High Voltage Electrician I
Core
Installing, maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing high-voltage electrical distribution systems (5kV to 15kV) including transformers, generators, switchgear, and control systems for a university campus.
Role type
Journeyman High Voltage Electrician
Builds
Reliable campus utility infrastructure (power distribution, energy production facilities)
Domain
Utilities / Electrical Engineering / Campus Infrastructure
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
High voltage electrical theory, reading schematics, operating high voltage testing equipment (phase meters, hi-potential testers, meggers), splicing/terminating medium voltage cables, working in confined spaces and underground systems, safety protocol execution
Preferred skills
State of Iowa Electrical license, Journeyman lineman experience, experience with solid state control systems and capacitor banks
Technologies
Switchgear, circuit breakers, relays, substation gear, solid state meters, protection and monitoring systems
Responsibilities
Install, maintain, troubleshoot, calibrate, and replace high voltage electric distribution systems and related equipment; Energize and operate high voltage electrical distribution equipment; Generate basic switching procedures to safely isolate equipment; Test power systems utilizing high voltage diagnostic equipment; Assist in directing the work of apprentices
Seniority
Journeyman, hands-on IC