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Electrician
Architect of the Capitol · Posted 6 days ago
On-site Washington, DC $36.5 – $42.6/hr Apply by Sep 25, 2026 Electrician ISTJISTP EngineeringTrades
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This position is in the Architect of the Capitol, Senate Office Buildings, Electrical Branch. The position serves as a journeyman electrician with thorough knowledge of installation, operation, and troubleshooting of sophisticated electrical and electronic circuits/equipment and standard electronic components and controls.
What You'll Do
- →This is a Day position from 6:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
- →(Hours may change due to operational needs of management).
- →This is an Essential-Employee Position.
- →The employee will be required to report to work during emergencies AND inclement weather situations.
- →Work schedule may require some occasionally mandatory overtime on holidays AND weekends.
- →Works with a wide variety of standard commercial and/or industrial electrical devices, equipment, and systems, including electrical wiring systems and associated fixtures, controls, and equipment in the Senate Office Buildings.
- →Electrical Installation and Troubleshooting: Installs, assembles, troubleshoots, modifies, repairs, and maintains routine and standard electrical lines, circuits, systems, and associated fixtures, controls, and equipment.
- →Responsibilities include troubleshooting electrical devices containing electronic components in order to isolate the cause of the malfunction of electrical control systems, analog/digital controls, and solid state motor control circuits in equipment.
- →Independently works from building plans, blueprints, wiring diagrams, engineering drawings, and electrical maintenance and repair manuals.
- →Completes installation of electrical lines, circuits, systems, and associated fixtures and controls in industrial complexes and/or in buildings with complex electrical loads, such as computer complexes.
- →Electrical Layout or Design Work: Installs electrical devices (conduit, outlets, circuits, etc.) in rooms for which there may not be complete blueprints or schematics available as a result of the age of the facility.
- →The Electrician must improvise to install the updated circuits and equipment in antiquated facilities without adversely affecting the exiting design or architecture.
- →Determines and places distribution panels, boxes, fittings, and connections and installs wiring, couplings, conduit, relays, fixtures, transformers and other electrical devices including electrical service entrances.
- →Performs other related duties as assigned.
Requirements
- ✓Your resume and question responses must demonstrate job-related elements.
- ✓Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication.
- ✓You must be able to pass a drug test.
- ✓You must meet the screen out factor for the position.
Benefits
- ★A variety of health insurance plans; retirement system with investment options; paid holidays; paid sick and annual (vacation) leave; life insurance; incentive systems; subsidized transportation; training and development opportunities, etc.
- ★The Architect of the Capitol offers eligible employees opportunity to participate in the Student Loan Repayment Program.
- ★Selected applicant(s) may be eligible to earn a higher annual leave accrual rate credit towards annual leave accrual based on prior non-Federal or uniformed service work experience.
- ★The amount of service credit will be based on specialized experience or qualifying experience that is provided on the applicant profile submitted.
- ★As such, if you are a new employee to the Federal Government or a rehire, it is important that you provide a work history that lists all directly related positions held, and it must include the dates of employment (month/day/year).
Personality Fit
Job ID: 45d272c0-2c64-477d-9f1d-043c9849cfa2
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