Electrician (Skilled Trade Specialist II)

About the role

The Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) owns, operates, and maintains eight major toll facilities across the State of Maryland. The MDTA provides safe, secure, and convenient transportation facilities and relies on its employees to achieve its goals through quality and excellence in customer service.

Responsibilities

• Install, repair, and maintain electrical equipment such as ballasts, cable, conduit boxes, conduit tubing, control systems, coils, electronic signage, fans, fluorescent and incandescent units, fuses, generators, high mast light poles, outlets, panels, relays, switches, navigational lights, transformers, wiring and roadway lighting systems, and emergency standby systems.
• Perform other maintenance duties as assigned.
• Work either outdoors under all weather conditions or inside MDOT buildings.
• Maintain physical exertion, moving objects weighing over 50 pounds, working on equipment located on high poles or other elevated locations, and working in cramped quarters in buildings or underground.
• Provide additional support for carpentry, locksmithing, masonry, painting, welding, and HVAC tasks with co-workers as needed.
• Receive general supervision from a Skilled Trade Specialist Supervisor or other designated supervisor.

Requirements

This position requires three years of experience performing skilled trade work as an electrician. Additional work experience performing skilled trades work as defined above may be substituted on a year-for-year basis for the required education. A certificate from a vocational technical school with a major in one or more of the skilled trades as defined above may be substituted for one year of the required general experience. Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a non-commissioned officer in utilities repair classifications or construction and engineering specialty codes in the skilled trades as defined above field of work, on a year-for-year basis for the required experience.

Qualifications

• Education: Graduation from an accredited high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate.
• Experience: Three years of experience performing skilled trade work as an electrician.

Skills

Employees in this classification are considered essential employees and are subject to emergency call-back procedures, twenty-four hours a day, as may be required in order to maintain continuous operation of a facility. Employees may be required to work rotating shift work, to include evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays.

Benefits

The MDTA offers a generous benefits package including: a minimum of 11 paid holidays, a minimum of 27 days of leave annually (personal, vacation, and sick), access to the State Pension System, deferred compensation plans, excellent health, dental, and vision plans, tuition reimbursement, and more!

Pay

The pay range for this position is not specified.

Schedule

The schedule for this position is not specified.

Notes

• Additional work experience performing skilled trades work as defined above may be substituted on a year-for-year basis for the required education.
• Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a non-commissioned officer in utilities repair classifications or construction and engineering specialty codes in the skilled trades as defined above field of work, on a year-for-year basis for the required experience.
• Licenses & Certifications: Candidates appointed to positions in this classification are assigned duties that require the operation of motor vehicles. Employees are required to possess a motor vehicle operator's license valid in the State of Maryland. All applicants must list their license number and expiration date on the application. During the probationary period, employees may be required to obtain and maintain a Class A or Class B Commercial Driver's License (CDL) valid in the State of Maryland, depending on the type of equipment operated.

Application Process

Please apply on-line at https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/mdotmd. RESUMES CANNOT BE SUBSTITUTED FOR THE ONLINE EMPLOYMENT APPLICATION. Paper applications (Form DTS-1) will not be accepted for this recruitment.