High Voltage Electrician (Skilled Trade Specialist III)

High Voltage Electrical Journeyman

Open Recruitment. Open Until Filled.

The Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) owns, operates, and maintains eight major toll facilities comprised of four bridges, two tunnels, and two turnpikes, across the State of Maryland. For over 50 years, the MDTA has provided Maryland's citizens and visitors with safe, secure, and convenient transportation facilities. We are committed to quality and excellence in customer service, and we rely on our organization's values, traditions, and – most importantly – our employees to achieve these goals.

Nature of Work: The main purpose of this position is to perform journey-level high-voltage electrical work in accordance with all applicable local, state, and federal regulations and standard practices or rules governing the electrical trade.

The duties for this position include, but are not limited to, the following: Independently perform high-voltage electrical installation, connection, maintenance, and repair work in compliance with federal, state, and local regulations and standard practices. High-voltage electricians work with electric circuits carrying in excess of 600 volts, in accordance with the National Electrical Code and the Underwriter's Rules, for electrical wiring and installation. This maintenance work requires physical exertion performed outdoors under all weather conditions or inside an MDTA building. Employees may be required to move objects weighing over 50 pounds and may also be required to work on equipment located on high poles or other elevated locations, and/or perform their job in cramped quarters in buildings or underground. Employees in this classification are considered essential employees and are subject to emergency call-back procedures, twenty-four hours a day, as may be required in order to maintain continuous operation of a facility. Employees may be required to work rotating shift work, to include evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays.

Employees in this classification receive general supervision from a Facility Maintenance Supervisor or other designated supervisor.

The current vacancies are located at:

• Gov. Harry W. Nice / Thomas "Mac" Middleton Memorial Bridge (Newburg, MD); and
• John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway - Utility Shop (Perryville, MD).

Future opportunities may be available at:

• Baltimore Harbor Tunnel (Baltimore, MD);
• Fort McHenry Tunnel (Baltimore, MD);
• Francis Scott Key Bridge (Baltimore, MD);
• Intercounty Connector (Laurel, MD);
• John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway – Maintenance 1 (Bel Air, MD); and
• William J. Preston Lane, Jr. Memorial Bridge (Annapolis, MD).

The eligible list established from this recruitment may be used to fill future vacancies at other facilities throughout the Maryland Transportation Authority.

MDTA employees are offered a generous benefits package including a minimum of 11 paid holidays, a minimum of 27* days of leave annually (personal, vacation, and sick), access to the State Pension System, deferred compensation plans, excellent health, dental, and vision plans, and more! *May be prorated based on start date.