Electrician II

About the role

Maintain and repair campus site lighting and low-voltage power distribution systems.
Install conduit, cable, switchboards, panels, and circuit breakers.
Perform maintenance and installation of variable frequency drives, campus mass warning signals, traffic/pedestrian control signals, utility electric meters, and mechanical flow meters.
Utilize utility locating equipment to identify and troubleshoot underground infrastructure.
Assist Utility High Voltage staff with cable pulls, switch replacements, and vault maintenance.
Read and interpret schematics, drawings, and instruction books.
Communicate effectively, professionally, and positively with colleagues and campus community members.

Responsibilities

• Maintains and repairs campus site lighting and low-voltage power distribution systems.
• Installs, maintains, troubleshoots, repairs and replaces 600 volts and less electrical distribution systems and related equipment, including but not limited to main panel board control systems, programmable controls, solid state control systems, step up and down transformers, current and potential transformers, protective field devices, line monitoring equipment and VFD’s.
• Installs, maintains, troubleshoots and repairs control systems including lighting, programmable controllers, and building heating and cooling system programmable controllers.
• Performs preventive maintenance on electrical equipment systems and control systems.
• As required, will commission 600 volts and less electrical distribution systems and related equipment, and control systems.

Requirements

Must possess a valid driver’s license and meet University’s Fleet Safety Program.

Qualifications

• Requires State of Iowa Class A Journeyman Electrician license with at least four years as an apprentice plus two years of experience as a journeyman electrician; or
• State of Iowa Class B Journeyman Electrician license with eight years in the electrical trade in maintenance or construction.

Skills

• Knowledge of the occupational hazards and safety precautions of the trade.
• Knowledge of safety precautions mandated by OSHA, NFPA, NEC and the EPA.
• Demonstrates all knowledge, skills, and abilities listed under Electrician I.
• Knowledge of electrical control systems, including variable frequency drives.
• Ability to use and interpret specialty tools and equipment used to troubleshoot electrical equipment and systems.
• Ability to plan and perform work involving the installation, modification, troubleshooting and repair of new and existing control systems and related equipment.
• Ability to work in all types of environmental conditions or in areas where there is exposure to excessive noise, dirt, and fumes and at elevated heights from ladders, scaffolds, or hydraulic lifts.

Characteristics

• Knowledge of electrical control systems, including variable frequency drives.
• Ability to use and interpret specialty tools and equipment used to troubleshoot electrical equipment and systems.
• Ability to plan and perform work involving the installation, modification, troubleshooting and repair of new and existing control systems and related equipment.
• Ability to work in all types of environmental conditions or in areas where there is exposure to excessive noise, dirt, and fumes and at elevated heights from ladders, scaffolds, or hydraulic lifts.

Benefits

Comprehensive health and work-life benefits, including medical and dental; as well as: Retirement benefits including defined benefit and defined contribution plans Generous vacation, holiday and sick time and leave plans Onsite childcare (Ames, Iowa) Life insurance and long-term disability Flexible Spending Accounts Various voluntary benefits and discounts Employee Assistance Program Wellbeing program

Pay

Commensurate with qualifications.

Schedule

12 Month