Tier 2 - High Voltage Electrican Journeyman-lead

Job Summary

• Prepares equipment for repair or replacement parts. Starts equipment following repair and tests performance in conjunction with other teams.
• Withdraws equipment, components, and materials from the stockroom inventory system and order materials from vendors as required.
• Performs switching and maintenance in substations, switchyards, pad-mounted equipment and in underground vaults. Installs new equipment, including conduit, wire, cable, pull boxes, transformers and for repairs and alterations in high voltage systems. Install and maintain transformers, converters, regulators, cables, switches, circuit breakers, mechanical and electronic systems, and other circuit elements found in substations.
• Dismantle and repair primary electrical equipment, replace sectionalizing box pot-heads, links and blown fuses. Operates switches to isolate and remove defective components for repair.
• Utilizes various measuring and testing instruments to work standard computations relating to load requirements of wiring and electrical equipment. Maintain specified power plant equipment such as pumps, compressors, boilers, turbines.
• Uses blueprints, diagrams, repair manuals, calipers, micrometers, scales, and other measuring instruments as required.
• May be responsible for plans and schematic reviews with written reports.
• Keeps leadership informed of status of equipment and conditions and prepared repair requests as needed.
• Performs preventative maintenance in accordance with schedules, operating procedures and equipment warranty.
• Performs scheduled inspections to determine if equipment is operating properly. Performs preventative maintenance on all electrical gears.
• Performs duties in a timely, accurate, and cost-effective manner. Installs and maintains various lighting systems.
• Interfaces with the customer and assures proper accountability of parts and time for each task.
• Work environment requires strict adherence to precautionary work methods and safety equipment due to the severe electrical hazards present when working near energized equipment and components. Other duties as assigned.
• Master – Possesses all of the Journey and Journeyman-Lead level skills, having verifiable minimum experience and/or holds an accepted certification, license and/or degree.
• Usually considered the most experienced, highest-skilled professional in their respective field. May provide supervision for a specific crew. Requires little or no supervision.

Supervision Exercised

• As directed by management, may supervise employees or subcontractor personnel in accordance with the “General Supervisory Duties and Responsibilities” addendum.

Typical Requirements

• Position may be located in a wide variety of environments, from conventional indoor office workspace to project worksites with harsh, working and living conditions.
• To ensure compliance with safety, health and security requirements in the contract, the employee will possess the ability to read, write, speak and understand the English language at the intermediate level as necessary to perform assigned job functions.
• Position requires the basic skills and physical ability necessary to perform assigned job functions.

Other Job Requirements:

• High school diploma / GED equivalent, or an equivalent combination of education and experience, and seven (7) years to nine (9) years related experience.
• Requires the job knowledge, skill level and physical ability necessary to perform assigned job functions.
• Master license/certificate or equivalent is required.

Qualifications: 

• Ability to read and interpret technical equipment manuals, mechanical and electrical drawings, engineering standards and applicable regulatory codes.
• Able to operate small to medium-sized machinery such as Boom lift, scissor lift, forklift, skid steer.
• Performs all phases of installation, maintenance, repair and inspection of electrical and instrumentation systems.
• Installs wire systems and rigid conduit.
• Changes out and repairs AC/DC electric motors and parts, relays, solenoids, and terminal strips.
• Handle emergency call-ins for outages.
• Knowledge of backup generators for emergency tie-ins.
• Prepare and maintain accurate records about annual inspections of equipment and electrical systems.
• Be proficient in the use of tools and test equipment required for routine maintenance and testing of substation components, including transformer turns ratio testers, DLRO (Digital Low Resistance Ohmmeter), hi-pot testers, breaker testing equipment, and relay test instruments

Skills Required:

• Electrician / Electronics / Electrical / Engineering
• Maintenance / Skilled / Labor