Treatment Plant Electrician

City of Charlotte•Charlotte, NC

2d•$25 - $31

About The Position

Charlotte’s local government, with more than 9,000 employees and a total budget of $3.65 billion budget, works hard to ensure that the community will be a winning city for everyone – a truly remarkable place to live, work, learn and play. Charlotte Water is an enterprise department of the City of Charlotte and one of the largest public water and sewer service providers in the southeast with over 330,000 customer accounts and over 1100 employees. Our service area includes the City of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County and the towns of Huntersville, Cornelius, Davidson, Mint Hill, Matthews and Pineville. Charlotte Water’s FY 26 budget is $651 million and a five-year capital program of $2.2.28 billion. We enjoy the highest credit ratings from Moody’s and S&P Global as a result of sound financial planning and management and strong support from our City Council. We value competent, skilled candidates with a customer service focus to work in a team environment. This position maintains, upgrades, and troubleshoots plant electrical problems. Work involves performing maintenance, upgrades, installation, and troubleshooting of electrical components and equipment that pertain to the City's water treatment processes, structures, and assets; repairing, maintaining, or replacing electrical switchgears (breakers, starters, transformers); maintaining, connecting, and disconnecting electrical motors; and inspecting electric instrumentation and performing minor repairs. This position determines health life of critical equipment and instruments and provides solutions to pending and/or post electrical component failures.

Requirements

High School Graduate or Equivalent with Five (5) years of related work experience.
OR an equivalent combination of education and relevant work/industry/military/job specific experience that provides the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities tobsuccessfully perform the essential job functions.
Requires a valid driver’s license
Must obtain and maintain a City Driver’s Permit.
Requires a NC Collection System Operators Grade I state certification (or obtaining level 1 certification within 18 months of hire) with progressive levels of certification each year thereafter.
Knowledge of electrical circuit and electrical construction diagrams.
Knowledge of electrical repair tools and devices.
Skill in using electrical repair tools and devices.
Ability to read electrical schematics.
Ability to obtain a City driving authorization.
Ability to follow safety directions.
Ability to follow instructions.

Responsibilities

Maintains the electrical aspects of equipment critical to operations
Conducts preventative maintenance activities by inspecting motors, pumps, fans, and electrical distribution equipment regularly; cleaning and checking/tightening connections in electrical equipment; and using a thermal testing device.
Troubleshoots and diagnoses electrical malfunctions.
Repairs, maintains, or replaces electrical switchgears (breakers, starters, transformers).
Analyzes the mechanical and electrical condition of motors.
Installs new electrical systems and devices.
Pulls wires.
Disconnects electricity as needed.
Maintains, connects, and disconnects electrical motors.
Maintains and repairs various electrical apparatus of structures
Installs new electrical systems and devices.
Makes additions, extensions, and or alterations in electrical systems by: installing wires; changing electrical design, plug lights, and switches; designing; and installing
Performs other related job duties as assigned.