Job Summary:

Essential Duties:

• Assist journeyman electrician installing new electrical services to buildings and extending old services. This includes:
  • The removal of old feeders, underground trenching to location, pulling in new feeders and removing old switchgear and installing new.

• Assist journeyman electrician to install and maintain transformers, generators, control panels, switches, circuit breakers, outlets, fixtures, fittings and accessories. This includes:
  • Installation of luminaries, tracing out electrical circuits, installing new generators and ATS, installing new transformers, installing conduit and circuits for new outlets and lighting.
• Installs and repairs underground electrical conduit and wire for pole lighting and services. This includes:
  • Digging or running a trencher for new underground conduit, repairing broken conduits, tracing out underground damaged wires, replacing with new and locating underground electrical for DIGTESS.
• Assist Journeyman electrician with installing and repairing magnetic starters, disconnects and motor rated switches for HVAC and plumbing equipment, ballast and tombstone for fixtures, flood and street lighting.
• Replace light bulbs.
• Installs electrical conduit and wire per National Electrical Code for new renovations and research equipment.
• Respond to on-call emergencies before/during/after hours of operation. This includes:
  • Fires, electrical outages, floods and icy conditions.
  • Must be able to identify the problem, plan for the appropriate action, communicate severity and fix the problem.
• Assist journeyman electrician in the demo of existing and install new electrical to renovation projects throughout campus. This includes:
  • Panels, outlets, switches, luminaries and installing conduit and wire for new feeders and branch circuits.
• Assist with the installation of electrical for special events. This includes:
  • Concerts, student move-in, homecoming, graduation ceremonies, Special Olympics, special dinners, student welcoming day, sporting events and other student activity events.
• Must be able to pass and maintain yearly training. This includes:
  • Electrical continuing education, hazardous communication, security training, drivers education, first aid training, asbestos training, boom lift training, scissor lift training, bucket truck training, NFPA 70 training and forklift training.
• Considered essential personnel.
• Drives a UTA vehicle.
• Performs other duties assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent experience.
• One (1) year of documented experience in the electrical trade with progressive responsibility toward journeyman level work.
• Valid Texas class
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