Electrician III; Electrical Lead Technician - Health Sciences Center

Job Description - Electrician III (Electrical Lead Technician) - Health Sciences Center (29885)

The department of Facilities Management at West Virginia University is currently seeking applications for an Electrical Lead Technician for the Health Sciences Center.

Under the direction of the Electrical Manager this position is responsible for providing leadership and direction to the electrical maintenance staff as assigned. This position will provide maintenance troubleshooting, repair, and installation of various types of electrical systems and equipment. Performs various construction and repair methods as required to maintain buildings and equipment at Health Sciences Center Facilities supporting research, clinical, and educational infrastructure.

We strongly believe in work-life balance and keeping time for things we love outside our work. WVU offers generous benefits, including:

• 15 annual leave (vacation) days per year or more based on years of service (employee leave)
• 18 sick days per year (for when you’re ill, for when you need to care for sick family, for your own, or your family’s, regularly scheduled medical appointments. Who is family for the purpose of this leave? A lot of people in your life including immediate relatives and in-laws as well as others considered to be members of your household living under the same roof)
• 401(a) retirement savings with 6% employee contribution match, eligibility to continue health insurance, and other retiree perks. Looking for more retirement benefits information? Check out retirement health insurance benefits, retirement income, and FAQ’s.
• Wellness programs

• Follows procedures and makes work assignments to those individuals assigned to the crew to ensure work is completed in a timely fashion ensuring proper quality and quantity. Inspects completed work assignments of journeymen craft workers. Ensures that proper safety procedures are used while performing job duties.
• Supervises and assigns, prioritizes work assignments. Interfaces with Unifier CMMS, Manager, Administrators, Trades Shops, and requesting party to finalize needs and scope of requested services. Establishes work schedules and goals with employees and customers, creating efficiency and a timely completion of assigned tasks.
• Installs, maintains, repairs, inspects electrical circuits, conduit, surface raceways and accessories, buss ducts, and cable trays of all types, sizes, and styles.
• Builds, installs, troubleshoots, maintains electrical infrastructure, and/or repairs motors, motor controls, motor control centers, and interfaces with all necessary external equipment such as fire alarms, computers, safety devices, mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, programmable and digital controls or equipment. Working with various voltages ranging from 24 volts to 480 volts or higher as trained and assigned.
• Installs, operates, inspects and repairs high voltage distribution equipment inside and outside the building and makes cable splices in underground applications, manholes, vaults, tunnels, and distribution equipment. Installs, maintains, operates, and repairs emergency power systems such as generators, transfer switches, battery backup (UPS) systems, emergency lighting, etc.
• Performs functional and operational testing using electronic test equipment and meters. Operates equipment to include motorized and hydraulic benders, wire pulling winches, core drills, hydraulic punching tools, portable and stationary saws and drills, vacuum and pressure operated systems. Utilizes truck-mounted lift bucket.
• Set‑up systems, develop layouts, develop programs and purchase components for fire alarm protection to support renovation projects in laboratories, large office complexes, access areas and classrooms in compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Recommends to the Manager the scope of an assigned project in regard to crew size, types of crafts, material availability, equipment, paperwork, safety checks to maintain proper work and material flow to maintain schedule.
• Determines "technical solution" based on approved standards, code requirements, plans and user requirements.…