Electrician High Voltage

Electrician High Voltage

Requirements

• Journeyman Electrician license.
• Possess a strong background in industrial and commercial electrical apparatus and control circuitry maintenance.
• Possess a strong background in low voltage switchgear maintenance and repair.
• Must be thoroughly familiar with electrical test equipment.
• Ability to write as well as comprehend written and oral instructions
• A willingness to work rotational shifts if necessary, including days, evenings, and nights, as well as overtime, weekends, and holidays, as required.
• Possess knowledge of current NEC regulations.
• Eight years’ experience in the electrical trade in maintenance and/or construction required.
• High school, technical school, apprenticeship, trade school graduate or equivalent required.

Responsibilities

• Work from prints, diagrams, specification, and instructions covering emergency and scheduled repairs; as well as installation, testing, and inspection of work to be done on electrical utility systems, both medium and low voltages: including, but not limited to, distribution systems, 125VDC systems, and UPS systems, as assigned.
• Analyze, troubleshoot, modify, install, and repair power delivery and distribution equipment and electrical circuits using prints, diagrams, and test instruments.
• Test, inspect, clean, repair, dismantle, adjust, and replace all power equipment, transformers, switchgear, MCC, control panels, motors, and various other electrical apparatus.
• Assist and perform switching on electrical utility systems, placing blocking, grounds, locks, etc., on utility systems (15KV, 4160V and 480V), as required by operational switching procedures.
• Work on service lines for the isolation or grounding of circuits, maintenance, and troubleshooting demands to maintain operation.
• Directs other repair personnel as assigned.
• Prepare and maintain records and reports on electrical utility equipment for maintenance programs based on all information obtained through tests and preventative maintenance procedures. Take corrective action, as necessary.
• Perform safety inspections during facility additions or repairs to insure safe and continuous operation of electrical utilities systems and equipment, as required.
• Test, calibrate, and maintain protective devices on electrical utility system and equipment and keep prints up to date on 15KV distribution feeders.
• Perform all job-related duties as assigned.
• Perform duties equivalent to a Grade 1 Electrician as required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master electrician license.
• NFPA-70E Training.
• OSHA 10 Training.
• CPR Training.
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.