High Voltage Electrician

Air Education and Training Command • Randolph AFB, TX

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About The Position

The High Voltage Electrician modifies, troubleshoots, maintains, and repairs electric power-controlling equipment, power distribution systems, and airfield lighting systems. The position installs, modifies, tests, repairs, and maintains equipment and circuit elements in substations; works on overhead and underground electrical distribution lines; troubleshoots distribution circuits and generating and controlling equipment; and maintains airfield lighting systems. The employee uses safety practices and procedures and maintains a safe, clean work environment. The role may include visually checking contractors’ work on new construction for compliance with contract specifications and training or guiding lower-graded employees or employees in other trades.

The position involves work indoors and outdoors, including work aloft on poles and in trenches or manholes. It requires the use of hand and power tools and electrical test equipment, and may require operating a motor vehicle, special electrical trucks, and a forklift. The employee may travel away from the normal duty station, work overtime or other than normal duty hours—including evenings, weekends, or holidays—and may be recalled to duty. The position may be required to support exercises, contingencies, disasters, and base operations during closure periods. It is designated a Key Position and must not be vacated during a national emergency or mobilization.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship is required.
• Males must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable.
• Meet the OPM Qualification Standard Handbook X-118C requirements for the WG-2800 Electrical Installation and Maintenance Group.
• Demonstrate the ability to perform the work of a High Voltage Electrician without more than normal supervision.
• Have knowledge of technical practices for planning, laying out, and completing maintenance or repairs to high-voltage distribution and airfield lighting systems.
• Have knowledge of high-voltage electrical and distribution equipment, including transformers, switches, circuit breakers, recording instruments, generators, control systems, series and parallel circuits, line loading, and line losses.
• Know and follow safety regulations, procedures, and practices; be able to troubleshoot and locate defects and trouble spots.
• Be skilled in using and maintaining electrical tools and test equipment, including oscillators, phase sticks, rotation meters, digital test equipment, fault-finding equipment, ammeters, voltmeters, meggers, graphic recorders, and insulated linework tools and protective equipment.
• Be able to install, modify, test, repair, troubleshoot, and maintain high-voltage power-controlling equipment, distribution lines, and airfield lighting systems without more than normal supervision.
• Be able to use electrical drawings, blueprints, circuit diagrams, and electronic schematics.
• Have knowledge of airfield lighting systems, regulators, series lighting circuits, and computer control systems.
• Be able to discern colors and contrast and distinguish shades of color.
• Have a valid driver’s license; a valid Class A Commercial Driver’s License is required. The employee may also be required to obtain a government operator’s license and operate special electrical trucks.
• Be able to work under adverse environmental conditions and travel away from the normal duty station on military or commercial aircraft.
• Be willing and able to work overtime and other than normal duty hours, including evenings, weekends, or holidays, and to be recalled to duty.
• Be able to participate in exercises and real-world contingencies and respond to natural and human-made disasters; the position may require retention during base closure periods.
• Be able to perform moderately heavy lifting, pulling, and carrying, and work aloft, at ground level, and in trenches or manholes.
• Meet the position’s physical demands, including bending, stooping, climbing, prolonged standing, and working in awkward positions or confined spaces.
• Follow required safety practices when exposed to high-voltage shock, burns, falls, noise, extreme weather, slippery surfaces, and chemicals such as transformer insulating oil.

Responsibilities

• Install, modify, test, repair, and maintain transformers, converters, regulators, cables, switches, circuit breakers, mechanical and electronic systems, and other substation circuit elements.
• Install, modify, connect, inspect, and repair overhead and underground electrical distribution lines.
• Troubleshoot distribution circuits and generating and controlling equipment.
• Install, modify, test, connect, troubleshoot, inspect, repair, and maintain airfield lighting systems.
• Apply safety practices and procedures and maintain a safe and clean work environment.
• Use and maintain hand tools, power tools, and electrical test equipment.
• Visually check contractors’ work on new construction for compliance with contract specifications.
• Train or guide lower-graded employees or employees in other trades.

Benefits

• Federal employees receive a comprehensive benefits package, with benefits for employees and their families; specific eligibility and benefits depend on position type.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed