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High Voltage Electrician Leader
Federal Emergency Management Agency · Posted 1 days ago
On-siteRound Hill, VA$40.2 – $46.9/hrApply by Jun 1, 2026High Voltage ElectricianISTJISTPOperationsTrades
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This position is located in the Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center (MWEOC), Facilities Management Division, Electric Section team. MWEOC is located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, approximately 60 miles west of Washington, DC. The ideal candidate will have skills in leading others in commercial and industrial work and in high voltage (12 Kilovolt) electrical work.
What You'll Do
- →All MWEOC staff have emergency assignments and are considered deployed in place.
- →Exercises and activations are planned and unplanned, and may require long hours, nights, weekends and holidays.
- →All MWEOC employees are: (1) required to use a government-issued electronic device (to include cellular phones); (2) subject to recall during emergency situations; and (3) required to perform work in locations both above and below ground.What will I do in this position if hired?
- →In this position, you will serve as a High Voltage Electrician Leader responsible for leading others and performing maintenance, repair, and modifications of low and high voltage electrical work systems (commercial and industrial) and equipment.
- →Typical assignments include: Locating faults and rapidly and safely restoring power on the campus distribution system.
- →Troubleshooting and repairing of electrical wiring systems and associated fixtures, controls, and equipment in industrial and commercial office buildings.
- →Tracing and repairing hard to locate defects or problems; repairing or replacing a wide variety of electrical equipment.
- →Reading building plans, blueprints, wiring diagrams, engineering drawings, and electrical maintenance and repair manuals to install electrical lines, circuits, systems, equipment, and controls.
- →Interpreting and applying the National Electrical Code, local codes, building plans, and uses formulas to calculate common properties (i.e., ohms law).
- →License Requirement: You must be able to obtain and maintain a journeyman level electrical license in Virginia or in your state of residence.
- →What else do I need to know?
- →At FEMA, our mission is to help people before, during and after disasters, and every employee at FEMA has a role in emergency management.
- →Every FEMA employee has regular and recurring emergency management responsibilities, though not every position requires routine deployment to disaster sites.
- →All positions are subject to recall around the clock for emergency management operations, which may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the official duty station, and may include duties other than those specified in the employee's official position description.
Requirements
- ✓To ensure the accomplishment of our mission, DHS requires every employee to be reliable and trustworthy.
- ✓To meet those standards, all selected applicants must undergo, successfully pass, and maintain a background investigation for a TOP SECRET/SCI clearance as a condition of placement into this position.
- ✓This may include a credit check after initial job qualifications are determined, a review of financial issues, such as delinquency in the payment of debts, child support and/or tax obligations, as well as certain criminal offenses and illegal use or possession of drugs (please visit: Mythbuster on Federal Hiring Policies for additional information).
- ✓For more information on background investigations for Federal jobs please visit OPM Investigations.
- ✓Please ensure you meet the qualification requirements described below.
- ✓Key Requirements: You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this position.
- ✓You must successfully pass a background investigation.
- ✓Selective Service registration required.
- ✓Current federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements.
- ✓You must be able to obtain and maintain a Government credit card.
- ✓Please review "Other Information" section for additional key requirements.
- ✓No Educational Substitution: There is no educational substitution for this position, and you must meet the qualifications listed in the "qualifications" section of this announcement.
Personality Fit
Job ID: e683cd79-c1f9-4bd8-a32c-11d5f74827a0
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