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Electrician
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 52 days ago
On-site Leavenworth, KS $35.2 – $41.1/hr Apply by Aug 19, 2026 Electrician ISTJISTP OperationsHealthcareTrades
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The position is located within the Engineering Service at the Eastern Kansas Health Care System (EKHCS). The incumbent performs installation, maintenance, troubleshooting, modification, and repair of electrical systems and associated equipment supporting facility operations within a hospital and healthcare environment.
What You'll Do
- →The position is responsible for maintaining electrical distribution systems, power circuits, control circuits, lighting systems, emergency power systems, and associated electrical equipment to ensure safe, reliable, and continuous operation of medical center facilities and infrastructure.
- →Work includes interpreting blueprints, wiring diagrams, specifications, and applicable electrical codes to complete assigned work independently with minimal supervision.
- →The major duties include but are not limited to: Works from building plans, blueprints, wiring diagrams, engineering drawings, schematics, and electrical maintenance and repair and operation manuals to plan and lay out the routing, placement, type, size, gauge, balance, load, continuity, and safe operation of electrical lines, circuits, systems, equipment and controls.
- →Determines placement of distribution panels, boxes, fittings, and connections and installs wiring, couplings, conduit, relays, fixtures, transformers and other electrical devices.
- →Troubleshooting, testing, and loading new and existing electrical lines, circuits, systems, and associated fixtures, controls, and equipment.
- →Interprets and applies the National Electrical Code, local codes, building plans, blueprints, wiring diagrams, and engineering drawings, and to use trade formulas to calculate common properties.
- →Applies knowledge of electrical principles, materials, and equipment to install, modify, troubleshoot, and repair electrical systems.
- →Uses shop mathematics and trade formulas to calculate electrical properties such as voltage, resistance, current flow, voltage drop, load requirements, and power relationships in single-phase and multi-phase systems.
- →Applies skill in laying out, assembling, installing, and repairing electrical systems and equipment in industrial, commercial, and institutional settings.
- →Uses a wide range of hand tools, portable power tools, and specialized trade equipment such as conduit benders, cable pullers, and threading machines to complete installations and repairs.
- →Applies basic knowledge of related building trades as needed to coordinate electrical work with structural, mechanical, and other building systems.
- →Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 7:30am- 4:00pm Position Description Title/PD#: Electrician/PD10539A Physical Requirements: Work usually entails considerable walking, lifting, stretching, stooping, and some climbing, indoors and out, throughout the hospital complex.
- →Makes repairs and installations from ladders, scaffolding, platforms, and other hard-to-reach places.
- →This requires standing, stooping, bending, kneeling, climbing, and working in tiring and uncomfortable positions.
Requirements
- ✓Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- ✓Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigation Selective Services Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 9953d48b-2763-4394-aa84-991a1783ddfa
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