Apprentice Electrician

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We are the Metropolitan Council, the regional government for the seven-county Twin Cities metropolitan area. We plan the area's future 30 years in advance and provide regional transportation, wastewater, and housing services. Our website has more information about us.

We are committed to supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our communities.

The Metropolitan Council's Environmental Services (MCES) Division has three (3) vacancies for apprentice electricians (long-term temporary; up to two years). This position will require travel between various MCES facilities within the Twin Cities metro area.

Join an award-winning wastewater industry leader in protecting our environment!

Metropolitan Council Environmental Services (MCES) is an operating division of the Metropolitan Council. MCES operates and maintains the wastewater collection and treatment system for the Minneapolis-St. Paul seven-county metropolitan area, which includes approximately 600 miles of regional sanitary sewers and eight regional wastewater treatment plants. MCES treats an average of 250 million gallons of wastewater daily, providing cost-effective service to more than 2.6 million people in 109 customer communities.

MCES treatment plants consistently earn state and national awards for complete compliance with their environmental permits. MCES is also nationally renowned for its superior work in monitoring air and water quality and planning for a long-range water supply to meet future demand. To find out how the Metropolitan Council and the Environmental Services division serve the Twin Cities region, please click on the links for more information: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).

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• Performs electrical work related to the system process.
• Maintains personnel protection system for fire, hydrogen sulfide, and hydrocarbon alarm systems.
• Performs electrical construction work. Verifies proper operation with collection/plant system processes.
• Troubleshoots and repairs various electrical/electronic equipment, including PLC, VFD, MCC, telemetry, and SCADA systems.
• Performs calibration and verification on various process instrumentation, metering, and recording devices (pressure, level, flow, weight, etc.).
• Checks and maintains emergency service equipment.
• Completes job reports on labor and material.
• Works with maintenance management systems (WAM), process control systems (Cimplicity/Wonderware), and other computer system software programs.
• Maintains monitoring systems at lift stations, meter sites, river quality monitoring, regulators, and rain gauge sites.
• Diagnoses and repairs integration devices between field devices and process computers.
• Provides welding to support the electrical group.
• Tests, installs, and repairs sacrificial and rectifier-type cathodic protection systems.
• Performs other related duties.

• Currently registered in a registered indentured apprenticeship electrical program through the State of Minnesota and two (2) years of work experience in the electrical field installing conduit, wiring, and electrical equipment in commercial and industrial locations.
• License Requirements:
  Valid driver’s license with an acceptable driving record.

• Completion of a two-year vocational/technical program in construction and electricity.
• Ability and or experience working with people from diverse cultural and or racial backgrounds.

• Work experience in a wastewater treatment/collection system facility or other industrial setting.
• Knowledge of and experience in all aspects of assembling, installing, and maintaining, and testing electrical equipment and wiring systems in an industrial setting.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure…