Electrician (Power System)

Full Job Description

Reclamation is seeking a career professional looking for an opportunity to capitalize on their expertise as a Electrician (Power System).

You can make a difference in the West by assisting in meeting increasing water demands while protecting the environment.

Duty Location: Lower Colorado Dams Office, Hoover Dam Field Division, Maintenance Office, Electrical Group located at the Hoover Dam in Clark County, NV.

Your application materials must demonstrate sufficient experience and training to perform the duties of this position without more than normal supervision.

Qualifications will be determined on the basis of information submitted within your resume and responses to the assessment questions.

For information about qualifications for Federal Wage System positions please, visit OPM. Minimum qualifications for trades and labor positions are determined by evaluation of job elements.

You must meet at least 2 points on the screen-out element(s) and obtain an average of at least 2 points on all of the job elements in order to be considered qualified for this position.

Application materials must demonstrate sufficient experience and training to perform the duties of this position without more than normal supervision.

Your resume must reflect experience as a journey level Electrician and must clearly reflect your responses to the assessment questionnaire - if it does not, your application will be marked as not eligible.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social).

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

You must meet all Eligibility and Qualification requirements, including any selective placement factors if applicable, by 04/22/2026. Major Duties:

Connects and services distribution transformers, instrument transformers, various types of switches, and the simpler metering, relaying and control schemes with little or no immediate supervision.

Troubleshoots, repairs, and maintains electrical equipment and circuits in high voltage substations and/or hydroelectric generating stations.

Installs switchboards and devices and wires them from adequate drawings in a neat and workmanlike manner.

Reads intelligently and works from the more simple station drawings, including schematic drawings.

Adjusts and repairs electrical equipment, makes splices and connections, installs conduit and buss', tests, circuits, diagnoses trouble and performs related duties.

Operates high-voltage switches and related devices in connection with the work and sets up safe clearances by orders of the dispatchers or similar persons.

Works on portable and emergency generators; maintains security card access, fire safety control and hoist and cableway systems; and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems to include chillers and cooling towers and the control system to support the HVAC system.

Performs preventative and regular maintenance; inspections; and troubleshooting on elevators and escalators in accordance with appropriate standards.