High Voltage Electrician

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Base pay range

$36.12/hr - $42.20/hr

High Voltage Electrician – Pentagon Heating & Refrigeration Plant

WG-2810-11 | $36.12 – $42.20 per hour | Full-Time Permanent

Location:

The Pentagon, Arlington, VA 1 Vacancy | Direct-Hire Authority (No Veterans’ Preference applies)

About the Position

Join the elite team that keeps the Pentagon powered 24/7/365. You will work in the Pentagon’s Class-A Heating & Refrigeration Plant, a critical, high-reliability facility that generates and distributes steam, chilled water, high- and medium-voltage electricity, municipal water, natural gas, and handles sewage disposal for the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense.

This is mission-critical, high-voltage work in one of the most secure and iconic buildings on earth.

What You’ll Do

• Install, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair high-voltage (up to 13.8 kV) electrical generation, distribution systems, switch gear, transformers, and controls.
• Work on specialized DoD systems including blast-protection circuits, electromagnetic pulse (EMP) filters, ground-fault sensing systems, and primary/secondary distribution networks.
• Perform preventive and corrective maintenance on industrial electrical/electronic systems tied to utility production and distribution.
• Respond to emergencies, including call-backs during national emergencies, severe weather, or plant failures (this is a Mission Essential / Key position).
• Safely work with live high-voltage equipment while wearing full arc-flash PPE, respirators, and other protective gear.

Required Qualifications (You must clearly show these in your resume)

• Journeyman-level experience performing – without more than normal supervision – the full range of high-voltage electrical installation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair in an industrial or power-plant environment.
• Hands-on experience with high-voltage systems (4.16 kV – 13.8 kV typical), switch gear, protective relaying, large transformers, and distribution equipment.
• Ability to read and interpret electrical drawings, schematics, and one-line diagrams.
• Proficiency using electrical hand tools, power tools, and test equipment.
• Experience troubleshooting complex electrical faults down to the component level.

Certifications & Requirements

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance
• Must pass pre-employment and random drug testing
• Must pass pre-employment physical and annual physicals (including respirator fit test)
• Required to obtain NICET Level II Electrical Power Testing certification within 2 years of hire (employer-supported)
• Must wear uniform, steel-toe safety boots, arc-flash suit, respirator, and other PPE
• Willing to work rotating shifts (7-day, 2-shift operation), overtime, weekends, holidays, and emergency call-backs

Physical Demands

Moderately heavy lifting, climbing poles/ladders, working in confined spaces, manholes, trenches, and  will be exposed to high voltage, high noise, and hazardous conditions daily.

This position is being filled under Direct-Hire Authority

Required Documents

• Resume – MAXIMUM 2 PAGES, PDF format, 10-point font minimum, 1-inch margins Must list months/years and hours per week for every job. Clearly address high-voltage experience.
• Any licenses/certificates (journeyman card, NICET, etc.) – highly encouraged

Questions?

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If you thrive in a high-stakes, high-voltage environment and want to directly support the defense of the nation from inside the Pentagon, this is your opportunity.

Apply today – we only need the best.

Seniority level

Associate

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Distribution

Industries

Government Administration and Defense and Space Manufacturing

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