Electrician

Company Description

Job Description

The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) protects public health and the environment by supplying clean drinking water, collecting, and treating wastewater, and reducing air, noise, and hazardous materials pollution. DEP is the largest combined municipal water and wastewater utility in the country, with nearly 6,000 employees. We deliver 1.1 billion gallons of high quality drinking water per day to 8.3 million New York City residents and more than 1 million people in Upstate New York, and we collect and treat an average of 1.3 billion gallons of wastewater per day.


The Bureau of Police & Security seeks to hire a n Electrician for the Security Engineering Unit, located at the DEP office in Valhalla, New York.


Working within the maintenance section of the NYC DEP Bureau of Police and Security, under the Security Engineering Unit, the electrician will provide immediate response to emergency conditions with electrical wiring, electrical power and security equipment; and troubleshoot equipment such as power supplies, access control and intrusion detection components, surveillance components, data storage devices, various optical and metallic wires for operations and communications components, data storage devices, various optical and metallic wires for operations and communications components. This person will perform preventative maintenance tasks and work on electrical security deficiency work-orders throughout the Agency. This individual will install, replace, maintain, and repair electrical wiring, components and security equipment as required on buildings and apparatus. This position will require traveling to multiple locations within 9 upstate NY counties and into the five boroughs of NYC. Reporting location will be Valhalla NY.

ELECTRICIAN - 91717

Qualifications

1. Five years of full-time satisfactory experience as an electrician; or

2. At least three years of full-time satisfactory experience as an electrician and sufficient full-time satisfactory experience as an electrician's helper or apprentice electrician or education in the electrical or electronic field acquired in an approved trade, technical school or vocational high school or college or university to make up the equivalent of the remaining experience. Undergraduate college credit can be substituted for experience on the basis of 30 credits, from an accredited college or university, for one year of experience. Six months of acceptable experience will be credited for each year of such helper or apprentice experience, or education in an approved trade or technical school or vocational high school in the electrical or electronic field. Less than a full year of helper or apprentice experience, or relevant education, will receive prorated credit.


3. License Requirements

For appointment to certain positions, candidates will be required to possess a Motor Vehicle Driver License valid in the State of New York. This license must be maintained for the duration of employment.

For assignment as a special electrician, candidates must possess and maintain the license(s) and/or certificate(s) required to perform these duties.

Additional Information

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.