Airport Electrician (9240) – Citywide – (A00034)

City and County of San Francisco•San Francisco, CA

6h•Onsite

About The Position

Under direction, the Airport Electrician performs journey-level electrical work to maintain and repair SFO’s high and low voltage electrical systems, ensuring their safe, reliable and continuous operation. This position supports testing and troubleshooting of critical electrical infrastructure to prevent outages and provides technical guidance to tenants and contractors. It also requires accurate record-keeping and adherence to operational policies to maintain compliance and support airport-wide electrical reliability. The role involves work in environments with potential serious injury hazards.

Requirements

Requires completion of a recognized electrician's (Line worker or Inside Wireman) apprenticeship program.
Requires two (2) years of verifiable journey-level electrician experience in the installation, maintenance, and operation of high voltage (above 600 volts) industrial power transmission and distribution systems.
Requires possession of a valid California driver's license.

Nice To Haves

Two Years Experience using medium voltage test equipment.
Must be capable of safely differentiating live versus dead lines using a contact tester.
Demonstrated experience working safely on electrical systems operating above 600 volts.
Medium voltage cable splicing experience.
Familiarity with the operation and basic troubleshooting of medium-voltage substation controls.
Experience with airfield lighting systems.

Responsibilities

Maintains, operates and adjusts electrical primary power substations ranging from 2,300 to 12,000 voltage, including circuit breakers, relays, batteries and controls.
Maintains high voltage power lines; locates and isolates faulty sections and removes, installs and makes connections where necessary.
Installs watt-hour meter systems, connects potential transformers, current transformers, phase shifting transformers, test switches, reactive meters, demand meters and watt-hour meters.
Maintains, operates and repairs the 5,000-volt airfield runway lighting system, including taxiways, guidance sign system, airways code beacon, rotating beacon and hazard lights.
Maintains, operates and repairs electric motors and control apparatus used in pumping drainage water and sewage.
Maintains, operates and adjusts standby engine generators used for emergency power; checks electrical failures for airport, tenants in the absence of tenant personnel in cases of emergency.
Collects data for engineer's planned expansion projects and meets with tenants and contractors and advises or availability of facilities for future expansion projects.
Inspects completed work for compliance with airport standards and requirements.
Performs related duties and responsibilities as assigned.