Electrician

WHO WE ARE

This posting is open continuously. However, it may close any time after October 19, 2025. Priority will be given to applications received on or before October 19, 2025.

The Metropolitan Council's Environmental Services (MCES) Division has up to five Electrician vacancies. Two are regular, full-time positions and three are long-term temporary positions (up to two years). As assigned, this position will require travel between various MCES facilities within the Twin Cities metro area.

Join an award-winning wastewater industry leader in protecting our environment! Metropolitan Council Environmental Services (MCES) operates and maintains the wastewater collection and treatment system in the Twin Cities metropolitan region. It also provides coordinated long-range water resources, supply planning, and air and water quality monitoring to meet future needs. MCES treatment plants consistently earn state and national awards for complete compliance with their environmental permits. MCES received a Governor's Award as a Great Place to Work.

To find out more about the Environmental Services division, please click on the link for more information : .

What you would do in this job

• Performs electrical work related to the system process.
• Maintains personnel protection system for fire, hydrogen sulfide, and hydrocarbon alarm systems.
• Engineers, designs, and lays out electrical / electronic control circuits.
• Performs electrical construction work. Verifies proper operation with collection / plant system processes.
• Troubleshoots and repairs a wide variety of electrical / electronic equipment including PLC, VFD, MCC, telemetry, and SCADA systems.
• Performs calibration and verification on various process instrumentation, metering, and recording devices (pressure, level, flow, weight, etc.).
• Checks and maintains emergency service equipment.
• Coordinates inventory needs and stocking issues with procurement and warehouse staff.
• Completes job reports on labor and material.
• Works with maintenance management systems (WAM), process control systems (Cimplicity / Wonderware), and other computer system software programs.
• Maintains monitoring systems at lift stations, meter sites, river quality monitoring, regulator, and rain gauge sites.
• Diagnoses and repairs integration devices between field devices and process computers.
• Provides welding to support the electrical group.
• Tests, installs and repairs sacrificial and rectifier-type cathodic protection systems.
• Performs other related duties.

What education and experience are required for this job (minimum qualifications)

Completion of a registered apprenticeship electrical program through the State of Minnesota AND three (3) years of journey-level experience that includes instrumentation, controls, and programmable logic controller programming (industrial experience).

OR

Graduate of a two (2) year vocational / technical program in Electrical Construction and Maintenance AND five (5) years of journey-level experience that includes instrumentation, controls, and programmable logic controller programming (industrial experience).

OR

Completion of a registered apprenticeship electrical program through the State of Minnesota AND one (1) year of journey-level experience that includes commercial and industrial construction or maintenance AND one (1) year of experience in maintenance in a wastewater plant / collection facility that includes instrument calibration, troubleshooting of motor controls / equipment control circuits, and programmable logic controller programming.

Licenses / Certifications / Registration : State of Minnesota Class "A" Journeyman license OR Master Electrician license; and valid driver's license WITH acceptable driving record.

What additional skills and experience would be helpful in this job (desired qualifications) :

What knowledge, skills, and abilities you should have within the first six months on the job :

What you can expect from us :

More about why you should join us!

Additional information

Union : IBEW Local Union #110

FLSA Status : Non-Exempt

Safety Sensitive : Yes

What steps the recruitment process involves :

We rate your education and experience.

We conduct a structured panel interview.

We conduct a selection interview.

Once you have successfully completed the steps above, then :

If you are new to the Metropolitan Council , you must pass a drug test (safety sensitive positions only), and a background check which verifies education, employment, and criminal history. A driving record check and / or physical may be conducted if applicable to the job. If you have a criminal conviction, you do not automatically fail. The Metropolitan Council considers felony, gross misdemeanor and misdemeanor convictions on a case-by-case basis, based on whether they are related to the job and whether the candidate has demonstrated adequate rehabilitation.

If you are already an employee of the Metropolitan Council , you must pass a drug test (if moving from a non-safety sensitive position to a safety sensitive position) and criminal background check if the job you're applying for is safety sensitive, is a supervisory or management job, is in the Finance, Information Services, Audit, or Human Resources departments, or has access to financial records, files / databases, cash, vouchers or transit fare cards. A driving record check and / or physical may be conducted if applicable to the position.

IMPORTANT : If you make a false statement or withhold information, you may be barred from job consideration.

The Metropolitan Council is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action, and veteran-friendly employer. The Council is committed to a workforce that reflects the diversity of the region and strongly encourages persons of color, members of the LGBTQ community, individuals with disabilities, women, and veterans to apply.

If you have a disability that requires accommodation during the selection process, please email .