Job opening: Electrician
Salary: $31 - 36 per hour
Published at: Dec 18 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
Truman VA Medical Center is committed to Diversity and Inclusion. Together, we strive to create and maintain a working and learning environment that promotes professional growth and teamwork. We offer an inclusive, equitable, and welcoming environment where we celebrate our individual differences and unite as a team toward a common goal of providing outstanding service to our Nation's Veterans.
Duties
This position functions as an Electrician within the Maintenance and Repair and/or Projects Section, Facility Management Division for the Harry S. Truman Memorial Hospital, Columbia MO.
Duties of this position include but are not limited to:
Installs, modifies, repairs, troubleshoots, and tests new and existing electric systems including underground primary (13,800 volts) and secondary (480/277/208/120 volts) single and polyphase distribution systems, diesel operated auxiliary power generating systems, and pneumatic tube systems.
Inspects, locates, and diagnoses electrical trouble to perform maintenance service and repairs to electrical wiring systems, breaker panels, automatic and manual fire alarm and lighting systems, automatic lawn sprinkler systems, clocks, rheostats, thermostats, heating equipment, light fixtures, fans, motors, shop equipment, and other electrical equipment.
Plans, lays out, and completes the installation, modification and repair of signal systems, systems, relays, new outlets, new lighting, automatic timers, new shop equipment, and remodels, restores, and/or overhauls existing electrical installations and equipment.
Prepares site for telephone system installation/repair and associated terminations for communications, determining data necessary to identify installations, repairs, and maintenance of units that are on branch circuits from the distribution cabinets and mainframe.
Fabricates and installs conduit, prepares conductors for installation, connects component parts or component circuits, tests circuits, and connects completed circuitry to power source for energization.
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 2:00pm - 10:30pm (2nd shift)
Position Description Title/PD#: Electrician/PD09882A
Physical Requirements: Makes repairs and installations from ladders, scaffolding, platforms, and inside manholes, and where the parts of the systems worked on are in hard-to-reach places. This requires incumbent to stand, stoop, bend, kneel, climb, and work in tiring and uncomfortable positions and under hazardous conditions. Work frequently involves lifts, carries, and set up tools, equipment, and parts that may exceed 20 pounds and require heavy lifting.
Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Authorized
Requirements
- You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job
- Subject to a background/suitability investigation
- Designated and/or random drug testing may be required
- May serve a probationary period
- Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
- A complete application package; Resume, Transcripts, etc.
- Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process
Qualifications
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
EXPERIENCE: A specific length of training and experience is not required, but you must show evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality of your ability to do the work of this position. Evidence which demonstrates you possess the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties of this position must be supported by detailed descriptions of such on your resume. Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualification Standards.
SCREEN-OUT ELEMENT: Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element, which usually appears as question 1 in the on-line questionnaire. Those applicants who appear to possess at least the minimal acceptable qualification requirement are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated. The potential eligibles are then rated against the remainder of the Job Elements:
Electrical EquipmentInspectTroubleshooting (Electrical)Work Practices
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; religions; 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.
Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. 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.
Education
There is no education substitute for this position.
Contacts
- Address Harry S Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital
800 Hospital Drive
Columbia, MO 65201
US
- Name: Rachel Gallagher
- Phone: 785-640-9971
- Email: [email protected]
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