Electrician Leader
What you'd do
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Major duties
Serves as a working leader responsible for passing on supervisor instructions, getting work started, and ensuring team members are actively engaged in assigned tasks. Plans the daily use of personnel, equipment, facilities, materials, and tools on a day-to-day or project-by-project basis to ensure efficient operations. Recommends adjustments to schedules, priorities, and work sequences; makes minor procedural deviations or redirects resources to overcome issues such as equipment failure, material delays, or unplanned absences. Demonstrates proper work methods by performing a variety of skilled and semi-skilled tasks within the electrical trade to guide and train team members. Performs inspections on repair work completed by electricians on existing electrical lines, circuits, systems, and associated fixtures, controls, and equipment; provides critical technical feedback to correct deficiencies. Diagnoses and resolves complex issues within electrical distribution networks, circuits, equipment, and systems using specialized testing instruments. Traces hard-to-locate defects and performs advanced troubleshooting, diagnostics, repairs, and installations with minimal oversight; acts as a subject matter expert to advise other electricians on atypical or complex work orders. Adheres strictly to work priorities, project schedules, resource allocations, and detailed work plans established by the supervisor. Utilizes the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) to track, update, and manage work orders for self and team members, proactively advising the supervisor of any operational roadblocks.
What you need to qualify
Applicants will be rated in accordance with the Office of Personnel Management Qualification Standard for Trades and Labor Occupations. Although a specific length of time and experience is not required, 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 at the level for which you are applying. Emphasis is placed on how you gained the quality of experience, not necessarily the length of time, and the required ability or potential to perform the job. Applicants who do not meet the screen-out element (SOE) will be eliminated from further competition. The SOE and minimum qualifications for this position is: Instruct other workers on less complex work methods; Refer to manuals as a means in answering questions related to the duties and responsibilities of the position; Adhere to all safety standards 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. To be considered well-qualified for ICTAP eligibility, an applicant must demonstrate specialized experience fully and independently performing the following duties: Diagnoses repair needs and plans the sequence of work directly from general assignments or work orders. Ensures work environments are free of severe physical hazards and escalates complex safety issues to higher management. Maintains strict adherence to all applicable occupational safety and health regulations. Physical Effort Works in tiring or uncomfortable positions for long periods. The work requires frequent standing, bending, crouching, kneeling, and climbing. May work on ladder, scaffolds or platforms and where the parts of systems worked on are in hard-to-reach places. Frequently lift and carry tools and equipment weighing up to 40 pounds and occasionally items weighing more with assistance of material lifting devices or other workers. Working Conditions Work is performed inside buildings and shops and outside with exposure to wide variations in weather and temperature. Incumbent is exposed to potential injury from power tools and danger from flying objects, cuts and scrapes, risks of electrical shock and arc flash, is exposed to traffic hazards while driving on both improved and unimproved road surfaces. May occasionally make repairs when noxious fumes are present. There is exposure to insects, spiders and snakebites. Emergency Employee: The incumbent of this position has been designated as an emergency employee. The term "Emergency Employee" is used to designate those employees who must report to work in emergency situations. Emergency dismissal or closure announcements do not apply to these employees. The employees who occupy these positions may be required to report for duty in any situation that prevents significant numbers of employees in the local area from reporting for work on time or which requires agencies to close all or part of their activities.
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