Clarification from the agency

Applications will be accepted from all U.S. Citizens.

The position is a working supervisor responsible for direction and supervision of Electrician work performance inspecting, troubleshooting, maintaining and repairing high voltage electrical systems.

Supervises subordinate high voltage electricians. Assigns, directs, and reviews their work; evaluates their work performance; plans, schedules, and coordinates work operations; solves problems related to high-voltage electrical work; approves leave requests; manages overtime; and performs a wide variety of other technical and administrative duties required in carrying out supervisory responsibilities.

Performs troubleshooting, maintenance, diagnosis, inspection, repair, overhaul and installation of complex electrical distribution equipment and systems including working on energized high voltage equipment.

Diagnoses troubleshoots and determines necessary repair work requiring operation of systems, transferring loads, dispatching power, isolating and/or making safe clearances on above equipment.

Eliminates or prevents fault caused by induction, stress impedance mismatch, transformer polarity, system phase relation, power failure cascade, or corona.

Maintains motors, control circuits, electronic relays, emergency generators, elevators, traveling cranes and hoists, VFD's and PLC, wiring systems, lights, starters, portable battery operated emergency lights, inter-communication telephone systems and other equipment associated with the operation of the coal and oil fired boilers, refrigeration plant, and the steam and chilled water distribution systems. Many of the motors are operated by remote control stations in a sequence such as the cooling towers, coal and oil handling and ash, dust collection systems, sonic horns.

Maintains 130 volt D.C. Battery systems and their associated charging systems. Maintains D.C. supervisory and pilot circuits, maintains emergency lighting.

Operates 13,200 volt to 4,160 volt switchgear and transformer distribution systems, 13,200 volt and 4,160 volt motors and their controls.

Based on duties assigned, employees may require knowledge of hazardous (e.g. lead paint and solvents), universal (e.g. lamps and batteries, and/or non-hazardous (e.g. oil and polychlorinated biphenyl) waste management requirements to ensure compliance with environmental regulations in performance of duties (e.g. decide hazardous material is no longer needed and will be disposed, select containers for waste accumulation, add waste to containers, label containers, move waste to and from waste accumulation sites, manage waste accumulation sites, provide waste management guidance/answer questions concerning waste management.

Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen.
• You must be able to pass a drug test.
• Your resume and question responses must demonstrate the job-related KSAs.

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Qualifications

You must meet all eligibility and qualifications requirements by the closing date of the job announcement.  
  
 Ability to supervise employees performing high voltage electrician tasks such as installation, maintenance, modification, or repair of electrical systems. 

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Review your resume and responses carefully. Your eligibility for consideration and qualifications for the position will be determined based upon a review of your detailed resume and your responses to job specific self-assessment questions.  

Your resume will be evaluated based on evidence of your ability to demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) for this position, possession of any specialized experience, and how well your background and experience relates to the self-assessment questions in the job announcement.  The self-assessment questions relate to the following knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies:

 1. Ability to Supervise 

 2. Knowledge of Electrical Equipment

 3. Technical Practices (theoretical, precise, artistic)
 
 4.  Troubleshooting (Electrical)

Your responses to the self assessment questions serve as the basis for your initial rating.  You will receive a numerical score based on your responses to these questions.  Next, your responses will be evaluated by a Human Resources Specialist and/or a subject matter expert against the information provided in your resume and optional cover letter.    Your resume must support your answers to the self assessment questions.  Falsifying your background, education, and/or experience is cause for not hiring you or disqualification for further consideration. 
Please note that a complete application is required for consideration. (Please review the “Required Documents” section of this job announcement to see what must be included in a complete application).

The Architect of the Capitol's job application process is designed to ensure that we only ask you for the information that is absolutely needed to evaluate your qualifications and eligibility for the position.

To apply for this position, you only need to submit online the following: a) your resume and 2) answer the online vacancy assessment questionnaire. The online questionnaire contains eligibility and screening questions and other relevant supplemental information. No additional documentation or attachment is required at the time of application. 

We ask that you prepare and submit a resume that best describes fully your background experience, skills, abilities, education, training and other relevant credentials. The resume should include dates of employment.

Nothing further is required until it is requested by the staff of the Human Capital Management Division. If additional documentation is required for a position, you will be asked to provide it during the selection process or upon selection. At that point, we may ask you to submit documentation to support statements made in your resume.

For example, we may ask you to provide documents such as college transcripts, copy of diploma or proof of Federal employment status. If the position requires a license or certification, we will ask candidate(s) to provide proof at the time of selection.

If you are claiming veterans' preference, we may ask you to submit proof of Veterans preference (DD-214, and, if claiming 10-point preference, the SF-15 plus proof required by that form).

If you fail to provide the required documents, we will withdraw a tentative job offer made and/or remove you from further consideration.

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