Trades Specialist (Electrician) #03945

Duties Description Reporting to the Canal Maintenance Supervisor 2 (Operations), Canal Section Superintendent, and/or the Transportation Maintenance Engineer (Waterways), the duties of the requested position include, but are not limited to, the following:

* Performs skilled work at the journey-level in the maintenance, repair and installation of canal floating plant and building electrical systems and equipment.

* Plans layout and installs and repairs wiring, electrical fixtures, apparatus, and control equipment.

* Installs control and distribution apparatus such as switches, relays, and circuit breaker panels.

* Installs, maintains, and repairs generators, motors, lighting, signal systems, and electrical equipment.

* Repairs and tests electrical work and devices.

* Repairs and maintains signal controls, lights, pumping equipment, signs, oil burners and other mechanisms.

* Acts as a trouble shooter on electrical repairs.

* Tests continuity of circuit to ensure electrical compatibility and safety of all components using standard instruments.

* Conducts a program of preventative maintenance.

* Maintains navigation lighting systems.

Preferred Qualifications

* Working knowledge and understanding of AC/DC power.

* A valid Commercial Driver’s License appropriate to the type of vehicles and equipment operated may be required.

Minimum Qualifications Trades Specialist (Electrician): Candidates must have four years of full-time experience in the electrical trade under a skilled tradesperson which would provide training equivalent to that given in a training, apprenticeship, or equivalent program, or an equivalent combination of experience and training gained by completion of technical courses in the electrical trade at a school, institute, or branch of the Armed Services; OR successful completion of the two-year Trades Specialist (Electrician) traineeship or a two-year electrician training, a...