Electrician, Utilities

Electrician, Utilities

Finance and Business is a values-driven organization that supports thousands of university faculty, staff, and students, while also providing services to the broader community and society. The Office of Physical Plant is part of the Finance and Business team and is an organization driven by its mission to "Provide Excellent Facilities Services for Penn State."

In our search for excellence, we foster a unified high-performing team with mutual respect for each person's uniqueness, talents, value, and perspective. As an incoming team member of the Office of Physical Plant, it will be expected that all employees embody and model Penn State's and Finance and Business's commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

The successful candidate will:

• Perform daily inspection of motors, switchboards, transformers, high voltage breakers, frequency drives, circuits, relays, electric meters, combustion turbines, and other equipment as a matter of preventive maintenance
• Use specialized tools and equipment such as phase sticks, high pot, relay test sets, fault indicators, motor test sets, rotation meters, meggar, ground test set, oil test set, TTR test set, and safety-related testing equipment to perform necessary work
• Perform specialized switching operations of high voltage lines, including coordination with the local utilities
• Maintain a constant high level of knowledge of the high voltage distribution systems, switching stations, and substations in order to provide an emergency or fast response
• Install, terminate, and test medium-voltage cables
• Install and wire equipment such as distribution or portable generators, motors, electronic equipment, frequency drives, combustion turbine, special lighting, and wiring; install conduit, making bends, threading, and reaming where necessary
• Operate special equipment such as digger, reel, and bucket trucks, sky-van, high reach, and power-assisted tools
• Install and remove electrical line poles
• Climb poles for installation and maintenance of high voltage distribution systems and lighting systems, including athletic field lighting
• Install and maintain high voltage distribution systems and lighting systems and equipment in steam generating plants, substations, electrical manholes, vaults, and tunnels; install high voltage gear in substations
• Maintain and repair power house and potable and waste water treatment equipment such as frequency drives, switchboards, transformers, generators, motors, etc.
• Tear down units; localize trouble and determine extent of repairs necessary; repair or replace defective parts or wiring; reassemble
• Disassemble motors, clean, repair or replace defective parts or wiring; adjust or replace brushes, bearings, commutators, and reassemble
• Detect unusual conditions or defective materials and report to supervisor
• Direct the work of other employees as needed
• Safeguard utility services and facilities at various times while on duty and report unusual circumstances to the supervisor
• Operate University vehicle as required

Job Requirements:

Equivalent to a complete accredited, indentured apprenticeship or equivalent to high school plus a 2-year technical college education. A Pennsylvania Commercial Driver's License (CDL) required. Over 1 year up to and including 3 years of effective experience.

Work Schedule:

7:00 a.m.

- 3:30 p.m.

Days Off:
Saturday, Sunday

The Pennsylvania State University is committed to and accountable for advancing diversity, equity, inclusion, and sustainability in all of its forms. Penn State is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer, and is committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.