The role of a High Voltage Electrician Master (Tier 2) involves performing advanced installation, maintenance, repair, and operational tasks related to high voltage electrical systems, substations, switchyards, and power plant equipment. This position typically represents the highest skilled professional level in the field and requires minimal supervision.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities and Duties:
- Prepares equipment for repair or replacement parts. Starts equipment following repair and tests performance in conjunction with other teams. Withdraws equipment, components, and materials from the stockroom inventory system and order materials from vendors as required.
- Performs switching and maintenance in substations, switchyards, pad-mounted equipment and in underground vaults. Installs new equipment, including conduit, wire, cable, pull boxes, transformers and for repairs and alterations in high voltage systems. Install and maintain transformers, converters, regulators, cables, switches, circuit breakers, mechanical and electronic systems, and other circuit elements found in substations.
- Dismantle and repair primary electrical equipment, replace sectionalizing box pot-heads, links and blown fuses.
- Operates switches to isolate and remove defective components for repair. Utilizes various measuring and testing instruments to work standard computations relating to load requirements of wiring and electrical equipment.
- Maintain specified power plant equipment such as pumps, compressors, boilers, turbines. Uses blueprints, diagrams, repair manuals, calipers, micrometers, scales, and other measuring instruments as required. May be responsible for plans and schematic reviews with written reports. Keeps leadership informed of status of equipment and conditions and prepares repair requests as needed.
- Performs preventative maintenance in accordance with schedules, operating procedures and equipment warranty. Performs scheduled inspections to determine if equipment is operating properly.
- Performs preventative maintenance on all electrical gears. Performs duties in a timely, accurate, and cost-effective manner. Installs and maintains various lighting systems.
- Interfaces with customer and assures proper accountability of parts and time for each individual task. Work environment requires strict adherence to precautionary work methods and safety equipment due to the severe electrical hazards present when working near energized equipment and components. Other duties as assigned.
- Master – Possesses all of the Journey and Journeyman-Lead level skills, having verifiable minimum experience and/or hold an accepted certification, license and/or degree. Usually considered the most experienced, highest skilled professional in their respective field, and requires little or no supervision.
Supervision Exercised:
- As directed by management, the Master Electrician may supervise employees or subcontractor personnel in accordance with the “General Supervisory Duties and Responsibilities” addendum.
Qualifications and Experience
Typical Education & Experience:
- High school diploma / GED equivalent, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Ten (10) years to twelve (12) years related experience.
- Requires the job knowledge, skill level and physical ability necessary to perform assigned job functions.
- Master license/certificate or equivalent is required.
