Utility Electrician – Wastewater Enterprise, Maintenance Division – San Francsico Public Utilities Commission (7385) – (167796)

Under general supervision, performs inspection, maintenance, repair, installation, and testing of a variety of electrical systems and equipment, up to 600 Volts energized and 601 Volts to 301,000 Volts de-energized, used at the water, wastewater, power, and hydroelectrical facilities of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission.

Work Location: 750 Phelps St, San Francisco, CA 94124, USA

Work Schedule: Monday to Friday, 6:00am to 2:30pm

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Inspects, maintains, repairs, installs, and tests a variety of electrical equipment, up to 24,000 volts at utility facilities

• Performs de-energized maintenance, repairs, installation and testing of a variety of electrical operating components of circuit breakers and transformers at substations, switchyards, and power generating facilities rated up to 24,000 volts.

• Maintains, operates, and adjusts power generating and substation equipment, including photovoltaic (solar).

• Inspects, maintains, repairs, installs, and tests electrical equipment including switch gear, circuit breakers, instrumentation, valve actuators, battery banks, battery systems and power supplies.

• Installs above ground and below ground conduits and pulls, terminates, and tests wire for motors, control panels, lighting fixtures, outlets, and other electrical equipment.

• Performs phase balancing operations and makes load computations on a variety of electrical circuits; installs and maintains digital and analog circuit protective devices such as uninterruptible power supplies (UPS's) and ground fault circuit interrupters.

• Performs insulation testing of cabling and motors, etc. to locate electrical faults.

• Erects and uses ladders, scaffolds, staging, aerial lift trucks, light towers, and other related equipment.

• Makes as-built and shop drawings of electrical installations.

• Operates, racks and repairs circuit breakers and disconnect switches rated up to 24,000 volts.

• Maintains, and repairs motor starters, including variable frequency drives rated up to 24,000 volts.

• Prepares and submits reports for time, material used and completed work.

• Perform related duties as required

Desirable Qualification: The stated desirable qualification may be considered at the end of the selection process when candidates are referred for hiring.

• Experience in Water and Wastewater Plants, Control Systems, Smart MCCs, Data link controls