Electrician

Job Description

Job Description

Description/Job Summary:

The Building People is seeking an Electrician who can perform installation, repair, and maintenance work for commercial buildings in the Reston, VA area. Their duties would include leveraging testing devices to troubleshoot electrical issues, inspecting various electrical components, installing outlets, switches, light ballast, and other electrical equipment and adhering to local safety codes.

Responsibilities/Duties:

• Electrician will inspect, maintain, test, modify, adjust, and repair electronic/instrumentation systems, controls, and components at USGS. The candidates with experience in energy efficiency, as our company is looking to cut operational costs .
• The candidate must be capable of independent decision-making and being able to function with no supervision.
• Good interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills with strong leadership, project management, team building, and presentation skills required.
• Customer service skills and must speak English
• Experience installing, modifying, testing, repairing, and troubleshooting generators, transformers, converters, regulators, switches, circuit breakers, lightning arresters, lighting ballast, exterior security lighting, mechanical and electronic recording instruments, mechanical and electronic control systems of distribution lines, substations, and power-generating facilities.
• Experience working with building plans, blueprints, wiring diagrams, engineering drawings, and electrical maintenance and repair manuals.
• Have experience as a Electrician, or position that showed progression in theoretical and practical knowledge of electrical building systems, and of the characteristics, function, operation, and capabilities of a variety of types of electrical equipment.
• All other duties as assigned.

Required Skills:

• Clear background investigation.
• Clear driver’s license and have reliable transportation to work
• High level of electronic system maintenance, troubleshooting and repairs
• Maintenance Documentation completion and filing
• Customer Service Skills
• Proficient with Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Excel, and familiar with CMMS
• Excellent Organizational skills

Preferred Skills:

• Electrical experience in federal buildings

Required Experience:

• Sufficient experience and knowledge in a variety of electronic systems, controls and components. Cleared to work in the state of Arizona on electrical equipment

Preferred Experience:

• Five (5) years of experience in a variety of electronic systems, controls and components. 

Required Education:

• High School diploma or GED.