Electrician -Sumter School District

Non-exempt position reporting to the Director of Maintenance. 240-day work year.

About the Role

To maintain the physical plant in an excellent operating condition.

Responsibilities

• Installs, maintains, and repairs electrically operated equipment and appliances.
• Evaluates, repairs, and modifies complex control circuits, motor control centers, starters, variable speed drives, sewer ejector systems, and well pumps.
• Replaces defective wiring, breakers, branch circuit panel boxes, retrofit panels, interior and exterior ballasts for lighting, fuses, and HVAC electrical elements.
• Installs lighting fixtures and power outlets.
• Installs electric circuits to air conditioners.
• Performs basic surveys to verify the availability of adequate electrical power to operate equipment.
• Performs routine preventive maintenance on electrically operated equipment.
• Installs fixtures, outlets, and switches.
• Cuts, threads, and bends conduits and raceways, including wire molds.
• Installs new wiring methods including BX, MC Cable, Greenfield, and Sealtite.
• Replaces defective wiring and faulty electrical components such as starters and motor controllers.
• Repairs equipment.
• Drives automobiles, vans, and large and small trucks to travel to job sites and to transport tools, equipment, and materials.
• Lifts and carries tools, equipment, and materials.
• Climbs ladders to perform electrical work at heights.
• Bends, stoops, and crawls to perform electrical work in crawl spaces, confined spaces, restricted spaces, and similar areas.
• Operates a bucket truck to replace exterior lights and to access the upper levels of buildings.
• Operates a large cargo van, air hammer, trackhoe, excavator, and trencher to lay underground wire.
• Uses a variety of hand and power tools and equipment.
• Reads blueprints, plans, and schematic drawings.
• Follows safety procedures and electrical codes.
• Responds to assigned work orders and emergency calls.
• Maintains a valid S.C. Driver’s License.
• Works outside for eight (8) hours a day (flexible schedule when required) and lifts 50 lbs. on a regular basis.
• Works cooperatively and respectfully with others.
• Performs all other duties and responsibilities designated by the Director of Maintenance and Operations.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Three years of experience in electrical installation, repair, and maintenance work (additional experience may substitute for education on a year-for-year basis).
• Overhead service experience preferred.
• Commercial electrical experience preferred.

Physical Requirements

• Medium work involving walking, standing, stooping, crouching, crawling, climbing, stretching, or lifting all of the time.
• Exerting between 20 and 50 pounds of force on a recurring basis.
• Considerable skill, adeptness, and speed in the use of fingers, hands, or limbs in tasks involving very close tolerances or limits of accuracy.
• Ability to inspect items for proper length, width, and shape.
• Ability to coordinate hands and eyes in using office and specialized equipment; to operate motor vehicles.
• Significant levels of eye/hand/foot coordination.
• Ability to differentiate colors and shades of color.
• Ability to talk and hear (expressing or exchanging ideas by spoken words; perceiving nature of sounds by ear).

Skills & Aptitudes

• Ability to compare and judge characteristics of data, people, or things.
• Ability to speak and signal people to convey or exchange information, including giving assignments and instructions.
• Ability to read a variety of administrative, technical, and other documents and reports; prepare reports and documents with proper format.
• Ability to speak before others with poise, voice control, and confidence.
• Ability to apply principles of rational systems to solve practical problems and deal with concrete variables in situations with limited standardization.
• Ability to interpret instructions in oral, written, diagrammatic, or schedule form.
• Ability to record and deliver information, explain procedures, follow and give verbal and written instructions, counsel and teach employees.
• Effective communication in technical and professional languages including facility management, building trades, and custodial care.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, divide, determine percentages, decimals, and time; use practical applications of fractions, percentages, ratio, and proportion.
• Ability to handle a variety of items, office equipment, control knobs, switches, hand and power tools, measuring devices, etc.
• Ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions, adapt to stress, and perform under emergency situations or tight deadlines.
• Ability to work in conditions subject to tension, danger, or risk to a moderate degree.