High Voltage Electrician

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Market context

U.S. role benchmark (BLS OEWS)

$55,206 U.S. median for this role

Projected growth (BLS Employment Projections)

+5.5% - Faster than average

Matched to SOC 49-9071 - Trades aggregate by role bucket.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2024 and Employment Projections, 2024-2034.

Role

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Trades From the posting source

Seniority

Mid From the posting source

Schedule

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Weekend work

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Where they hire

Hires in: CA, CO, MT, ND, WY From the posting source

About this role

High Voltage Electrician Multiple Locations Summary This position is part of the Western Area Power Administration. As a High Voltage Electrician at the journeyman level, you will perform in the operation and maintenance functions of WAPA's high-voltage substations, transmission lines, associated facilities and equipment. The incumbent is a working member of the crew. This open and continuous announcement establishes a standing register of eligible applicants. See Additional Information section. Duties As a High Voltage Electrician Journeyman, you will perform the following duties: Install, construct, commission, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair equipment in high voltage switchyards, substations, communication facilities and power operations centers. Substation station service systems, station grounding systems, alternating current. and direct current distribution and control system wiring, terminate, splice, direct bury high voltage cable up to 34.5 kV. Safely operate vehicles up to 10,000 pounds Gross Vehicle Weight (GVWR) and vehicles of larger GVWR rating as required by the job location. Heavy equipment associated with substation maintenance may include utility trucks, skid steers, trenchers, tractor-trailer combinations, back hoes, aerial man lifts, loaders, diggers, cranes, snow vehicles and snowplows normally used in construction and maintenance activities of transmission line, substation and communication facilities. Construct and commission new substations, stage additions, or infrastructure replacements or additions. Perform switching in high voltage substations and switchyards. May receive clearances and hotline orders. Operate and maintain oil processing equipment such as oil filtration pumps, auxiliary oil heating units, oil degasification units, cryogenic or refrigerated moisture traps. Climb substation equipment and structures. Provide technical guidance

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