ELECTRICIAN SPECIALIST

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　　ELECTRICIAN SPECIALIST

　　Salary

　　$3,649.00 - $6,566.00 Monthly

　　Location

　　Baton Rouge, LA

　　Job Type

　　Classified

　　Job Number

　　R00090203

　　Department

　　LSU-Baton Rouge

　　Opening Date

　　01/18/2024

　　Closing Date

　　2/1/2024 12:01 AM Central

　　Description

　　Benefits

　　Supplemental Information

　　APPLY: https://lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/LSU/job/1246-Facility-Srvcs-Central-Shop/Electrician-Specialist_R00090203

　　PLEASE COMPLETE DATE OF BIRTH AT THE END OF THE APPLICATION

　　This position performs skilled work at an advanced journeyman level. Position installs and performs maintenance on electrical distribution systems from 120 volts to 13,800 volt systems at LSU Campus, South Campus, and all Farms and Research Stations.

　　Job Duties:

　　20%- Installs, splices and maintains underground cables from 120 volts to 13,800 volts.

　　20%- Installs and maintains high voltage switches and transformer banks.

　　20%- Troubleshoots high voltage problems, repairs and replaces damaged high voltage cables, duct banks, switches and transformers.

　　20%- Installs and repairs street and security lighting 120, 208, and 277 volt lights on the LSU Campus and surrounding property belonging to LSU .

　　20%- Installs and repairs control circuits, motors, and miscellaneous electrical circuits at the main boiler/chiller plant on campus and other assigned locations. Reads, interprets and works from prints and electrical circuit diagrams. Other duties as assigned.

　　Minimum Qualifications:

　　Three years of experience in the electrical trade.

　　SUBSTITUTIONS:

　　Training in the electrical trade will substitute for a maximum of two years of the required experience on a month for month basis.

　　Special or Physical Qualifications:

　　Due to the nature of this position and/or position responsibilities this position shall be subject to drug/alcohol testing in accordance with University Policy Statement 67.

　　In accordance with PS-18 this position may be required to report or stay on campus in the event of emergency or closure. Must be able to lift 50 pounds and pull wire, climb stairs, stoop, squat, kneel and bend their back. Due to the position's physical requirements, a pre-employment physical examination will be required per FASOP: HR-04.

　　Certifications/Licenses:

　　Valid Driver's License

　　Louisiana State Civil Service Job Details:

　　https://apps01.civilservice.louisiana.gov/asp/onestopjobinfo/DisplayJobSpec.aspx?JobCode=155150

　　Additional Job Description:

　　Competencies: None

　　Special Instructions: This position will be located at the LSU- Baton Rouge Campus.

　　Please fully complete the Experience section of the application, listing out job duties and average weekly hours worked. Resumes cannot be accepted in lieu of a completed application for LSU Civil Service positions.

　　Please provide three professional references including name, title, phone number and e-mail

　　For questions or concerns regarding the status of your application or salary ranges, please contact Donald Montgomery at 225-578-3186 and [email protected].

　　A permanent or probationary internal employee who is appointed to another position following certification from an open competitive eligible list is considered a new employee in the new position and shall serve a probationary period of six months.

　　Posting Date: January 18, 2024

　　Closing Date (Open Until Filled if No Date Specified): February 1, 2024

　　Additional Position Information:

　　Background Check - An offer of employment is contingent on a satisfactory pre-employment background check.

　　Benefits -LSU offers outstanding benefits to eligible employees and their dependents including health, life, dental, and vision insurance; flexible spending accounts; retirement options; various leave options; paid holidays; wellness benefits; tuition exemption for qualified positions; training and development opportunities; employee discounts; and more!

　　Positions approved to work outside the State of Louisiana shall be employed through Louisiana State University’s partner, nextSource Workforce Solutions, for Employer of Record Services including but not limited to employment, benefits, payroll, and tax compliance. Positions employed through Employer of Record Services will be offered benefits and retirement as applicable through their provider and will not be eligible for State of Louisiana benefits and retirement.

　　Essential Position (Y/N): Y

　　LSU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and SAME Agency:

　　LSU believes diversity, equity, and inclusion enrich the educational experience of our students, faculty, and staff, and are necessary to prepare all people to thrive personally and professionally in a global society. We celebrate diversity and are committed to the principles of diversity and inclusion. We actively seek and encourage qualified applications from persons with diverse backgrounds, cultures and experiences. To learn more about how LSU is committed to diversity and inclusivity, please see LSU’s Diversity Statement (https://lsu.edu/diversity-statement/index.php) and Roadmap (https://lsu.edu/together/docs/roadmap-to-diversity.pdf) . LSU is also designated as a State As a Model Employer (SAME) agency and provides assistance to persons needing accommodations or with the accessibility of materials. For those seeking such accommodations or assistance related to this search, we encourage you to contact the Office of Human Resource Management ( [email protected] ).

　　HCM Contact Information:

　　For questions or concerns related to updating your application with attachments (e.g., resumes, RS:17 documents), date of birth, or reactivating applications, please contact the LSU Human Resources Management Office at 225-578-8200 or email [email protected] . For questions or concerns regarding the status of your application or salary ranges, please contact the department using the information provided in the Special Instructions section of this job posting.

　　Qualifications

　　MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

　　Three years of experience in the electrical trade.

　　SUBSTITUTIONS:

　　Training in the electrical trade will substitute for a maximum of two years of the required experience on a month for month basis.

　　Job Concepts

　　Function of Work:

　　To perform technical and highly skilled electrical maintenance, repairs and installations on utility plant electrical systems, high voltage transmission systems, traffic signals, electrically operated bridge systems and marine electrical systems in accordance with the National Electrical Code.

