Electrician

Job Title: Electrician

Job Type: full-time

Job Location: The Central Alabama Veterans Healthcare System (CAVHCS), Montgomery and Tuskegee, AL

Schedule: 8 hours each day for a total of 40 hours per week

Qualifications:

• The applicant must have at least 3 years’ documented experience.
• Be able to perform:

• Heavy work (lifting of 50 lbs. frequently and 75 lbs. occasionally).
• Work at heights and climb ladders (Conditions of dizziness or vertigo, uncontrolled or poorly controlled insulin dependent diabetes, uncontrolled or poorly controlled seizure disorder or any condition that would interfere with alertness will be disqualifying.)
• Work in confined spaces (A history of claustrophobia, any physical limitation(s) interfering with agility or the ability to perform work in awkward and sustained postures such as severe progressive arthritis, or body size larger than the confined space opening will be disqualifying)
• Work in heat – over 100 degrees F
• Work in a noisy environment (Must be able to wear hearing protection when necessary)
• Work involving potential hazardous exposures such as asbestos, machine parts, soot, dirt, grease, chemicals, oil, and fumes.
• Ability to function safely while wearing a respirator - Work requiring an OSHA approved respirator and proper fit tested.
• Standing and bending for long periods of time

Duties:

• Install new and existing electrical lines, circuits, systems, and associated fixtures, controls, and equipment.
• Install secondary power distribution lines and circuits used to supply a wide range of voltage.
• Provide maintenance to industrial multiphase systems; thermocouple sensors; electrical intrusion alarm and fire alarm system; emergency warning systems; lighting protection systems.
• Traces hard-to-locate defects or problems associated with the completion of repairs and installations.
• Determine where to place distribution panels, boxes, fittings, connections and install wiring.
• Calculate resistance, inductance, capacitance, power factor, current flow, and temperature, and length in single and multiple raceways, conduits, and cable trays.
• Operate basic test equipment such as signal generators, signal tracers, and oscilloscopes.
• Use specialized measuring instruments such as voltmeters, ammeters, wattmeter ohmmeters and meggers.
• Able to recognize electronic parts such as resistors, capacitors, and transistors.
• Use trade formulas to calculate common properties, e.g., voltage, voltage drop and current capability in series and parallel circuits.