Utilities Electrician

JOB

Supervises and/or participates in the installation, maintenance, and repair of all electrical wiring, apparatus, luminaires, motors, industrial instruments, and other equipment under the jurisdiction of the City of Flint Utilities; performs related work as required.

EXAMPLE OF DUTIES * Supervises and participates in the installation, alteration, maintenance, and repair of wiring systems, electric motors, transformers, wiring, conduits and raceways, luminaries, electrical control devices, meters, electrical timing control, programmable logic controllers, and electrically operated devices ranging from 24VDC to 4160 VAC. * Supervises and participates in installing electrical support structures, including lighting poles, boxes, and conduits. * Strings cables and wires. Installs, splices and repairs all kinds of wiring, including underground and overhead. * Installs and maintains motors, meters, and generators, dresses and polishes commutators, seats and replaces brushes, performs complex conduit bending and raceway system installations, performs other electrical and mechanical work as needed. * Install, inspects, repairs and maintains all metering controls, recorders, magnetic flow meters and other similar instrumentation and laboratory equipment in conjunction with Utilities Instrumentation Technicians. * Troubleshoots, identifies and makes emergency repairs and adjustments on electrical equipment and wiring systems. Makes emergency repairs to boilers and all condensate return tanks. Locates and clears short circuits. * Cleans, maintains, installs and repairs battery systems and emergency electrical generator systems; Cleans, maintains, installs and repairs low voltage and medium voltage electrical distribution equipment, motor control centers and variable frequency drives ranging from 24VDC to 4160 VAC and 46K VAC. Operates medium voltage utility switching. * Maintains stock of electrical fittings, wire, conduit, equipment and appurtenances as required. * Utili...