Airport Electrician (9240) – Citywide – (A00034)
About The Position
Under direction, the Airport Electrician performs journey-level electrical work to maintain and repair San Francisco International Airport’s high- and low-voltage electrical systems and ensure their safe, reliable, and continuous operation. The role supports testing and troubleshooting critical electrical infrastructure to prevent outages, provides technical guidance to tenants and contractors, and requires accurate record-keeping and compliance with operational policies. Work may involve environments with hazards that could cause serious injury. The position maintains, operates, and repairs airport substations, high-voltage power lines, runway and airfield lighting, motors and control equipment, and standby generators. It also supports planned expansion projects, coordinates with tenants and contractors, and inspects completed work for compliance with airport standards. The position is full-time, 40 hours per week, at San Francisco International Airport. Shift times vary; employees must be able to work day, swing, or night shifts as needed, including weekends and holidays.
Requirements
- Complete a recognized electrician’s apprenticeship program as a line worker or inside wireman, or qualify for the stated substitution by having additional journey-level electrician experience in installation, servicing, and repair of electrical systems, devices, and related components, substituted year for year for the five-year apprenticeship program.
- Have two years of verifiable journey-level electrician experience installing, maintaining, and operating high-voltage (above 600 volts) industrial power transmission and distribution systems.
- Possess a valid California driver’s license.
Nice To Haves
- Two years of experience using medium-voltage test equipment and the ability to safely differentiate live from dead lines using a contact tester.
- Demonstrated experience working safely on electrical systems operating above 600 volts.
- Medium-voltage cable-splicing experience.
- Familiarity with operating and performing basic troubleshooting of medium-voltage substation controls.
- Experience with airfield lighting systems.
Responsibilities
- Maintain, operate, and adjust electrical primary power substations ranging from 2,300 to 12,000 volts, including circuit breakers, relays, batteries, and controls.
- Maintain high-voltage power lines; locate and isolate faulty sections; and remove, install, and make connections as necessary.
- Install watt-hour meter systems and connect potential transformers, current transformers, phase-shifting transformers, test switches, reactive meters, demand meters, and watt-hour meters.
- Maintain, operate, and repair the 5,000-volt airfield runway lighting system, including taxiways, guidance sign systems, the airways code beacon, rotating beacon, and hazard lights.
- Maintain, operate, and repair electric motors and control apparatus used in pumping drainage water and sewage.
- Maintain, operate, and adjust standby engine generators used for emergency power; check electrical failures affecting the airport and tenants when tenant personnel are absent during emergencies.
- Collect data for engineers’ planned expansion projects and meet with tenants and contractors to advise on the availability of facilities for future expansion projects.
- Inspect completed work for compliance with airport standards and requirements.
- Perform related duties and responsibilities as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
