Electrical Technician

The Building People, LLC, has a position open for a full-time Electrical Technician for the facilities engineering program to support a federal Agency.

Responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:

• Performs all the duties of an Electronics Technician I, in addition to the following.
• Applies comprehensive technical knowledge to solve complex problems by interpreting manufacturers' manuals or similar documents.
• Receives technical guidance, as required, from supervisor or higher-level technician, and work is reviewed guidance, as required, from supervisor or higher-level technician, and work is reviewed for compliance with accepted practices.
• May provide technical guidance to lower-level technicians.
• Applies technical knowledge to perform simple or routine tasks following detailed instructions.
• Performs such tasks as replacing components and wiring circuits; repairing electrical equipment; and taking test readings using common instruments such as digital multi-meters, signal generators, semiconductor testers, curve tracers, and oscilloscopes.
• Work is spot-checked for accuracy.

Required Experience/Skills:

• More than Five (5) years of commercial journeyman level experience.
• Electrical technicians operating, maintaining, and repairing high voltage (600 volt and higher) systems must be trained and qualified in high voltage operations and have a minimum of two (2) years of experience.
• Experience testing, repairing, and maintaining electric-generating equipment in cogeneration and emergency power production facilities that generate up to 12,470 volts.
• Experience installing, modifying, testing, repairing, and troubleshooting generators, transformers, converters, regulators, switches, circuit breakers, lightning arresters, mechanical and electronic recording instruments, mechanical and electronic control systems of distribution lines, substations, and power-generating facilities.
• Experience working from building plans, blueprints, wiring diagrams, engineering drawings, and electrical maintenance and repair manuals.
• Capable of performing physical labor including, walking, standing, lift up to 40lbs, pulling, climbing up and down ladders and agility/dexterity to perform duties assigned.

Preferred Certification:

• NICET electrical power testing certification.

Preferred Experience:

• Experience installing, modifying, testing, repairing, and troubleshooting generators, transformers, converters, regulators, switches, circuit breakers, lightning arresters, mechanical and electronic recording instruments, mechanical and electronic control systems of distribution lines, substations, and power-generating facilities.
• Experience working from building plans, blueprints, wiring diagrams, engineering drawings, and electrical maintenance and repair manuals.
• Have experience as a technician, or position that showed progression in theoretical and practical knowledge of electrical building systems, and of the characteristics, function, operation, and capabilities of a variety of types of electrical equipment.
• Have knowledge of the capabilities, limitations, operations, design, characteristics, and functional use of a variety of types and models of electrical equipment and systems related to, but less than a full professional knowledge of electrical engineering.