Employee will serve as a High Voltage Electrician aligned within Engineering Service located at the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Healthcare System in New Orleans, LA.

Duties

The primary purpose of this position performs duties associated with high voltage electrical installations, maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair. Major duties will include, but may not be limited to the following: Cleans, adjusts and repairs electrical equipment such as air, oil and vacuum circuit breakers and remote control supervisory and telemetering equipment. Constructs and installs rigid conduits, pulling in conductors, assembles bus bars and phase out and connect conductors. Troubleshoots overhead and underground cable systems to locate shorts, opens, grounds, crosses, electrolysis damage, capacitance imbalance or cable breaks. Checks condition of transformers, switches, capacitor equipment, and cables; transformer operating temperatures and voltage at secondary terminals and make repairs to defective loose or corroded connections; ground wire connections and cables for cracks breaks, breaks corrosion and punctures; and cracks or breaks in walls of manholes or vaults visually. Coordinates testing of insulating oil from transformers and oil switches for breakdown and contamination. Pumps water from manholes, remove debris, and repair ground bonds. Maintains street and helicopter pad lighting systems and maintains and repairs diesel and gas-powered emergency generators and associated equipment. Provides back-up to the Facility Electricians, with the following: installs, modification, repair, maintenance, troubleshoot, and tests new and existing electrical lines, circuits, systems, and associated fixtures, controls, and equipment. Works from building plans, blueprints, wiring diagrams, engineering drawings, and electrical maintenance and repair manuals to plan and lay out the routing, placement type, size, gauge, balance, load, continuity, and sage operation of electrical lines, circuits, systems, equipment, and controls. Determines and places distribution panels, boxes, fittings, and connections and install wiring, couplings, conduit, relays, fixtures, transformers, and other electrical devices including electricals service entrances. Traces hard-to locate defects or problems and completes repairs and installations. Maintains and repairs electrical portion of heating, air conditioning, refrigeration, and automatic operating controls, and flame protection devices for the boilers in the Power Plant. Checks the work of contractors for compliance with facility standards and electrical codes. Locates and marks electrical underground utilities prior to excavation. Initiates electronic work orders for deficiencies found in the performance of duties and to maintain preventive maintenance for newly installed equipment. Contacts vendors to determine current pricing, material availability, and ordering information. Performing other duties, as necessary. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 2:00pm - 10:00pm and Saturday-Sunday 10:30am - 7:00pm Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized

Requirements

Qualifications

SCREEN-OUT: Requires the ability to do the work of a High Voltage Electrician without more than normal supervision. Related experience includes installing, modifying, testing, repairing, troubleshooting, and maintaining generators, generator controls, transformers, converters, regulators, cables, switches, circuit breakers, mechanical and electronic recording instruments, mechanical and electronic control systems, and other high voltage circuit elements and power-generating equipment; and servicing distribution lines in numerous buildings, substations, and transformers. (Resume must clearly support responses provided to the online questionnaire to receive credit. We will not make assumptions regarding experience.) PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: Requires moderately heavy lifting, pulling, and carrying equipment and material weighing up to 40 pounds, and occasionally will lift or pull heavy cables and equipment more than 50 pounds with assistance of weight handline equipment or other workers. Position requires employee to crouch, stand, kneel, and stoop while working in confined spaces (e.g., enclosed switch gear, overhead bus, conduit assemblies); works above ground from aerial work platforms, at ground levels, and in trenches or manholes. Required to bend, stoop, climb, and stand for long periods of time to install, repair, and test electrical equipment in manholes and on overhead distribution lines. Works from ladders, scaffolding, and hydraulic platforms, often in cramped, dirty, and hard-to-reach locations, and working in exhausting and uncomfortable positions. WORKING CONDITIONS: Required is performed in all areas of the hospital environment, inside and outside with exposure to a full array of weather conditions. Employee subjected to many exposures and dangers while performing the various duties as a High Voltage Electrician and includes: danger from explosions of equipment and cables; electrical shock; burns working around high voltage electrical lines; broken bones, cuts, scratches and bruises; subjected to asbestos and chemicals exposures that may cause burns or irritations to the skin. Requires the use of protective gear and clothing that is heavy and uncomfortable. May work in high security areas such as telecommunication closets, server rooms or data centers to service various electrical equipment such as interruptible power supplies, lighting, etc. Required to complete vehicle safety training to drive vehicles up to 1-ton service trucks and operate aerial elevating platform vehicles. 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. You will be rated on the following Job Elements as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position: Electric DrawingsElectrical EquipmentLearning Trade Theory and PracticeTechnical PracticesUse and Maintain Hand Tools (Electrical Work)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 New Orleans VA Medical Center 2400 Canal Street New Orleans, LA 70119 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]