This position is assigned to the electrical shop within the Engineering service line for the Nebraska Western Iowa Health Care System. Employee performs preventative maintenance, installations, troubleshooting, and repairs on electrical systems having voltages up to 480 VAC which include: feeder and branch circuits, light fixtures, controls and equipment, electrical panels, signal circuits for radio and nurse call, intercoms, and medical gas pressure alarms.

Duties

The major duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to: Interpret building plans, blueprints, wiring diagrams, and maintenance manuals. Installation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of electrical wiring systems and associated fixtures, controls and equipment in industrial, institutional, office buildings requiring experience maintaining and modernizing newer and older electrical systems. Ordering and maintaining an adequate supply of shop stock to perform required duties. Provide necessary information, sketches, and guidance as required for project planning, construction, and inspection phases of projects. Work from building prints, sketches, and manufacturer's manuals to lay out and plan work. Use formulas and basic math required by the trade. Use hand tools and test equipment normally used in the electrical trade in trouble shooting and repairing electrical equipment. Perform Monthly Generator operational test and automatic transfer switches. Perform weekly and monthly preventive maintenance on diesel fuel storage tanks and document findings in the Spill Prevention Control and Counter measure plan binder. Oversee the operation of 3 electrically operated elevators and 2 hydraulic operated elevators. Oversee and maintain the fire alarm system consisting of smoke detectors, pull stations, main control panel, sub panels, strobe lights, annunciators, fire and smoke door actuators, and smoke and fire duct detectors. Performs other related duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 12:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. (includes shift differential pay) Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized

Requirements

Qualifications

PHYSICAL EFFORT AND WORK CONDITIONS:Much of the work requires physical strain from lifting, pushing, and carrying heavy units. The incumbent will work from ladders and scaffolds. Work may be performed in tiring positions such as standing, stooping, kneeling, etc. as well as crawling through sub-basement and overhead crawl spaces. Frequently lifts and carries tools, equipment, and parts weighing up to 20 pounds and less often, up to 40 pounds. Occasionally, lifts or moves with assistance moderately heavy objects weighing more than 75 pounds. Employee will work outside and inside. Outside work is occasionally required during extremely bad weather. Repairs are frequently in areas that are wet, dirty, dusty, greasy, extremely hot, noisy, on scaffolding or cranes at heights of 30 or more feet, in close quarters such as manholes, crawlspaces, and above ceilings and in attics, or foul smelling occasionally being exposed to the possibility of injury from falling, electrical shock, burns, and rotary devices, such as electrical motors. Frequent exposure to cuts and bruises is a possibility. Incumbent will be required to wear appropriate personal protective equipment as necessary to accomplish tasks in a safe manner. Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualifications. For this position, the job element method is used to match what you, the applicant, can do against what the work calls for. Your knowledge, skills and abilities will be compared to the knowledge, skills and abilities (called job elements) needed for success. Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element (WG-2 and higher only; screen-outs are not applicable to WG-1). Applicants who appear to meet the screen out element are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated from consideration. The potential eligibles are rated against the remainder of the job elements. While a specific length of training and experience is not required, your responses to the questionnaire must be supported by detailed descriptions of your experience on your resume. SCREEN-OUT: Requires the ability to do the work of the position (Electrician) without more than normal supervision. Qualifying experience must be supported on resume(s) and includes: plan, layout and complete the installation, modification, maintenance and repair of the various electrical systems, circuits, equipment and controls; routing, placement, balance, load, continuity and proper and safe operation of electrical circuits and electrical, electronic, and pneumatic controls of industrial machinery and technical medical equipment or wiring systems in building and runway lighting systems. You will bee rated on the following Job Elements as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position: Electric DrawingsTechnical PracticesTechnical Practices (Electrical Electronic)Troubleshooting (Electrical)Without more than normal supervision IMPORTANT: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. All experience listed on your resume must include the month and year start/end dates. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address VA Nebraska-Western Iowa HCS - Omaha 4101 Woolworth Avenue Omaha, NE 68105 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]