ELECTRICIAN (HIGH VOLTAGE)

In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities, to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being considered. Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities, as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience.

Your resume must demonstrate: Applying technical and practical knowledge of electrical substation operations, and distribution systems to install, maintain, test, and repair overhead and underground high-voltage electrical distribution. I work under close supervision of a work leader or journey-level employee who observes tasks in progress and upon completion to make sure they are properly performed. This job has a screen-out element which will be used to determine minimum eligibility for this job.

Applicants who do not receive a minimum of two points on the screen-out element(s) will be found ineligible. The Screen-out Element for this position is: I have the ability to perform common tasks including applying technical and practical knowledge of electrical substation operations, and distribution systems to install, maintain, test, and repair overhead and underground high-voltage electrical distribution.

I work under close supervision of a work leader or journey-level employee who observes tasks in progress and upon completion to make sure they are properly performed. Applicants must meet the requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Job Qualification Handbook for Trades and Labor Occupations.

Additional qualification information can be found at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/federal-wage-system-qualifications/#url=List-of-Approved-Job-Elements Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social).

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

You will install, modify, test, repair, troubleshoot and maintain distribution circuits to locate and repair shorts, opens, grounds, crosses, electrolysis or lightning damage, capacitance imbalance or cable breaks.,You will maintain branch circuit system components, to include, lighting fixtures, panels, timers, contactors, starters, motors, variable speed drives, controls, street, security, solar lighting and obstruction lighting.,You will install, modify tests, troubleshoot, repair, and maintain distribution circuits, substation apparatus, apply electronic theories and practices for the repair of electrical equipment and testing instruments.,You will be responsible for the installation, repair, modification, and calibration of extremely delicate and highly complex electronic or electro/mechanical remote control supervisory equipment.,You will operate a Bucket and Digger Derick truck to install electrical equipment where critical and exact maneuvers must be made to ensure the safety of personnel, equipment, and the load.