General Maintenance Electrician

Title: General Maintenance Electrician

Position Type: Full-Time

Department: Facility Services

Augustana University invites applications for a General Maintenance Electrician within our Facility Services department. This full-time role involves maintaining, repairing, replacing, and installing electrically powered systems across campus using best practices and technical knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Maintain electrical circuits on campus.
• Renew circuits either by isolating and cutting out defective wiring and replacing it with new wiring, or by splicing ends of broken wires.
• Examines and tests elements of electrical systems to locate obvious faults, such as blown fuses, short circuits, broken wires, loose connections, and worn motor brushes.
• Maintains inventory of supplies and order and pick up necessary items.
• Inspects and tests electrical signal, communication and power circuits and equipment.
• Performs skilled journeyman work as an electrician in maintenance, repair and renovation of buildings, equipment and utilities for all university departments.
• Execute preventive maintenance program as per Facilities standards.
• Prepare material lists for assigned tasks including non-stock and/or specialty items.
• Respond to and take appropriate action to resolve emergency calls during scheduled and non-scheduled working hours; including holidays.
• Attend and participate in required training for the use of personal protective equipment and comply with requirements for use of employer provided equipment.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or G.E.D.
• Successful completion of an electrical apprenticeship program.
• Must have a valid Journeyman or Master Electrician's License and three-years' experience as an electrician in a commercial setting.
• Familiar with commercial electrical circuiting including medium voltage (4160 volts) power supplies, transformers, etc.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of the principles, measures, standards, symbols, materials, tools and safety practices of the electrical trade.
• Demonstrated competence installing, operating, maintaining and repairing wiring systems, motor controls, equipment and related apparatus with medium voltage systems.
• Demonstrated competence accurately reading blueprints and wiring diagrams and sketching circuits.
• A demonstrated understanding of basic computer programs similar to Microsoft Office Suite and e-mail.
• Generator knowledge.
• South Dakota driver's license and good driving record.

Desired Qualifications

• Two years of full-time (or part-time equivalent) journeyman-level maintenance electrical experience with inside wiring is highly preferred.
• Experience in buried and overhead medium voltage maintenance, switching, and terminating.
• Experience trouble shooting and general knowledge of areas such as fire alarm systems, motor controls, commercial kitchen equipment, etc.
• Experience balancing multiple work assignments, meeting deadlines, and exercising adaptability to changing priorities.
• Experience with interfacing with a Computerized Maintenance Management System.

Working Conditions

• Occasional weekend and evening shifts; on-call availability.
• Physical demands include frequent bending, lifting (up to 65 lbs.), and standing.
• Exposure to environmental elements (heights, confined spaces, outdoor weather).
• Use of safety equipment like eye protection, gloves, and respirators.

Interacting with students, faculty and leadership with different backgrounds and points of view and a deep appreciation of and respect for academic values and culture must be a top value of the candidate.

Application Procedure:

The position will remain open until filled. Interested applicants are asked to submit the below application materials via our Career Center Portal. If assistance is needed during the application process, please reach out to ....

• Letter of interest
• Resume or curriculum vitae
• Contact information for at least three references

Augustana University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Title IX Employer. Applicants must comply with the Immigration Reform and Control Act and may be required to submit official transcripts upon employment. Finalist candidates must satisfactorily complete a pre-employment background check.