Electrical Maintenance Crew Chief - Phoenix Convention Center

City of Phoenix; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Traditional pension

401(a) and 457 plans

Medical plans (HMO/PPO/HSA)

Paid time off

Job summary

City of Phoenix is seeking an Electrical Maintenance Crew Chief to lead the electrical maintenance team across the Phoenix Convention Center facilities. You will plan repairs, coordinate with trades and contractors, and ensure timely completion of work orders while maintaining accurate labor timekeeping.

The role requires supervisory experience, a strong knowledge of NFPA70E safety practices, and willingness to work a shift from 2:30 PM to 1:00 AM or 5:00 AM to 3:30 PM on different days.

Qualifications

• Three years of experience as a skilled electrician.
• Completion of an electrical apprenticeship program.
• Ability to work irregular hours including evenings and weekends.
• Ability to work outdoors in varied environmental conditions.

Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise the facility's electrical maintenance team.
• Identify and plan repairs to interior and exterior of the facility.
• Coordinate repair and maintenance activities with trades and contractors.
• Schedule and organize facility shutdowns of power distribution systems for preventive maintenance.
• Provide written weekly reports and maintain timekeeping accuracy.

Skills

Electrician experience

Regulatory safety awareness

Education

Electrical apprenticeship completion

Tools

SharePoint

SAP

Microsoft Office

Job description

About This Position

The Phoenix Convention Center is a constantly operating and evolving facility that sees event activity year-round. Operating three convention buildings, three theater facilities (Symphony Hall, Herburger Theater, and the historic Orpheum Theatre), and five connected and free-standing parking garages, the Phoenix Convention Center Department provides a huge economic impact to the travel and tourism within the State of Arizona.

The Phoenix Convention Center Department is currently looking for a motivated and knowledgeable Electrical Maintenance Crew Chief to lead and supervise the facility's electrical maintenance team in the operation and maintenance of all the venues and facilities. This position is responsible for the identifying and planning repairs to the interior and exterior of the facility. This position will work with various groups and trades to coordinate necessary repair and maintenance activities. This position will work with the venue managers and various contractors to schedule and organize the shutdown of the facilities, power distribution systems for preventative maintenance.

The Electrical Maintenance Crew Chief will report to and receive direction from the Electrical Facilities Supervisor. The crew chief will work with the Electrician Leads to identify, plan and distribute work to the staff. Additionally, this position is responsible for providing written weekly reports, verbal communications, managing the work order system ensuring timely completion of all requests, and ensuring that all labor and timekeeping by staff is updated and accurate.

This position will work a 2:30 PM until 1:00 AM shift, Sunday - Wednesday or 5:00 AM until 3:30 PM Wednesday - Saturday.

Ideal Candidate

• Knowledge in asset management systems, regulatory compliance (NFPA70E, MSDS, safety, and environmental).
• Understanding of Electrical NFPA-70E safety program and practices.

Salary

• Pay Range: $37.58 per hour - $55.51 per hour.
• Hiring Range: $37.58 per hour - $50.35 per hour.

Pay Range Explanation

• Pay range is the entire compensation range for the position classification.
• Hiring range is an estimate of where you can receive an offer. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, training, and internal equity.

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Benefits

• Traditional pension with employer and employee contributions, click here for more details: Pension Information.
• 401(a) and 457 plans with employer contributions.
• Choice of generous medical HMO, PPO, or HSA/HDHP plans.
• Medical enrollment includes a monthly $150 City contribution to a Post-Employment Health Plan.
• Wellness incentive of up to $720 annually.
• Dental, vision, and life insurance options.
• Employer paid long-term disability.
• Free Bus/light rail pass.
• Tuition reimbursement program up to $6,500 per year.
• Paid time off includes 13.5 paid holidays, 12 vacation days, and 15 sick days and personal leave days.
• Paid Parental Leave for eligible employees up to 480 hours (12 weeks) of paid leave for the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child during a 12-month period.
• Federal Student Loan Forgiveness offered through Savi.

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Minimum Qualifications

• Three years of experience as a skilled electrician,
• and completion of an electrical apprenticeship program.
• Additional Requirements may require:
  • Working irregular hours, second and/or third shifts, weekends, holidays, and evenings may be required.
  • Working outside in a variety of environmental extremes such as heat, cold, rain, air pollution, and dust.
  • Must be able to work in small, cramped areas such as ceiling crawl spaces, and equipment enclosures.
  • Must be able to work at heights greater than ten feet.
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Preferred Qualifications

The minimum qualifications listed above, plus:

• Experience with/in:
  • Developing training programs.
  • Development, implementing, and managing preventative maintenance programs.
  • Writing technical service and commodities contracts.
  • Maintenance and repair on medium voltage distribution equipment
  • Large generator operations.
  • Industrial / Commercial electrical construction and maintenance practices.
  • Large generator, automatic transfer switch, and redundant power systems.
  • Electrical project estimating and/or management/administrative.
  • National electrical code, policies, and procedures specific to the electrical trade.
  • Using software applications such as work order systems, SharePoint, SAP.
  • Microsoft Office programs, including; email, writing business sreports and using smart devices.
  • Electrical maintenance crew supervisory.
  • Commercial electrical systems and building codes, lighting control systems and components, written and verbal communication skills.

Recruitment Dates

Recruitment closes November 12, 2026. All materials must be received by 11:59 p.m. on this date.

This is a position-based recruitment and will not result in any ongoing eligibility list. This recruitment and any selection processes resulting from this recruitment may be used to fill other related vacancies within the organization now or in the near future.

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Electrical Maint Crew Chief, JC:74140, ID# 63287, 10/30/26, USM, DB, Benefits:007.

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