High Voltage Electrician

SUMMARY

Provide High Voltage Electrician support by installing, maintaining, repairing, testing, and troubleshooting electrical systems and equipment.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Install, maintain, repair, test and load electrical equipment and appliances such as cathode protection, electrical power generators (gas and diesel), electrical distribution systems which includes underground cable, transformers, oil and SF6 switches, air switches, ground grid systems, fuses, cable splices.
• Use troubleshooting equipment such as fault finders, cable locators, nondestructive testing equipment such as multi-meters, circuit analyzers, circuit breaker testers, voltage recording meters, meggers, watt meters, ohmmeters, and ammeters, high potential test equipment to troubleshoot, repair and inspect for defective systems and facilities for faulty wiring for "shorts", "opens", "leaks", "imbalance" "phase rotation" or "crosses".
• Operation shall be in accordance with equipment manufactures guidelines.
• Install and terminate lighting fixtures on buildings and roadways.
• Observe all established safety practices and procedures including electrical safe and lock-out / tag-out procedures and DON procedures for proper personal protective equipment (PPE).
• Respond to trouble calls involving electrical system repairs expertise.
• Maintain and make repairs to airfield lighting and runway threshold lighting, landing aids, such as runway threshold lighting, run/taxiway lighting, beacon lights, optical landing systems, current regulators, transformers, switchgear, emergency generators, and controls for airfield lighting systems.

TASKS AND EQUIPMENT

• Read and interpret building plans, blueprints, wiring diagrams, engineering drawings, and maintenance and repair manuals to determine the necessary and proper repairs and/or replacement.
• Use all types of hand and/or power tools required to accomplish assigned duties. Tools include but are not limited to screwdrivers, pliers, wire cutters, soldering irons, cable pullers, hydraulic benders, and pipe threading machines.
• String wire and hoist conductors up to cross arms.
• Pull wires to proper tension or sag, based on space length, material and size of conductors, prevailing temperature, and loading.
• Install and pull cable underground from source of feed through ducts.
• Splice wires by twisting together and soldering, or connecting conductors with mechanical connectors, splicing clamps systems, terminating kits, cold shrink kits and tape.
• Form and seal various types of cable joints such as straight, bridge, cap sleeve vertical, disc or knuckle joints.
• Float solder seams in split lead or sheath using acetylene torch or electrode soldering outfit.
• Bend and ground underground cable to minimize electrolytic damage.
• Determine the diameter and depth of pole holes based on size of pole to be set and holding power of the soil.
• Direct the erection and raising of poles and installation and replacement of cross arms utilizing power auger truck.
• Locate and mark electrical and telephone underground utilities prior to excavation.
• Check condition of transformers, switches, and cables.
• Collect insulating oil from transformers and oil switches for analysis.
• Check transformer operating temperatures; maintain records of analysis and condition of transformers.
• Check secondary terminals and makes repairs to defective, connections.
• Maintain street lighting systems and traffic signals and controllers.
• Maintain, repair, and inspect fire alarm systems such as panels, smoke/heat detectors, pull stations, horn/strobes, fire sprinklers, wet/dry systems carbon dioxide fire suppression systems, and update systems as code changes are implemented, operates, and maintains computerized controls software and fire alarm monitoring systems.

VEHICLE AND EQUIPMENT OPERATION

• On electrical distribution repairs, operate Navy owned vehicles exceeding 26,000 lb. to transport material and equipment to job sites.
• Operate insulated bucket truck and pole auger truck access to transformers or other high equipment.
• May perform a variety of tasks such as checking cable temperature in manholes, visually check for cracks or breaks in walls of manhole of vault; pump water from manholes, remove debris and repair ground bonds, check ground wire connections and cable for cracks, breaks, arid punctures.

MAINTENANCE AND REPORTING

• Complete reoccurring maintenance/preventative maintenance and degradation index for utility assets.
• Visually cross checks the work of contractors or other co-workers for compliance with contract specifications on new construction, NEC code and OSHA regulations.
• Maintain regular and punctual attendance.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

None.