Maintenance Electrician IV

Position Title:

Maintenance Electrician IV

Bargaining Unit:

AFSCME

Job Description:

This position performs a variety of highly skilled journey-level electrical work in the installation, overhaul, repair, maintenance, and troubleshooting of a wide variety of equipment at water treatment facilities, wastewater treatment facilities, water distribution systems, and wastewater collection systems, including pumping and regulating stations. Works as journey level electrician, independently or cooperatively with other electricians, instrumentation & control technicians, maintenance staff, operations staff, and other skilled trades. Requires license by the State of Utah as a journey level or master electrician. Electrical systems and equipment include facility power distribution, transformers, switch gear, motor control centers, motors, street and area lighting, automated control systems and similar apparatus. May participate in training and certification of an apprentice electrician through a certified apprenticeship program. May serve as a lead worker on an assigned crew.

This position is eligible for full city benefits, including:

• Health Insurance (95% of premium paid by city)
• Dental, Vision and Life Insurance
• Paid vacation and personal leave
• 6-12 weeks of paid parental leave available
• Retirement contributions toward a pension plan and/or 401(k)
• A robust Employee Assistance Plan (EAP)
• Up to $4,000 tuition reimbursement annually
• Discounted supplemental benefits like pet insurance and legal services

TYPICAL DUTIES:

• Perform maintenance, repairs and inspections on low (0-1000 volts), and medium (1 KV-13.5KV) voltage switchgear, transformer and distribution systems and power generation systems including standby emergency generating, co-generating systems and ancillary equipment.
• Install, modify, maintain, troubleshoot, and perform preventive maintenance on new and existing electrical systems, fixtures and other related electrical equipment in compliance with specifications and current municipal and national electrical codes. These include indoor, outdoor, underground, and concealed systems.
• Troubleshoots and diagnoses system or equipment malfunctions using various test instruments and tools. Maintains electrical equipment including motor control centers, motors, switch gear, lighting, telemetry, and similar apparatus by making appropriate repairs and adjustments.
• Install, maintain, troubleshoot, and repairs to variable frequency and direct current drives including adjustment of speed profiles, troubleshooting and repairs to component levels and replacement when needed.
• Repair and maintain the electrical equipment and controls associated with gas systems including gas compressors, gas drying systems, waste gas burners, flares, vaporizers and boilers.
• Perform thermal imaging of electrical equipment, interpret results, create reports and repair issues.
• Works with contractors and may inspect their work to ensure compliance with specifications and municipal and national electrical codes.
• Coordinate activities, schedule outages, and work cooperatively with other operation and maintenance staff.
• Maintain and repair equipment in facility owned 46,000-volt substations. Knowledge of proper PPE and ARC Flash, when preforming work on equipment that cannot be isolated and/or deenergized.
• Performs field design modifications of electrical systems for various equipment and facilities including specifications, availability of needed equipment, installation time and costs; then takes appropriate actions to ensure proper installation and operation of said equipment at facilities.  Remodels existing facilities in compliance with specifications and codes.
• In cooperation with instrumentation and controls technicians, maintains various precision telemetry and other automated control systems.
• Reads blueprints and drawings and must be familiar with various methods of design and symbols commonly used in electrical schematics. Review and update program documentation, and engineering drawings to facilitate coordination of maintenance efforts and records.
• Maintains accurate records of work performed and time and material used. Maintains inventories of equipment and replacement parts.  Performs preventive maintenance and may create maintenance schedules.  Recommends material procurement.
• May perform general maintenance duties in one or more craft or building trades other than electrical.  May operate heavy equipment including aerial platform vehicles, trenchers, and backhoes.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Possession of licensure from the State of Utah as a Journeyman or Master Electrician. 
• Knowledge of and experience in applying safety practices for electrical (low, medium and high) voltages, mechanical and environmental hazards such as hazardous chemicals, gasses, and confined spaces.
• Knowledge of principles of electrical distribution and generation and equipment including but not limited to transformers, circuit breakers, protective relays, disconnect switches, voltage regulators, automatic transfer switches, synchronizing and power monitoring equipment.
• Knowledge of electrical test equipment used for electrical troubleshooting, diagnosis, and preventive maintenance.  Equipment includes but not limited to ammeter (AC/DC), meg ohm meter, multimeter, oscilloscope, tachometer, power quality analyzers, and thermal imaging cameras.
• Completion of NFPA 70E ARC Flash training course
• Knowledge of building codes, electrical codes and electrical theory.
• Possession of valid driver’s license or driving privilege card. May be required to obtain a Commercial Driver's License, depending on needs of the assigned department.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Moderately heavy physical activity. May be required to lift, pull or push moderately heavy weights. May have to stand, walk, or sit uncomfortably for extended periods. Extreme exposure to weather including heat, cold, dampness, fumes, noise, dust and grease. May be exposed to heights, and voltages in the range of 0 to 13.5 KV.
• To work safely in an industrial setting using appropriate PPE, using proper Lock-Out Tag Out procedures around electrical, mechanical, and environmental hazards, including working in Permit-Required Confined Spaces.  Ability to work in emergency situations and be a part of an on-call standby rotation. Subject to callback, shift work, emergency work requirements and other non­standard working hour assignments.
• Moderate exposure to stressful situations.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by persons assigned to this job.  They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required of personnel so classified. 

All requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.

POSITION TYPE

Full-Time

POSITION SALARY RANGE

$29.94 - $39.41

DEPARTMENT

Public Lands

Full Time/Part Time:

Full time

Scheduled Hours:

40