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Electrician
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
About the Role
The Electrician works under the general supervision of the Utility Management Unit Foreman within Facilities Management Service within Sheridan VA Medical Center and satellites. The incumbent is assigned a wide variety of duties of a journeyman electrician involving installation, modification, repair, troubleshooting, preventive maintenance and testing of complex electrical systems, circuits, equipment, appliances, controls, components, lighting fixtures and fire alarm systems.
What You'll Do
- →Major duties include, but are not limited to: Performs work under general supervision of Utility Management Unit Foreman.
- →Performs a wide variety of duties of a journeyman electrician.
- →Installs, modifies, repairs, performs troubleshooting and preventive maintenance and testing of: complex electrical systems, circuits, equipment, appliances, controls, components, lighting fixtures, and fire alarm systems.
- →Applies familiarity with the provisions of the National Electrical Code and sufficiently knowledgeable of the entire code to satisfactorily research special requirements or applications.
- →Reads and interprets blueprints, wiring diagrams, schematics and operation and maintenance manuals.
- →Applies knowledge in the use of electrical test instruments in order to trace and locate the cause of equipment and control device malfunctions and then complete repairs or adjustments.
- →Skilled in cutting, threading, bending and installation of rigid pipe and other conduit systems and a variety of other raceway systems.
- →Performs pulling conductors through raceway systems, phasing out and making connections, sometimes under load (when they are "hot").
- →Under emergency conditions, may be required to splice high voltage (12.5KV) cables.
- →Maintains and repairs all electrical equipment including transformers, feeders, motors, generators, starters, overload and over current protectors and controllers.
- →Troubleshoots and maintains electric and electronic control circuits on various equipment including laundry equipment, dietetic equipment, rotary files, electric beds, fire alarm system, tray conveyors, and incinerators.
- →Selects proper wire gauges, insulation, protective devices and switching for a variety of equipment, lighting and miscellaneous electrical loads.
- →Balances service loads over three phases.
- →Possesses journeyman skill in the use of all common electrical hand and power tools and testing equipment as required.
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 All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓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.
- ✓There is no educational substitution for the WG-10 level.
Personality Fit
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