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This Electrician position is located in the Engineering Service at the VA Boston Healthcare System.

NOTE: This is an open and continuous job opportunity announcement. Certificates are issued on an unannounced periodic basis based on requests from management. Applications will be evaluated and referred for selection as vacancies occur within the organization. This announcement may close at any time once all positions are filled.

This position is located within the VA Boston Healthcare System in West Roxbury, Massachusetts and is responsible for installing, modifying, repairing, maintaining, troubleshooting, testing, and loading new and existing electrical lines, circuits, systems and associated fixtures, controls, and equipment.

• Works with secondary power distribution lines and circuits used to supply a wide range of voltage, amperage, phase, and frequency requirements, to distribution panels, switchgear, power and control circuits, industrial multiphase systems, thermocouple sensors, emergency warning systems, lighting protection systems, high intensity lighting systems with associated controls, target mechanisms, AC/DC rectification systems, galvanic and impressed current cathode protection systems, amplifier circuits and related electrical equipment;
• Works from building plans, blueprints, wiring diagrams, engineering drawings, and electrical maintenance and repair manuals;
• Plans and lays out the routing, placement type, size, gauge, balance, load, continuity, and safe operation of electrical lines, circuits, systems, equipment and controls that support industrial operations, computer complexes, or similar complex electrical loads;
• Traces hard-to-locate defects or problems associated with the completion of repairs and installations;
• Determines and places distribution panels, boxes, fittings, and connections and installs wiring, couplings, conduit, relays, fixtures, transformers and other electrical devices including electrical service entrances;
• Interprets and applies the National Electrical Code, local codes, etc., and uses trade formulas to calculate common properties;
• Uses a variety of hand and power tools of the trade;
• Performs all other related duties as assigned.