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This classification consists of skilled electricians who perform a variety of tasks related to the maintenance and repair of power generation equipment. Under indirect and intermittent supervision, they will perform work that requires experience, classroom training, and on-the-job training, including troubleshooting, repairing, maintaining, installing, modifying, and testing power plant equipment.

• Installs, modifies, adjusts, locates, troubleshoots faults or failures, and repairs electrical systems in the power plant, including generators, motors, precipitator controls, interlock systems, switchgear, breakers, and busses.
• Rebuilds, installs, inspects, adjusts, repairs, tests, and modifies circuit breakers, relays, AC-DC generators, motors, transmission and distribution busses, power and control wiring, conduit, ignition systems, exciters, transformers, controllers, sensors, timing devices, disconnects, general lighting, and communications systems.
• Inspects, adjusts, repairs, removes, and installs different types of valve, gate, and damper actuators, including performing diagnostic testing and analysis.
• Uses and maintains a variety of test equipment and tools, such as electrical test equipment, PCs, oscilloscopes, volt meters, ammeters, meggers, frequency controllers, and new technology as necessary and available.
• Interprets blueprints, engineering instructions, drawings, diagrams, schematics, computerized information systems, vendor graphs, and mathematics to diagnose and repair equipment.
• Fills out reports on inspections and repairs made to plant systems or equipment.
• Performs as a protection leader and/or job leader under PPO-77.
• Operates and inspects aerial work platforms, boom trucks, stake trucks, forklifts, and other company vehicles as required/licensed.
• Uses oxi-acetylene torches/equipment.
• Responsible for building, dismantling, and inspecting scaffolding or work platforms, up to 3 sections high, in accordance with safety standards.
• Assists other department or vendor representatives with the repair of plant equipment.
• Assists in the training of other trade personnel.
• Provides technical review of related procedures and work documents.
• Responsible for work in accordance with policies, practices, and Power Plant Orders to maintain equipment technical specifications.
• Provides corrective recommendations to plant supervision.
• Uses computer systems and other various applications to research parts, work history, component information, and company information.
• Installs, removes, inspects, adjusts, repairs system piping hangers and snobbery.
• Meets basic rigging requirements.
• Directs and assists other tradesmen as needed.

Must have a High School Diploma or GED. Must have completed a Company-recognized apprenticeship in the MJ Electrician trade. Candidates must submit an application and proof of Journeyperson status to be considered. Journeyperson proof is in the form of a Certificate of Completion of Apprenticeship from a recognized Apprentice Program.

Must have a High School Diploma or GED and letters from employers which verify eight years or more hands-on experience in the MJ Electrician classification. Journeyperson letters must be on company letterhead, dated, signed by human resources, list classification, dates served in the classification, and what candidates did in the capacity.

Must be able to train other maintenance personnel to perform in the lower skill levels of work.

Must work shifts as assigned.

Satisfactory physical examination.

Must have a valid driver's license and meet Company driving standards.

Must successfully complete an 8-10 week training course at the Training and Development Center which will be your assigned location throughout the training period.

Skills demonstration may be required for those outside of the 223 Power Generations Bargaining Unit.