Job Details

Electrician Position

As an Electrician, you will:

• Installing and adjusting major electrical equipment. Major equipment items are power transformers and gas, oil, or air-insulated power circuit breakers. Installation and adjustment tasks include erection of equipment by putting components together. Components mounted on transformers include bushings, conservators, radiators, fans, pumps, recording instruments, and load tap changers.
• Maintenance and repair of major electrical equipment. All major electrical equipment in substations is serviced by electricians on a regular schedule.
• Control and relay panel assembly. Panels are drilled and instruments, switches, lights, and relays are mounted and wired according to design drawings in a shop setting for installation in substations in the field.
• Switchboard installation. Prewired relay and control panels are added to switchboards in substations.
• Communications equipment installation. These tasks involve mounting or adjusting antennas, reflectors, transmitting or receiving devices, emergency power supplies, and other equipment located in microwave or radio stations.
• Steel structure erection. Racks and towers to support electrical equipment in substations are assembled by electricians.
• Ground mats, conduit, duct and trench system installation.
• Taking clearances. To safely work on high-voltage equipment, it is necessary to properly deenergize and ground it according to switching procedures in the accident prevention manual.
• Perform switching. At times an electrician will be required to isolate a piece of equipment for repair or maintenance at dispatcher's discretion.

Under the employee referral bonus program, certain BPA employees may be eligible for a monetary award for referring outside candidates for this difficult-to-fill position. The referring employee must complete the form BPA F 33300.01e and email it to careers@bpa.gov by midnight of the closing date of the job posting.