High Voltage Electrician

Title: High Voltage Electrician I

Executive Area: Administration and Finance

College/School/MBU: Facilities Management

Department: Utilities Electrical

Work Location: Amherst

Schedule: Full Time

Work Arrangement: Onsite

The High Voltage Electrician I operates, maintains, and repairs the campus 115,000 high voltage power distribution system, exterior lighting system, and related equipment.

• Tests, repairs, or replaces insulators, conductors, transformers, fuses, disconnects, and lightning arresters.
• Makes standard types of transformer connections.
• Assembles, disassembles, and maintains major rotating equipment such as synchronous condensers, motors, and generators.
• Installs and repairs switchboard wiring and controls, major devices, and equipment, complicated wiring relaying, and control circuits using plans and drawings as required.
• Diagnoses and repairs trouble relating to assignments.
• Assembles, disassembles, and rebuilds power circuit breakers, voltage regulators, and power and distribution transformer.
• Installs new construction for all voltage classifications.
• Performs unusual work where no standard methods or specific directions are available.
• Performs all types of cable cutover and transfer work.
• Arranges and lays out cable equipment and bus installations in manholes and vaults.
• Makes standard types of splices and pothead installations in any positions.
• Uses distribution live line tools (for 13,800 volts, 2,400 volts and 115,000 volts).
• Instructs and provides technical guidance to lower level line personnel.
• May exercise functional supervision to 1-5 employees on a project by project basis.
• Performs construction work in accordance with safe procedures and using work orders and drawings.
• Locates, diagnoses, and repairs fault conditions on the electrical high voltage distribution, exterior lighting, and traffic signal systems.
• Performs work required for service restoration under storm and emergency conditions.
• Performs switching operations on electrical systems as directed.
• Performs operations in unattended substations as directed and in accordance with existing practices.
• Installs working grounds as directed or as required by the safety manual.
• Interprets circuit maps, work orders and electrical diagrams.
• Works on live electrical circuits up to 115,000 volts while wearing and/or applying the proper insulating equipment.
• Selects and installs appropriate rubber protective equipment on energized conductors and apparatus.
• Performs all types of rigging associated with removal and installation of transformers, switch gear, street lights, utility poles, and related appurtenances.
• Installs all types of electrical bus works and makes electrical connections on copper or aluminum cables and bus work including the connection of dissimilar metals.
• Operates various vehicles associated with line work (e.g. bucket trucks, pole diggers, corner mounts and wire running equipment).
• Verifies “Dig Safe” requests for planned excavations.
• Performs transmission switch orders by Convex and distribution switching operations on electrical systems as directed.
• Applies Convex and UMass protective switching and tagging procedures.
• Performs monthly maintenance inspections on 115,000 volt substation.
• Performs core drilling.
• Performs work in confined space areas.

Performs other duties as assigned.

• Massachusetts Journeyman or Master Electrician License.
• Minimum of three (3) years experience working on construction or maintenance of electrical utility systems (480 volts, up to 115,000 volts).
• OSHA 10 Card.
• Knowledge of the operation and maintenance of 480 volts, up to 115,000 volts outside electrical distribution systems including underground cables, oil and dry transformers, switches, vaults, and sub-transmission lines.
• Considerable knowledge of the Massachusetts Electric Code.
• Knowledge and understanding of how to apply Distribution Construction Standards.
• Knowledge of NFP 70
  
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• Skill in working with the tools and equipment used in the electrical utility trade.
• Ability to work from drawings and diagrams and from oral and written instructions.
• Ability to detect and locate causes of electrical failures…