This position is located in the Plant Operations Section of the Engineering Service at VA Miami Health Care System - Bruce W. Carter VA Medical Center in Miami, FL.
PHYSICAL EFFORT AND WORK CONDITIONS: Incumbent must be able to walk, crawl, reach, stoop, climb, lift up to 60 pounds, and have good bilateral vision and hearing. May frequently be exposed to the hazards of electrical shock, traumatic injury from steam, gas inhalation of fumes and vapors, tripping, falling, cuts, bruises, abrasions, and a variety of diseases. Must observe all safety practices, practice good housekeeping and personal hygiene to offset these conditions. Incumbent may be required and shall be expected to work overtime. This position requires emergency response to situations involving life, safety, health and may require non-scheduled emergency response anytime day, night or weekend. Must be able to work off of ladders, scaffolds, stages, and in manholes, trenches, crawl spaces, etc. Work may be indoors or outdoors in climate weather. Must be able to identify colors and makings as established by the American Standard Association for identification of color-coded electrical wires and lines, and electrical components, as well as other piping systems. 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: Ability to Use and Maintain Hand Tools (Electrical Work) Knowledge of Electrical Equipment Technical Practices (Theoretical, Precise, Artistic) Theory and Instruments (Electrical, Electronic) Used in Shop and Trade Practices Troubleshooting (Electrical) 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.
The High Voltage Electrician is responsible for performing a variety of duties as an electrician including secondary responsibilities in general mechanics for door maintenance and repair (e.g., installation, repair, and maintenance of electrical systems, electro-magnetic, electronics, and the installation, maintenance and repairs of door electrical, hydraulics, and pneumatics systems). Major duties and responsibilities include but not limited to: Performing routine installation, maintenance and repair duties and working on power cable transformer insulators and control equipment such as switches, circuit breakers and panels Working on High Voltage which is determined by the National Electric Code Book as 600V and above Installing modifying, testing, repairing, troubleshooting, and maintaining transformers, converters, regulators, cables, switches, circuit breakers, mechanical, electronic recording instruments, mechanical and electronic control systems, and other circuit elements found in substations and/or power generation and distribution equipment centers Assembling and repairing generators and rotary converters Troubleshooting overhead and underground cable systems to locate shorts, opens, grounds, crosses, electrolysis damages, capacitance imbalance, or cable breaks Maintaining all automatic operating and mechanically assisted operated doors and replacing worn or broken parts Performing regularly scheduled preventive maintenance on all components and auxiliary equipment Assisting Carpenters as required in installation and/or demolition projects; repairing and/or installing doors for which he/she has responsibility to include their own frames and including mortising for hinges and lock hardware Performing as a Journeyman Electrician, which duties include, maintaining facilities of the physical plant and its associated equipment Modifying, making adjustments to motors, switching relays, electronic controls, computerized relays, battery operated and motor-driven floor scrubbers, floor polishers, vacuum cleaners as well as a variety of electrical cleaning equipment Conducting a wide range of tests of a variety of circuits and equipment, detecting faults, such as electrical grounds and short circuits in the system Using all tools and equipment of the electrical trade, working from schematics, diagrams, drawings Performing installations electrical circuits including all types of circuit breakers, receptacles, switches, fluorescent lighting, and other electrical components Work Schedule: Monday-Friday; 7:00am-3:30pm Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not approved