Electrician

Job Posting Title

Electrician

Agency

566 DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM AND RECREATION

Supervisory Organization

Parks Admin Major Maintenance

Job Posting End Date (Continuous if Blank)

Note : Applications will be accepted until 11 : 59 PM on the day prior to the posting end date above.

Estimated Appointment End Date (Continuous if Blank)

Full / Part-Time

Full time

Job Type

Regular

Compensation

full time $25.96 / hr

Job Description

Basic Purpose

Positions in this job family are assigned responsibilities involving the layout, installation, maintenance, and repair of electrical systems, fixtures and related equipment in a state agency or facility.

Typical Functions

• Maintains and repairs electrical equipment in existing buildings; makes inspections and diagnoses electrical troubles; assigns and oversees work details;
• performs complicated installations, such as repair of laboratory equipment, including centrifuges, sterilizers, stills and medical equipment;

performs electrical work on air-conditioning, motor generator units and compressors.

• Maintains and repairs high voltage distributor transformers and makes internal connections to adjust to the required voltage;
• installs, splices and insulates high voltage underground and overhead cables; locates and repairs trouble in starter and motor windings, fields, armatures, bearings, brush holders or commutators;
• tests starters for insulation breakdown, open shorts and wrong connections in windings; makes calculations to determine order of winding, size of wire, span, number of coils, number of turns per coil and manner of connection for use in winding and rewinding armatures;

overhauls and repairs complex motors; replaces, repairs or rebuilds motor parts as required.

Selects, orders and checks delivered materials for compliance with specifications; advises superiors regarding electrical matters;

oversees and instructs electrical apprentices and manual workers; keeps records and prepares reports. Works with consultants, engineers and suppliers on designs, trouble shooting system or equipment and system upgrades.

Level Descriptor

This is the basic level of this job family where employees are assigned responsibilities as apprentice electricians and perform minor repairs on electrical systems, fixtures and related equipment or provide assistance to fully qualified electricians in completing more complex work or projects.

Education and Experience

Education and Experience requirements at this level consist of registration as a licensed electrician with the Oklahoma Construction Industries Board.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Competencies

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities required at this level include knowledge of the methods, materials, tools and equipment used in the maintenance and minor repair of electrical fixtures and equipment;

of the safety precautions necessary in the electrical trade; and of local, state and national electric underwriters’ code for electrical installation.

Ability is required to perform minor maintenance and repair of electrical apparatus; and to keep records and make reports.

Special Requirements

Per 57 OS 510 applicants / employees in this job family shall be subject to the following additional requirements : c. satisfactory completion of minimum testing or professional evaluation through the Merit System of Personnel Administration to determine the fitness of the individual to serve in the position.

Written evaluations shall be submitted to the Department of Corrections; and d. satisfactory completion of physical in keeping with the conditions of the job description on an annual basis and along the guidelines as established by the Department of Corrections;

Applicants must possess a valid driver’s license at the time of appointment in order to perform necessary travel. Applicants will be subject to drug testing.

Applicants must be willing and able to work any assigned shift or day of the week, and additional shifts as required. NOTE : Employees in this job classification may be designated as peace officers by the Director and required to meet the training and screening requirements conducted by the Department and certified by the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training.

57 O.S. 510) Training will include physical conditioning, self-defense tactics, and receipt of an application of oleoresin capsicum (OC) spray.

No person who has received a verdict of guilty or pled guilty or nolo contendere to any offense required to register pursuant to the Sex Offenders Registration Act is eligible for employment as a peace officer.

57 O.S. 589.C) No person who has been convicted of a crime of moral turpitude who has not received a full pardon from the proper agency is eligible for employment as a peace officer.

70 O.S. 3311) No person who has been convicted of a nonviolent felony and who has not received a full pardon from the proper authority, or who has been convicted of any other felony offense, is eligible for employment in this job classification.

21 O.S. 1283.B) No person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence, who has not been pardoned for, or had the conviction expunged or set aside, or is subject to a court order that restrains the person from harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner or the partners’ child or engaging in other conduct that would place an intimate partner or the partners’ child in reasonable fear of bodily injury and includes a finding that the person is a credible threat;

or who has been dishonorably discharged from any branch of the armed services is eligible for employment in this job classification.

18 U.S.C. 922)The Department of Corrections has determined that some positions in this job family are safety sensitive as defined by 63 O.S. 427.8.

Additional Job Description

Equal Opportunity Employment

The State of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of genetic information, race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, or disability.

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Click on 'Find Jobs-Internal State of Oklahoma'.