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Electrical Maintenance

Position:                      Electrical Maintenance

Reports To:                 Director of Operations

Status:                         Non-Exempt

BASIC WORKER FUNCTION:

Maintains buildings, grounds, and equipment, as well as utilities and their use; attends maintenance and engineering activities with other departments, attends staff meetings, as well as safety and other meetings, as directed by the Director of Operations.

ADDITIONAL GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF TASKS:

Performs the following and assists with general plant maintenance.

  • Repairs, installs, replaces, and tests electrical circuits and equipment.
  • Inspects and tests electrical lighting, signal, communication, and power circuits and equipment.
  • Isolates defects in wiring, switches, motors, and other electrical equipment.
  • Examines and tests such elements of systems as distribution panels, controls, circuit fixtures and

motors to locate obvious faults such as blown fuses, short circuits, broken wires, etc.

  • Replaces faulty switches, sockets, plugs, fuses, insulators, and other simple elements of electrical systems.
  • Replaces defective mechanical parts such as gears, bushings, bearings, and related electrical parts as armatures, commentators, and transformers, and assembling components according to diagrams.
  • Restores electrical connections to complete circuits.
  • Installs new wiring and electrical to machinery.
  • Installs fixtures, switches, and outlet boxes in positions.
  • Runs wire through conduit and makes connections to complete circuits.
  • Assembles, installs, and connects components of switchboards and distribution panels.
  • Mounts motors, transformers, lighting fixtures, or other equipment into position and terminates.

Trains other workers.  Serves as consultation resource with other workers.  Observes all safety regulations.  Other duties as required.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

  • Minimum 5 years demonstrated electrical experience.
  • Electrical maintenance qualification\certification.
  • Ability to read & work from electrical drawings & technical manuals.

 

*Also must be able to meet personal tool requirements.