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.

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 an MDOT building.
• Move objects weighing over 50 pounds and work on equipment located on high poles or other elevated locations, and/or perform job in cramped quarters in buildings or underground.
• Provide additional support for carpentry, locksmithing, masonry, painting, welding and/or HVAC tasks with co-workers as needed.
• Receive general supervision from a Skilled Trade Specialist Supervisor or other designated supervisor.

Requirements

This is maintenance work requiring physical exertion performed either outdoors under all weather conditions or inside an MDOT building. On some assignments, employees may be required to move objects weighing over 50 pounds and may also be required to work on equipment located on high poles or other elevated locations, and/or perform their job in cramped quarters in buildings or underground.

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

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.

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.