Electrician II - Technician

BED Electrician II-Technician

BED's mission is to serve the energy needs of our customers in a safe, reliable, affordable, sustainable, and socially responsible manner. BED's four key values are : Safety, Reliability, Community, and Innovation. BED's vision is to make Burlington a Net Zero Energy city by eliminating fossil fuel usage across the electric, thermal, and ground transportation sectors by strategically electrifying, managing demand, realizing efficiency gains, and expanding local renewable generation while increasing system resilience. To install, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair substation equipment, supervisory control mechanisms, and remote switching devices. In addition, the position will maintain, troubleshoot, repair, and operate a 25MW gas turbine generator.

Union Affiliation : International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Pay Grade 11 : $27.38 - $44.88 Hourly Remote Tier 1 : Zero (0) days remote / week Please note, BED is looking to hire one Electrician - Technician. Applications for Electrician I - Technician, Electrician II - Technician will be considered to fill this opening.

Essential Job Functions

• Operate various technical equipment, such as but not limited to, a HIPOT tester, TTR tester, high voltage phase tracer, high voltage megger, etc.
• Install and maintain instrument transformers.
• Install, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair all substation equipment, high voltage switches, switchgear, and system control devices on BED's distribution system and at generating facilities.
• Perform preventative maintenance on the Department as well as customer-owned electrical equipment.
• Install, maintain, troubleshoot and repair rotating electrical machinery.
• Keep accurate records and field notes. Install, calibrate, troubleshoot, and repair electrical relaying, power systems, and accessories.
• Maintain and repair distribution transformers, switches, capacitors, and their associated controls.
• Complete substation, major transformer, and capacitor bank inspections and reports.
• Inspect, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair all electro-mechanical and electronic systems.
• Install, maintain, repair, and troubleshoot complex fuel handling control systems and boiler firing units.
• Operate and maintain various turbines (i.e., jet engines, gas expander turbines, hydro turbines, etc.)
• Perform the Gas Turbine (GT) on-call responsibility on a rotating basis by responding to after-hour callouts to qualify the GT to participate in the ISO-New England Forward Reserve Market ("FRM").
• Assist other Department personnel in making system repairs.
• Notify the appropriate BED personnel of unsafe customer equipment and conditions.
• Accurately complete applicable paperwork (e.g., material sheets, work requests, system disturbance reports, etc.).
• Perform the level II requirement of BED's switching and tagging list.
• Assist in the installation and maintenance of computerized supervisory control systems and programmable logic controllers.
• Assist in the installation and troubleshooting of fiber optic cables, equipment, and termination boxes.
• Training new system technician employees as required.
• Install and maintain various electrical circuits / breakers / outlets / etc. at BED's buildings and properties.
• Install, maintain, repair, and replace BED's Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE).
• Perform switching and tagging operations on the VELCO and BED 34.5 KV systems.
• Assist in the restoration of BED's distribution system.
• Learn and properly operate the lower controls of a bucket truck and perform bucket truck rescue.

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Qualifications / Basic Job Requirements

Additional Information

Promoting a culture that reveres diversity and equity. The City of Burlington is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and we are strongly committed to creating a dynamic and equitable work-force that mirrors the population and world that we serve. We do not discriminate on the basis of political or religious affiliation, race, color, national origin, place of birth, ancestry, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, crime victim status, veteran status, disability, HIV positive status, or genetic information in employment or the provision of services. In addition to being an equal opportunity employer we actively encourage applicants who can contribute to our growing diversity to apply. Applications for our employment opportunities are accepted online through our Government Jobs website.