High Voltage Electrician Leader

Full Job Description

In this position you will work as a member of the Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center (MWEOC), Facilities Management Division, Maintenance Branch team.

MWEOC is located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, approximately 60 miles west of Washington, DC.

The ideal candidate will have experience leading other electricians in commercial and industrial electrical work and in high voltage (12 kilovolt) electrical work.

The qualification requirements listed below must be met within 30 days of the closing date of the announcement.

Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualification Standard.

Although a specific length of time and experience is not required for most trade and labor occupations, you must meet any screen-out element listed, and show through experience and training that you possess the quality level of knowledge and skill necessary to perform the duties of the position at the level for which you are applying.

Qualification requirements emphasis is on the quality of experience, not necessarily the length of time. Working Conditions: The work is performed both inside and outside.

Electrical workers are sometimes required to make repairs and installations in bad weather; in work areas that are noisy, dirty, dusty, and greasy; on scaffolding or cranes at heights of 9 meters (30 feet) or more; and in close quarters such as manholes, or attics.

They are occasionally exposed to the possibility of injury from falling, electrical shock, burns, and rotary devices such as electrical motors.

They are frequently exposed to the possibility of cuts and bruises.

They are exposed to danger from explosions of equipment and cables in manholes and vaults, as well as danger from high voltage electrical shock, burns from solder, broken bones, cuts, and bruises.

They are exposed to heat and noise when working in substations or power-generating facilities, to extremes of weather when working outdoors, and to unpleasant odors and wet slippery surfaces when working in manholes.

They are subject to electrical burns while working around high voltage electrical lines, broken bones from falls from poles, and strains from awkward work positions.

They are exposed to chemicals such as insulation oil from transformers and oil switches. They use protective devices such as earplugs, safety hats, and nonconductive gloves and footwear.

Physical Effort: Workers frequently perform moderately heavy lifting, pulling, and carrying of equipment and material weighing up to 18 kilograms ( 40 pounds) and occasionally, they lift or pull heavy cables and equipment weighing more than 23 kilograms ( 50 pounds) with the help of weight handling equipment or with assistance from other workers.

They use block and tackle, pulleys, or other lifting devices.

They crouch, stand, kneel, and stoop while installing, repairing, or testing electrical equipment in confined spaces such as enclosed switch gear, or in structures such as overhead bus and conduit assemblies.

Workers work above ground from aerial bucket trucks and poles, at ground level, and in trenches, or manholes.

Work requires bending, stooping, climbing, and standing for long periods while installing, repairing, and testing electrical equipment in manholes and on overhead distribution lines in tiring and uncomfortable positions.

Electrical workers make repairs and installations from ladders, scaffolding, platforms, and other hard-to­reach places.

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. NOTE: Qualifications are based on breadth/level of experience.

In addition to describing duties performed, applicants must provide exact dates of each period of employment (from MM/YY to MM/YY) and the number of hours worked per week if part time.

As qualification determinations cannot be made when resumes do not include the required information, failure to provide this information may result in disqualification.

Applicants are encouraged to use the USAJOBS Resume Builder to develop their federal resume. For a brief video on How to Create a Federal Resume, click here.

Current or former FEMA Reservists/Disaster Assistance Employee (DAE): To accurately credit your experience for these intermittent positions, make sure to list the dates (from MM/YY to MM/YY) of each deployment, along with the job title and specific duties you were responsible for during each deployment.

Failure to provide this information may result in disqualification. Major Duties:

All MWEOC staff have emergency assignments and are considered deployed in place. Exercises and activations are planned and unplanned, and may require long hours, nights, weekends and holidays. All MWEOC employees are:

required to use a government-issued electronic device (to include cellular phones);

subject to recall during emergency situations; and

required to perform work in locations both above and below ground. What will I do in this position if hired?

In this position, you will serve as a High Voltage Electrician Leader responsible for leading others and performing maintenance, repair, and modifications of low and high voltage electrical work systems (commercial and industrial) and equipment.

Typical assignments include: Locating faults and rapidly and safely restoring power on the campus distribution system.

Troubleshooting and repairing of electrical wiring systems and associated fixtures, controls, and equipment in industrial and commercial office buildings.

Tracing and repairing hard to locate defects or problems; repairing or replacing a wide variety of electrical equipment.

Reading building plans, blueprints, wiring diagrams, engineering drawings, and electrical maintenance and repair manuals to install electrical lines, circuits, systems, equipment, and controls.

Interpreting and applying the National Electrical Code, local codes, building plans, and uses formulas to calculate common properties (i.e., ohms law).

License Requirement: You must be able to obtain and maintain a journeyman level electrical license in Virginia or in your state of residence. What else do I need to know?

At FEMA, our mission is to help people before, during and after disasters, and every employee at FEMA has a role in emergency management.

Every FEMA employee has regular and recurring emergency management responsibilities, though not every position requires routine deployment to disaster sites.

All positions are subject to recall around the clock for emergency management operations, which may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the official duty station, and may include duties other than those specified in the employee's official position description.

Travel requirements in support of emergency operations may be extensive in nature (weeks to months), with little advance notice, and may require employees to relocate to emergency sites with physically austere and operationally challenging conditions.