You will serve as a HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTRICIAN in the PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTORATE, UTILITIES AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT BRANCH of NAVFAC ENGINEERING CMD MID-ATLANTIC.

Duties

You will perform the full range of maintenance and troubleshooting services to the high voltage electrical systems. You will perform maintenance and inspections to determine condition of electrical utility system components as well as exterior lighting systems for streets, parking areas, and recreational areas. You will perform tests on the equipment and evaluate the equipment condition to determine if equipment will perform within design criteria. You will work from building plans, blueprints, wiring diagrams, engineering drawings, and maintenance and repair manuals to repair existing electrical systems, controls, and equipment. You will check ground wire connections and cables for cracks, breaks, corrosion and punctures.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• This is a bargaining unit position.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• You will be required to wear personal protective equipment such as helmets, gloves, coveralls, glasses, goggles, respirators and safety shoes continuously for the duration of the work shift.
• Call back after hours and occasional overtime is required.
• A valid state driver's license is required. A CLASS-B Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) must be obtained 6 months from the date of hire.
• Required to attend and successfully pass annual confined space entry training.
• You will be required to successfully complete a pre-appointment physical examination.

Qualifications

Although a specific length of time and experience is not required for most trade and labor occupations, you must show through experience and training that you possess the quality level of knowledge and skill necessary to perform the duties of the position at the level for which you are applying. Qualification requirements emphasis is on quality of experience, not necessarily the length of time. Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the job elements and screen out listed below. This job has a screen-out element which will be used to determine minimum eligibility for this job. Applicants who do not receive a minimum of two points on the screen-out element(s) will be found ineligible. The Screen-out Element for this position is: ABILITY TO THE WORK OF THE POSITION WITHOUT MORE THAN NORMAL SUPERVISION such as: 1) Servicing lines, substations, transformers, insulators, converters, regulators, cables, insulators, lightning arresters, switches, circuit breakers, fuses, ground connects, mechanical and electronic control systems and other circuit elements found in substations and/or power-generating facilities, as well as the electrical portions of generators, located above ground and underground; 2) Maintaining, replacing, testing and resetting circuit breakers in switch and substations and vaults; 3) Troubleshooting cable systems to locate shorts, opens, grounds, crosses, electrolysis damage, capacitance imbalance, or cable breaks using such common electrical test devices as voltmeter, ohmmeter and megger; 4) Above ground, works on overhead platforms to string overhead wires and set proper wire tension in accordance with strength and weight of wires; 5) On underground lines run wires or cable through tunnels on conduit or lays protected cables in trenches; 6) Troubleshooting distribution circuits and generating and controlling equipment to locate and correct the cause of outages and improper operation; 7) Making emergency cutouts and substations of power line. Applicants must meet the requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Job Qualification Handbook for Trades and Labor Occupations. Additional qualification information can be found at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/federal-wage-system-qualifications/#url=List-of-Approved-Job-Elements Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address NAVFAC ENGINEERING CMD MID-ATLANTIC 9324 Virginia Ave Norfolk, VA 23511 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]