Electrical Maintenance Jrymn-1st Class

Under indirect and intermittent supervision of a supervisor, or work direction of a work leader, as a member of a crew or alone; Installs, inspects, rebuilds, modifies, tests, aligns, adjusts, repairs and maintains, in emergency situations or as scheduled work, a wide variety of electrical equipment in stations, substations, power plant mats, customer property and other Company locations. Work from blueprints, diagrams, drawings, manuals, job procedures, handbooks, iPad, and handbook articles or from verbal information supplied by engineers, technicians or factory representatives. Maintains, repairs and is exposed to AC and DC voltages up to and including transmission levels. Work on energized equipment up to 4.8 KV. Maintains and uses test equipment, hand and power tools and all equipment necessary to perform the work. Adapt to new methods, processes, material and equipment. Completes report forms for all duties performed. Trains, directs, instructs and checks work of electrical maintenance apprentices and other assigned employees. Give approvals for completed work.

• Installs, rebuilds, modifies, inspects, tests, aligns, adjusts repairs & maintains at designated locations, electrical equipment operating at AC&DC voltages up to & including transmission levels, such as air, gas, & oil circuit breakers, power & distribution transformers, current & potential transformers, peaking units, capacitors, reactors, disconnects, ground switches, AC&DC motors & generators, control panels, relay schemes, etc.
• Performs duties of inspecting, repairing, adjusting, testing, installing & troubleshooting & diagnosing problems on electrical equipment such as:
• Circuit Breakers: Testing insulating parts, cleaning contacts, replacing rods & parts, adjusting electrical, hydraulic & pneumatic mechanisms.
• Disconnects: Aligning blades, checking insulators & operating mechanisms. Use conductivity tester, abrasives.
• Power Transformers: Working on a wide variety of types & sizes including those with manual & /or automatic tap changers, water, air or oil cooled & pressurized. Test meggers insulation, cleans, resets & repairs tap changers, temperature gauges, alarms, bushings&radiators. Check fans, valves & pumps, replacing worn parts & packing when required.
• Voltage regulators & operating mechanisms which are rated to 1000kVA & are oil or air blast cooled. Cleans/adjusts mechanism, sets limit switches, megger tests windings, & tests water coils.
• Network Banks: Transformers, protector mechanisms, primary switches & secondary fuse blocks.
• Components of AC&DC buses; must properly prepare buses for hi-potential tests by checking for cracks & defective insulators, removing insulators, reinforcing buses, etc.
• Air compressors, governors, relief valves, contractors & pressure controls, dismantling & rebuilding compressors, replacing rings, valves, bearings, filters, etc. Any type of lighting or power installation, electric space or water heater, alarms, controls, annunciators, interlocks. etc.
• READS, INTERPRETS & WORKS from Company or vendor blueprints, diagrams, drawings, manuals, computers, iPad, etc., or verbal information supplied by engineers, technicians or factory representatives, occasionally may be required to perform jobs for which information may be missing or in error. Interface with engineers to resolve problems. Fill out completion reports. Initiate orders for work. Report faulty or unsafe equipment to their supervisor.
• Wires or rewires panels for controls, relay, alarms, meters, etc, including those having electro-mechanical, solid state & vacuum tube components. Performs work on such as testing, connecting or disconnecting wires, insulating bus or cable connections, drilling, tapping, plasma arcing or cutting control panels, etc.
• Operates & used the following tools & equipment: Test instruments such as voltmeters, ammeters, ohmmeters, meggers, high-potters, various timing device conductivity, oil testers, etc.
• Electric & air operated drills, grinders, saws, electric & gas soldering irons, solder pots, torches, heaters, pipe threaders, Cadweld equipment, hydraulic presses, maintains & repairs these tools when necessary.
• Operates bucket trucks, ladder trucks, maintenance vehicles, overhead cranes, man lifts, hoists,&winches.
• Various insulating materials & forms such as: fabric, glass, fiber, micarta, varnishes & compounds in sheet, string & liquid forms.
• Safety equipment & blocking devices at protective points on equipment.
• Rigging equipment including chain falls, ropes, etc., for lifting rotors, stators, bushings, etc.
• Operates, observes & checks results of a variety of precision electrical testing devices such as meters, meggers, rheostats, etc.

Minimum Education & Experience Requirements

- Must have a High School Diploma or GED.

- Must have 5 years' experience troubleshooting/repairing/constructing Substation Electrical Equipment and must have completed a Company recognized Journeyperson Electrician Apprenticeship.

- OR 5 years' experience as a Substation Technician and must have completed a Company recognized Journeyperson Electrician Apprenticeship. Candidates must submit an application and proof of Journeyperson status to be considered. Journeyperson proof is in the form of either a Certificate of Completion of Apprenticeship from a recognized Apprentice Program.

- OR Must have letters from employers which verify eight years or more hands on experience in the classification. Journeyperson letters must be on company letterhead, dated, and signed by Human Resources, list classification, dates served in the classification and what candidates did in the capacity.

Other Requirements:

- Must obtain an evaluation of "Recommended" on the Construction Aptitude Skills Test (CAST). Exception: If you have previously taken and passed the CAST.

- Must be able to train other personnel to perform in the lower skill levels of work.

- Must have and maintain a valid driver's license and meet Company driving standards.

- Must communicate effectively both orally and in writing.

- Must be able to work shifts as assigned.

- Satisfactory physical examination.

- Must satisfactorily complete hands on skills demonstration qualifying exercises: climbing ladders, working aloft and working in confined spaces.

- Must attain a storm assignment.

- Must pass sequence exams as required (i.e.: Equipment Training, EM5-3/Substation /PPO 77, Test Equipment).