Medium Voltage Electrician

Are you looking to use your electrical skills in a new environment? Do you enjoy ensuring electrical power distribution systems are operating efficiently? The Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA), Division of Installation Maintenance is seeking a Medium Voltage Electrician. If you want to showcase your medium voltage electrical experience and work with a team dedicated to maintaining the buildings at Fort Indiantown Gap, then this is the job for you! We encourage you to apply today!

As a Medium Voltage Electrician, you will perform technical and skilled duties to maintain, repair, monitor, and operate electrical power distribution systems and associated equipment with a voltage below 23,000 volts at Fort Indiantown Gap. You will install, repair, and replace transformers, switchgears, emergency standby generators, air and oil circuit breakers, cables, synchronous motors, and other electrical equipment. You will also, maintain ultraviolet (UV) light at the Sequential Batch Reactor (SBR) at the Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP). This role requires the ability to perform assigned electrical work independently while resolving operating problems and maintaining required assignment records. In addition, you will read blueprints and schematic diagrams to resolve electrical system problems, operate a lift or bucket truck to make electrical repairs, and maintain knowledge of current electrical regulations and code requirements.

Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.

Work Schedule and Additional Information:

• Full-time employment, 37.5 hours per week
• Work hours are 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch. Your schedule may change based on operational needs.
• Overtime as needed
• Telework: You will not have the option to telework in this position.
• Essential Employee: You will be required to work during emergencies and office closings.
• Salary: In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:

• Five years of journey-level experience in the electrical trade; or
• An equivalent combination of experience and training.

Condition of Employment:

• You must be in possession of a valid Pennsylvania Driver's License.

• You must pass a favorable National Crime Information Center (NCIC) screening for admittance to Fort Indiantown Gap.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

• Formal training (high school or vocational program, apprenticeship, or post-high school technical program) in the electrical trade
• Licensure as a journey electrician or master electrician
• Experience as an electrician
• Experience working with generators
• Previous experience working from construction sketches, diagrams, and/or blueprints in the electrical trade

• Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
• Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
• Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.

• Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. *7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to www.employment.pa.gov/Additional%20Info/Pages/default.aspx and click the Veterans' Preference tab or contact us at ra-cs-vetpreference@pa.gov.

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