ZipRecruiter is hiring: Electrician in Great Falls Crossing

Overview

The Building People is seeking an Electrician who can perform installation, repair, and maintenance work for commercial buildings in the Reston, VA area. Duties 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

• Inspect, maintain, test, modify, adjust, and repair electronic/instrumentation systems, controls, and components at USGS. Candidates with experience in energy efficiency are encouraged, as our company is looking to cut operational costs.
• Capable of independent decision-making and functioning 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 an Electrician, or a 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 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.

Skills

• Electrical experience in federal buildings.

Experience

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

Required Education

• High School diploma or GED.