　　Level of Work:

　　Advanced.

　　Supervision Received:

　　General from an Electrician Specialist Leader, Electrician Specialist Foreman or other maintenance supervisory personnel.

　　Supervision Exercised:

　　Functional over Electricians and may exercise functional over Trades Helpers.

　　Location of Work:

　　May be used by all State agencies.

　　Job Distinctions:

　　Differs from Electrician Specialist Foreman by lack of full supervisory duties.

　　Differs from Electrician in that work is of a more complex nature (work on high voltage transformers, overhead underground and marine distribution lines and cables and the installation and maintenance of traffic signals.

　　Differs from Electrician Specialist Leader by lack of responsibility for overseeing work of other journeyman and advanced journeyman Electricians.

　　Examples of Work

　　BRIDGE MAINTENANCE ELECTRICIAN SPECIALIST

　　Performs entire electrical maintenance on movable and stationary bridges.

　　Installs electrical equipment such as motors, starters, relays, panel boxes, switches, and coils for single and three phase systems.

　　Installs different types of voltage transformers and may be required to adjust voltage of agency owned transformers.

　　Troubleshoots shorts and open circuits in wiring, motors and emergency generators.

　　Maintains and repairs bridge hydraulic systems such as pumps, cylinders, hoses, filters, control valves.

　　Maintains and repairs grid couplings, locks, wedges, and barriers on movable bridges.

　　Performs maintenance to electrical distribution system over 600 volts at the district headquarters compound.

　　DISTRIBUTION AND POWER PLANT SYSTEMS ELECTRICIAN SPECIALIST

　　Performs a majority of duties on electrical systems/equipment at and above 660 volts:

　　Installs high voltage transformers.

　　Makes voltage adjustments on transformers.

　　Makes splices and insulates high voltage underground and overhead cables of 1,400 volts and above.

　　Locates and corrects problems on high and low voltage lines by using insulation meggers, oscillators or tone detectors to locate faults in underground cables.

　　Uses phasing sticks on phase rotation meters to check out rotation of cables before switching into the circuits.

　　Troubleshoots, repairs, and installs electrical meters, starters, and related switch gear and controls.

　　Installs, tests, repairs, and maintains generators, trans formers, converters, regulators, switches, circuit breakers, recording instruments, control systems and other circuit systems.

　　Dismantles, repairs and assembles generators, synchronous motors, motor generators, and rotary converters. Installs, alters, and replaces generation and distribution equipment in power plants, substations, transformer vaults, or distribution centers. Cleans, adjusts and repairs electrical equipment such as air and oil circuit breakers and remotely controlled telemetering equipment.

　　Draws, interprets, updates and files electrical blueprints.

　　Provides guidance to private contractors on circuitry layout of building and facilities.

　　Directs and trains helpers and may supervise other electricians or maintenance personnel on a functional basis.

　　Performs advanced Journeyman level work in the installation and

　　maintenance of marine electrical systems and related equipment.

　　Installs and repairs marine distribution cables.

　　Dismantles, repairs and assemble generators, synchronous motors, and marine motor generators and may overhaul marine generators on marine vessel electrical power plant systems.

　　Installs, tests, repairs, and maintains marine vessel generators, transformers, converters, regulators, switches, circuit breakers, recording instruments, control systems and other circuit systems.

　　Installs and repairs rigid electrical conduits, pulls in conductors, assembles buss bars, phases out and converts conductors, splices cables and seals connectors.

　　Troubleshoots distribution circuits and generating and controlling equipment to locate and correct the causes of outages and improper operation.

　　Repairs electrical auxiliary equipment in boosters and engine rooms, filtering and changing transformers oil, and checking conditions of insulators, oil circuit breakers and related equipment.

　　Checks and trues commutators and slip rings of rotary equipment while turning in their bearings, using dressing stones, under cutters and grinders.

　　Uses standard electrical tools and equipment such as volt meters, ammeters, watt meters, places and adjust mechanical contacts and trippers and time-delay intervals of circuit breakers and relays using feeler gauges, dressings tools, and timing devices.

　　Installs, alters, maintains, and repairs electrical systems such as electrical motors for generator pumps, lighting systems, and other electrical fixtures and equipment.

　　Performs repairs, maintenance and alteration to electrical systems of electrical movable bridges repairing limit switches, plunger switches, electrical drive motors, transformers, conduits hydraulic pumps motors and troubleshoots all electrical systems.

　　SIGNAL LIGHT ELECTRICIAN SPECIALIST

　　Installs, alters, maintains and repairs, traffic signals, controllers, and traffic loops.

　　Uses volt, amp and watt meters to troubleshoot and repair electrical problems.

　　Repairs overhead lights at rest areas, weigh stations and highway units.

　　Installs new traffic signal lights and flashing beacons.

　　Erects new poles and transfers interconnect and other cables, spans and controllers to new poles.

　　Erects free standing electronic traffic controllers at road intersections and fabricates signal lights.

　　Inspects signal cables and replaces signal heads.

　　Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

　　As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

　　Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

　　Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave

　　More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

　　Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

　　New Year's Day

　　Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,

　　Mardi Gras,

　　Good Friday,

　　Memorial Day,

　　Independence Day,

　　Labor Day,

　　Veteran's Day,

　　Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

　　* Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

　　State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

　　Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

　　Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your_Retirement_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system

　　Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),

　　Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

　　Agency

　　State of Louisiana

　　Address

　　For agency contact information, please refer to

　　the supplemental information above.

　　Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802

　　Phone

　　(866) 783-5462

　　Website

　　http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm

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