Electrical Specialist CL- 1st Shift

The University of Maine Facilities Management Department seeks applications for an Electrical Specialist CL1. This position works in the FM electric Shop as an electrical specialist and performs defined responsibilities and tasks related to maintaining the operations of assigned electrical systems. Electricians are life safety and electrical specialists dedicated to performing preventative maintenance, repairs, and installing and inspecting systems. They respond to emergent work, make repairs during power outages, respond to service calls, maintain heat pumps and refrigeration units critical for lab operations, and maintain all campus life safety systems.

Full-time, regular, 40 hours per week, 5 days per week. Work schedule will be Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Starting pay for this full-time position is $23.77/hr.

Essential duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• work is primarily non-routine in nature due to calls for service, and variety of assigned projects.
• Performs skilled work in assigned department operations and maintenance, which includes inspecting, installing, and troubleshooting electrical, and/or related systems.
• Monitors and troubleshoots assigned systems; processes and responds to work orders to ensure progress, safety, and/or compliance with operational policies and procedures
• Maintains and repairs assigned equipment as needed; performs ongoing maintenance checks to determine need and ensure operational safety.
• Maintains a variety of operational records, logs, and reports.
• Installs, maintains and repairs heating, ventilating, air conditioning and steam distribution equipment and systems to optimize energy use.
• Operates a variety of equipment such as hand tools, lap top computers and diagnostic hardware to perform work.
• Operates various measuring, diagnostic and testing instruments.
• Requisition s material and supplies from stockroom, calls vendors to discuss needs for parts and supplies, and recommends purchases and suppliers.
• Reads complex blueprints, piping, sketches, schematics and wiring diagrams.
• Maintains electronic/pneumatic testing equipment.
• Performing system checks and monitoring performance of systems.
• Performing defined system or mechanical updates and repairs.

The University of Maine is a community of more than 11,900 undergraduate and graduate students, and 2,500 employees located on the Orono campus, the regional campus in Machias, and throughout the state. UMaine is a land, sea and space grant university, and maintains a leadership role as the University of Maine System's flagship institution. UMaine is the state's public research university and a Carnegie R1 top-tier research institution, dedicated to providing excellent teaching, research and service for Maine, the nation and the world.

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The University of Maine offers a wide range of benefits for employees including, but not limited to, tuition benefits (employee and dependent), comprehensive insurance coverage including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and short and long term disability as well as retirement plan options.

UMaine is located in beautiful Central Maine. Many employees report that a primary reason for choosing to come to UMaine is quality of life. Numerous cultural activities, excellent public schools, safe neighborhoods, high quality medical care, little traffic, and a reasonable cost of living make the greater Bangor area a wonderful place to live. Visit the Maine Office of Tourism to learn more about what the Bangor region has to offer.

Required:

• High School diploma or equivalent (G.E.D.) with sufficient experience to obtain appropriate certification or license AND at least one year related experience.
• Customer service principles
• Valid Maine Drivers License
• Specialized equipment and system maintenance and repair
• Recordkeeping principles
• Applicable compliance rules and regulations
• Inspecting, installing, and repairing systems
• Communication, interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisor, the general public, etc. sufficient to exchange or convey information and to receive work…