Electrician Specialist

Position Summary

Provides maintenance and repair services on electrical systems and provides direction to and / or trains junior co-workers as needed.

Job Responsibilities

• Performs daily rounds of assigned areas. Troubleshoots and repairs various components of electrical distribution systems including fixtures, ballasts, circuits, panel boards, transfer switches, lighting controls, motors, etc.
• Responds to service calls for occupants throughout campus.
• Provides installation, maintenance and repair services of various insitutional electrical systems, following accepted procedures and techniques of the electrical trade.
• Inspects and tests elements of electrical systems to locate faults, such as blown fuses, short circuits, broken wires, loose connections, and worn motor brushes.

Replaces elements of electrical systems as needed.

• Installs all elements of new circuits from the distribution board to the load.
• Completes and submits a variety of service requests and preventative maintenance tasks indicating work performed and time and material spent.
• Provides shutdowns of selected utility systems during maintenance and construction activities.
• Develops scope of work for projects and identifies material and labor necessary. Obtains material pricing from vendors.
• Provides direction to other staff assigned to assist in the completion of tasks. Trains co-workers in the proper methods of completing trades work.

Education

High School Diploma

Experience

Minimum 3-5 years of experience in general maintenance within a large institution or commercial facility with complex infrastructure systems, of which a minimum of 3 years must be in the electrical trade.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrated ability to understand complex interrelationships between multiple utility systems.
• Ability to work on off-shifts as required to accommodate on-going operations and / or emergencies.
• Ability to be available for 24-hour emergency call-ins.
• Completion of electrical trade school.

Licenses and Certifications

Working Conditions / Physical Demands

Position requires working in a non-office environment where there are some physical discomforts such as noise, dust, heat, fumes and other elements which are continuously present.

Periodic work in animal research areas, work in machine rooms, crawl spaces, areas where there are odors from maintenance products, leaks, dust, dark areas, dampness, areas with restricted access, and noise.

Frequent use of ladders to perform work.

Work is performed both indoors and outdoors.

Ability to grasp, lift and / or carry or otherwise move objects weighing a minimum of 50 pounds and push / pull objects up to 100 pounds.

Position requires the utilization of hand tools, power tools, large wrenches; operation of small to large valves; visually and audibly required to observe operating equipment.

Ability to walk, stand, climb ladders / scaffolds, bend, reach, lift and carry