Electrician, Exterior

ASRC Federal•Wichita Falls, TX

2d•Onsite

About The Position

ASRC Federal Gulf State Constructors is seeking an Electrician, Exterior in support of our Sheppard AFB Base Operations Support Contract located in Wichita Falls, TX. This role involves installing, maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing electrical systems and associated fixtures, controls, and equipment (50 volts or higher). The electrician will also install, troubleshoot, test, repair, and maintain high voltage generating, controlling, and distributing systems in powerhouses, substations, and underground and overhead power lines. Maintenance and repair of airfield lighting systems are also key responsibilities. This position requires general maintenance electrician work that involves rounded training and experience, typically acquired through a formal apprenticeship or equivalent training and experience.

Requirements

High School Diploma or equivalent
Valid Driver’s License
Current Journeyman Electrician License
Must possess or be able to obtain within 90 days of hire a Valid state drivers license Class B or higher CDL
Knowledge of Exterior Electrical, Industrial Components & high voltage, and/or CE/AF Base Ops
CPR Certified
Must be able to qualify for SECRET security clearance
Must be a US or Permanent Citizen due to contract requirements

Responsibilities

Installs, modifies, connects, inspects, troubleshoots, and repairs overhead and underground street lighting equipment.
Sets up and aligns poles, erects cross arms and fixtures, strings conductors, installs transformers and services with connections.
Repair primary distribution equipment such as cracked insulators, broken pins, wires, short circuits, and loose connections.
Check condition of transformers, switches, and cables.
Test insulating oil of transformers and oil switches for breakdown and contamination.
Install transformers on hangers, lighting arresters, switches, and fuses.
Troubleshoot cable systems to locate shorts, opens, grounds, crosses, cable breaks.
Selects and installs insulators, joins line conductors by splicing.
Strings wires, pulls wires to proper tension, and sag.
Installs and replaces arms and cross arms and attach pole guys.
Install, modify, and test electrical lines, circuits, systems, fixtures, controls, and equipment 50 volts or higher, amperage, phase and frequency requirements.
Install, maintain, and repair all types of grounding systems and lighting protection systems.
Works from building plans, blueprints, wiring diagrams, engineering drawings, and electrical maintenance and repair manuals to plan and layout routing, placement, type, size gauge, balance, load, continuity, and safe operation of electrical lines, circuits, systems, equipment, and controls.
Work on a wide variety of equipment, including motors, motor control devices, speed control units, and automatic control equipment.
Install and maintain the electronic controls for machines in business and industry.
Pull insulated wires or cables through the conduit to complete circuits between boxes and manholes.
Connect wires to circuit breakers, transformers, and other components.
Join wires in boxes with various specially designed connectors.
Perform preventive/recurring maintenance.
Advise management on whether continued operation of equipment could be hazardous.
Interprets and applies the National Electric Code, local codes, building plans, blueprints, wiring diagrams and engineering drawings and uses trade formulas to calculate common properties (e.g., voltage drops, and current capacity in series and parallel circuits, resistance, inductance, capacitance, power factors, current flow, and temperature and length in single and multiple raceways, conduit, gutters and cable trays).
Makes necessary repairs as quickly as possible to minimize inconvenience.
Work with Engineers, engineering technicians or industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.
Other duties as assigned to support mission and customer requirements.