serving guests, a fellow team member, or a trucking company, we are dedicated to fueling people and keeping North America moving. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. Military encouraged to apply.
Job Description
The purpose of this job is to:
- Focus on diagnosing and repairing Exterior Signs & Lighting work orders.
- Identify potential and existing problems with electrical signage and lighting, provide analysis and investigation of issues, and determine the best solution for needed repairs (including but not limited to ballasts, lamps, sockets, switches, fixtures and involving voltages from 120 to 480 volts)
- Follow proper lockout/tagout procedures and safety protocols when working on electrical or mechanical systems.
- Complete service appointments, accurately insert notes, and communicate with facility maintenance for all repairs and installs.
- Ensure timely completion of service appointments.
- Respond to service requests; troubleshoot, diagnose, and repair based on warranty and industry standards.
- Communicate with the ESL supervisor and store management to report repair status. 8. Provide excellent customer service to team members onsite, interact in a professional, respectful manner and collaborate to meet project deadlines
- Complete same-day work order repair notes and forward to supervisor; ensure charge allocations are entered accordingly.
- Monitor truck stock to ensure required parts are available.
- Maintain service vehicle, tools, parts inventory, and uniforms in accordance with company standards.
- Perform routine testing and calibration of equipment to ensure optimal operation and compliance with standards.
- Ensure repairs, equipment, and work activities are performed in accordance with OSHA regulations.
- Ensure that the jobsite is maintained to the highest standards of safety; prepare worksite, eliminate all possible hazards and cleanup site daily.
- Maintain clean and organized maintenance workspaces and company vehicles.
- Provide support during emergency situations, such as power outages or safety incidents.
- Model behaviors that support the company’s common purpose; ensure guests and team members are supported at the highest level.
- Ensure all activities are in compliance with safety rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.
- Travel required less than 75%
- OSHA30 certification
- Complete other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- High school diploma or equivalent certificate required.
- Minimum five years’ commercial electrical experience required; seven years’ experience preferred.
- Electrical journeyman license preferred.
- Minimum three years aerial lift and electrical experience at heights 60 to 80 feet required; five years’ experience preferred.
Additional Information
- Nation-wide Medical Plan/Dental/Vision
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Weekly pay
- 401K match
- Tuition Assistance
- Adoption Assistance
- PTO
- Fuel Discount
How this job compares
Set against the 1,076 open Electrical Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 31, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$71–110K/yr103 salary ranges
- US median$31–39/hr440 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 37 open Electrical Technician jobs in South Carolina and 1,076 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Electrical Technician postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (725 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 523 of the 1,076 open Electrical Technician jobs (49%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 31, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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