Electrician
: Job Details :

Electrician JobID: 400

Position Type:

Maintenance/Custodial/Electrician

Date Posted:

11/4/2024

Location:

District Wide

Closing Date:

01/17/2025

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Electrician

RESPONSIBLE TO: Facilities Manager

GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS/CERTIFICATION:

* New Jersey Electrician License

* Low pressure black seal boiler license preferred

* High school diploma or equivalent

* Ability to lift 70 lbs., Climb ladders, and not afraid of heights

* Good communication skills

* Ability to assume responsibility, display initiative, thinks critically and exercise good judgment.

* Basic computer knowledge and skills.

* Valid driver's license

* 10+ Years' Experience

* Required criminal history background check and proof of U.S. Citizenship or legal resident alien status.

General Responsibilities Other duties may be assigned. This list is illustrative only and is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and tasks performed.

* Plan layouts, installs, and repairs wiring, electrical fixtures, apparatus, and control equipment.

* Plans new or modified installations to minimize waste of materials, provide access for future maintenance, and avoid unsightly, hazardous, and unreliable writing, consistent with specifications and local electric codes.

* Prepares sketches showing location of wiring and equipment, or follows diagrams or blueprints, insuring that concealed wiring is installed before completion of future walls, ceiling, and flooring.

* Measures, cuts, bends, threads, assemble, and installs electrical conduit, using such tools as hacksaw, pipe threader, and conduit bender.

* Pulls wiring through conduit, assisted by helper.

* Splices wires by stripping insulation from terminal leads with knife or pliers, twisting or soldering wires together, and applying tape or terminal caps.

* Connects wiring to lighting fixture and power equipment, using hand tools.

* Installs control and distribution apparatus, such as switches, relays, and circuit breaker panels, fastening in place with screws or bolts, using hand tools and power tools.

* Connects power cables to equipment, such as electric range or motor, and installs grounding leads.

* Test continuity of circuit to insure electrical compatibility and safety of components, using testing instruments, such as ohmmeter, battery and buzzer, and oscilloscope.

* Observing functioning of installed equipment or system to detect hazards and need for adjustments, relocation or replacement.

* May repair faulty equipment or systems.

* Test and make repair to clocks, exhaust fans, and small motors. If the item cannot be repaired, take it to electric motor repair shop.

* When specific trade job is caught up, may be asked to assist in any phase of maintenance repair work, or any priority job that may arise.

* Perform other responsibilities as assigned by the Facilities Manager or Superintendent.

Other Functions

* Maintain confidentiality regarding students, student records, parents, staff and any other school-related issues.

* Promote a positive image of the District at all times.

* Perform other responsibilities as assigned by the Facilities Manager or Superintendent.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

* Specific knowledge of school building and/or commercial /industrial building mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems and related codes.

* Standard principles, methods, materials, and equipment used in the skilled electrician trade.

* Written and verbal communication in English; perform multi-step actions after written or verbal instructions.

* Read, interpret, and create documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, blueprints, project plans, schematics and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.

* Add, subtract, and multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

* Ability to maintain good relationships with others. Good human relations skills.

* Ability to use job-related equipment and tools.

* Operate basic functions of computers, tablets, and mobile phones for email, work orders, mapping, diagrams, SDS system, internet use, training, printing and other computer- related applications/functions.

* Flexibility is required to work with others in a variety of circumstances and as a team; and to work with a wide diversity of individuals.

* Work with specific job-related data using problem solving to identify issues and adapt to changing work priorities with interruptions.

Physical Demands

The usual and customary duties require the following physical demands: significant lifting of moderate and heavy weight, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling; some climbing and balancing; frequent walking, stooping, kneeling, twisting, crouching, and/or crawling; and significant fine finger dexterity. Working around equipment and machinery having moving parts and generating heat and moderate noise.

Work Environment

This job is performed both indoors and outdoors and under conditions with some exposure to injury and/or illness.

Employees in this position are designated essential-as-needed-personnel and as such may be required to work during emergency events, are subject to call to duty, and may be required to work beyond their normally scheduled hours with little or no advance notice

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: Twelve (12) months (July 1st through June 30th). Salary and benefits are determined by the Lakewood Board of Education.