Operations & Maintenance Technician IV - Electrical (Journey)

Responsibilities for this position include, but are not limited to:
Job Summary:
This position utilizes journeyman-level electrical skills, experience, and knowledge in the practices, procedures, and methods of installing, maintaining, and repairing complex and general water utility and facility electrical systems. Monitors electrical equipment and systems for operating condition and performance, including predictive and advanced diagnostic testing; preventive and corrective electrical maintenance; improving electrical capacity and upgrading systems to meet treatment, conveyance, and distribution electrical operating demands. Maintains and improves a variety of electrical components and equipment related to Metropolitan's revenue-generating assets, systems, supporting facilities, and infrastructure, including those within treatment and pump plants, conveyance and distribution structures, reservoirs, hydroelectric plants, and rights-of-way. Ensures ongoing reliability and uninterrupted electrical service necessary to convey, store, treat, and distribute water and hydroelectric power effectively to member agencies and other customers. Activities include maintaining and improving electrical systems in and associated with pumps, turbines, generators, transformers, motors, and associated facilities and processes, including high voltage overhead and underground electrical distribution systems.

Job Duties:

To be considered for this position, you should have: [Skills, Education, or Experience]
Learn and utilize mechanical/electrical engineering data necessary to effectively implement predictive, preventive, corrective, and improvement activities. Perform and/or assist in the planning, design, layout and development of procedures, manuals, orders and similar documentation to ensure safe operating techniques and/or for training, ability to interpret complex schematics, blueprints, mechanical/electrical diagrams, instructions, manuals, operating and maintenance procedures, and specifications related to water treatment, conveyance and distribution and pump plant, as well as building, facility and hydroelectric power systems/equipment, and experience to utilize tools and diagnostic equipment to test and monitor equipment and asset condition, as well as repair, install and replace equipment necessary to meet water and electrical generation demand and/or capacity, use and maintain mechanical/electrical tools and equipment traditionally used in hydroelectric plants, pump plants, treatment plants, and within water and power control and distribution infrastructure and facilities, ability to apply and guide others in adhering to apply and guide others in adhering to safety practices and regulations for operating or working near mechanical/electrical equipment, high voltage systems, hazardous materials, and associated tools and equipment.

Required Knowledge of: Theories and practices of mechanical systems and their application to large-scale electrical systems and equipment related to hydroelectric power plants, water treatment and distribution systems, as well as general and utility facility mechanical systems, applying methods, practices, machine shop equipment for metal fabrication, and tools to ensure reliable operations for the movement and treatment of water, generation of power, and optimization of assets and equipment to meet operational demands within established limits and standards, contemporary maintenance reliability analysis and troubleshooting methods including determination of failure causes, diagnostic analysis through failure mode, and root cause analysis, using traditional analog and precision digital instruments to ensure critical measurements and alignments as part of diagnostic and predictive maintenance, including laser alignment equipment, analog and digital meters, calipers and other tools related to close tolerance analysis and work, and safety practices and regulations for operating or working near electrical and/or mechanical equipment, high voltage systems, hazardous materials, and associated tools and equipment.

Minimum requirements: