High Voltage Electrician

This position is covered by a Federal Wage System Special Rate Schedule for High Voltage Electrician Positions in the Fresno, CA wage area.

WG-2810-08 $45.35
WG-2810-10 $51.57

• Work on the underground and overhead high voltage primary distribution systems serving the electrical requirements of Yosemite National Park, which is a self-contained distribution system.
• Installs, tests, repairs and maintains transformer pad mount (submersible and pole mounted), voltage regulators, air switches, submersible switches, circuit breakers, control apparatus and substation equipment.
• Dismantle, clean, adjust and install equipment in substations, underground vaults, and on utility poles. Locate existing underground utilities, installing conduits, pulling in conductors, splice and terminate conductors, ensure proper phasing of circuits and equipment, troubleshoot distribution circuits and control equipment to locate and correct the cause of power outages.
• Install emergency cutouts and making substitution of power lines and equipment, occasionally working on energized circuits with approved hotline tools. In addition, the High Voltage Electrician may perform a variety of tasks such as: collecting oil samples, changing oil in transformers and switches, inspecting insulators, arrestors, poles and overhead infrastructure, installing system grounding, performing substation maintenance and removing brush and small trees from equipment areas.
• Operate one or more motor vehicles including crane trucks, line trucks and bucket trucks, and tow as a combination vehicle a backhoe on a trailer (approximate gross weight of 32,000 lbs). Some trucks may have a manual transmission with four to ten forward gears as well as high and low auxiliary transmission.