Electrician

**This position is project to convert to union, September 2025**

Pay: $72000 - $83200 / year (paid hourly); may increase when union contract starts

Schedule: M - F; 7a - 3:30p (rotational on-call; approximately once a month)

Location: Poughkeepsie, NY | IBM Campus

Responsibilities of this position include:

• Operate and maintain electrical equipment up to 13,800 Volts.
• Operate and maintain emergency generation equipment ranging from 30KW to 2MW.
• Write and perform switching operations for electrical distribution equipment up to 13,800 Volts.
• Perform diagnostic testing on electrical distribution equipment including voltage, current, resistance, transients, harmonics, phase rotation, insulation, hot stick, phasing, PI index, TTR, etc.
• Perform predictive analysis of electrical equipment using infrared, ultrasonic, and partial discharge test equipment.
• Perform inspections of all electrical installations ensuring compliance with NEC and IBM specifications.
• Complete preventive maintenance tasks as assigned.
• Perform repairs, minor installations, and routine service work.
• Assist engineers with obtaining/analyzing data or other tasks as required.
• Assist low voltage electricians with complex tasks or major repairs/modifications.
• Perform troubleshooting for overhead doors, hydraulic lifts and elevators. Coordinate major repairs with vendor as required.
• Availability to work after hours (early morning or late night), weekends and holidays as required.
• Provide 24 hour on-call coverage on a rotational basis.
• Comply with all JLL Corporation Safety Requirements and Programs
• This position will involve supervising contractors work on occasion.
• Communicate to appropriate area owners to appraise of repair effort progress. Works with JLL and IBM technical staff.
• Assist with commissioning, startups and system integration of new facilities systems.
• Perform assigned duties by manager that are reasonably related
• Perform work temporarily outside job classification during site emergencies and provide backup coverage if properly trained and certified for the work required.

Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Skills

• Knowledge and experience with hand tools and test equipment.
• Ability to read and interpret building layouts, system drawings and manufacturers equipment specifications.
• Knowledge of NEC and NFPA 70E.
• Knowledge of standard and maintenance practices.
• General CMMS Experience, not specific to Maximo

Education and Experience

• 3+ years of experience as an operating engineer with a strong background in electrical work & critical environment or data experience preferred
• 5+ years of experience as an electrician in an industrial or commercial environment working with voltages greater than 600V AC is preferred.
• 5+ years of experience operating and maintaining generation systems of at least 500 KW is preferred.
• High School Diploma or General Equivalency Degree (GED).
• Electrical Associated Degree or Electrical Trade School is preferred.

Language Skills

• Ability to read and comprehend moderate to complex level instructions, correspondence and memos.
• Ability to write moderate level correspondence and technical procedures.
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, contractors, vendors and other employees of the organization.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• Attend all electrical safety courses offered and scheduled by management
• Attend all scheduled safety training offered and scheduled by management

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift heavy objects, recognizing their capability, and when to get assistance. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Provided it does not create an undue hardship on the company, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee could be exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; outside weather conditions; risk of electrical shock, arc blast and vibration.
• The employee must wear appropriate PPE to mitigate the effects of such conditions and events.
• The noise level in the work environment can be loud and ear protection may be required.