Electrician Lead (Traffic and Lighting)

City of St. Louis; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

City of St. Louis is seeking an Electrician Lead (Traffic and Lighting) to manage and perform electrical maintenance for street lighting, traffic signals, fiber and camera infrastructure. The role includes planning work assignments, supervising others and training junior staff at 1900 Hampton Ave., St.

Louis, MO. Incumbents repair and troubleshoot electrical systems, operate bucket trucks, and respond to emergencies while ensuring safety and compliance with city standards.

Qualifications

• Three years of full-time paid experience as an Electrician; OR one year of full-time paid experience as a journeyman Electrician plus any one of the following: completion of an apprenticeship, completion of a technical or trade school program in electricity, or licensure by the City of St. Louis as an Electrician.
• Equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Responsibilities

• Schedules, distributes and guides the work assignments of co-workers to assist supervisory staff with timely completion of the workload.
• Monitors and reports on co-worker work performance to determine conformity to timetables and quality standards.
• Trains co-workers in tasks, job practices and procedures of electrician’s work to improve performance.
• Maintains the City’s street lighting, traffic signal, fiber and camera infrastructure.
• Repairs and replaces electrical circuits, fixtures, lamps, motors, streetlight starters, switches, wires and other electrical equipment.
• Diagnoses electrical system and component problems.
• Operates bucket truck to access wires and components above ground.
• Stocks trucks and ensures supplies are available to complete work.
• Responds to emergencies and participates in on-call rotation.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Job description

Job Description - Electrician Lead (Traffic and Lighting) (260000O0)

Job Description

Electrician Lead (Traffic and Lighting) - ( 260000O0 )

Description

Position Grade: 213T

Department: Traffic and Lighting Division

Job Type: Full-Time (Permanent)

Examination Number: EX1789

Location: 1900 Hampton Ave. - St. Louis, MO

Incumbents in this position install, repair and maintain electrical system components, fixtures and lines; and plan work assignments while providing training to other electricians.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Schedules, distributes/balances and guides the work assignments of co-workers, according to established workflow/assignment requirements, to assist supervisory staff with timely completion of the assigned workload.
• Monitors and reports on co-worker work performance to determine overall conformity to established timetables and quality standards, and to document and communicate employee production levels and training needs.
• Trains co-workers, as directed, in specific tasks, job practices and procedures of electrician’s work to improve and maintain the performance levels of these employees.
• Maintains the City’s street lighting, traffic signal, fiber and camera infrastructure.
• Repairs and replaces electrical circuits, fixtures, lamps, motors, streetlight starters, switches, wires and other electrical equipment.
• Diagnoses electrical systems and component operating problems.
• Operates bucket truck to access wires, lamps, and other electrical components above ground.
• Stocks trucks and ensures equipment and supplies are available to complete work.
• Responds to emergencies as paged.
• Participates in on-call rotation.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Data Utilization: Requires the ability to perform mid-level data analysis including the ability to audit, deduce, assess, conclude and appraise. Requires discretion in determining and referencing such established criteria to define consequences and develop alternatives.
• Human Interaction: Requires the ability to persuade, convince, influence, train and monitor co-workers in favor of a desired outcome. Requires the ability to act as a lead person.
• Equipment, Machinery, Tools and Materials Use: Requires the ability to operate, calibrate, tune and synchronize, and perform complex rapid adjustment on equipment, machinery and tools such as bucket truck, circuit tester/tracer, multimeter, electrician hand and power tools, common hand tools, compressor, pipe threader, welding equipment, trencher, cable puller, saws, hydraulic lifts, hoist, shop bench tools, jacks, overhead crane, carpenter’s tools, and/or related materials used in performing essential functions.
• Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to utilize a variety of reference, descriptive and advisory data and information such as electrical blueprints, architectural drawings, schematics, work orders, work schedules, accident reports, electrical codes, supply inventories, technical operating manuals, materials safety data sheets, procedures, guidelines and non-routine correspondence.
• Mathematical Aptitude: Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication and division; calculate percentages, fractions and decimals; calculate area and volume; may require the ability to perform mathematical operations involving basic geometry or trigonometry.
• Functional Reasoning: Requires the ability to apply principles of rational systems. Ability to interpret instructions furnished in written, oral, diagrammatic or schedule form. Ability to exercise independent judgment to adopt or modify methods and standards to meet variations in assigned objectives.
• Situational Reasoning: Requires the ability to exercise the judgment, decisiveness and creativity required in situations involving the evaluation of information against measurable or verifiable criteria.
• Environmental Factors: Tasks may risk exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as dirt, dust, pollen, odors, wetness, humidity, rain, temperature and noise extremes, machinery, vibrations, electric currents and traffic hazards.
• Physical Requirements: Requires the ability to lift, push and pull over one hundred (100) pounds to repair and replace electrical equipment such as stringing wires, and installing conduit, motors and other equipment. Requires the ability to stoop, crouch, crawl, balance, climb, bend and twist to install electrical equipment, climb poles, operate bucket trucks, using ladders and tools.
• Sensory Requirements: Requires the ability to recognize and identify similarities or differences between characteristics of colors, shapes, sounds and odors associated with job-related objects, materials and tasks. Incumbents are required to identify colors of wires, sounds and odors to determine proper operation of motors, and clearly distinguish shapes from far and close range.

Qualifications

Three years of full-time paid experience as an Electrician; OR one year of full-time paid experience as a journeyman Electrician plus any one of the following: completion of a recognized apprenticeship program in the electrical trade, completion of a technical or trade school program in electricity, or licensure by the City of St. Louis as an Electrician. OR an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

License

Incumbents must possess and maintain a valid Commercial Driver’s License (Class A or B) while employed by the City of St. Louis. Candidates that have a CDL permit at the time of hire and must obtain a valid CDL (Class B) as a condition of successfully completing their working test period. Please note type of license, number, class, expiration date and State where issued on the Employment Application. Only qualified applicants who provide proof of a valid driver’s CDL Permit will be considered for this position.

Scoring Components and Their Weights

Experience and Training: 100%

May be Subject to:

Background Investigation: Pass/Fail

Medical Examination: Pass/Fail

Documentation of Academic Credentials must be Submitted Upon Request

When completing the Employment History and the Educational/Training History sections of the Employment Application, please be as thorough as possible when describing your education, training and experience relating to this position. Applicants will only receive credit for their experience, training and education as shown on the application. Resumes will not be accepted as a substitute to a fully completed application. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

To be eligible for veteran's preference points, the applicant must submit a copy of their DD 214 Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty with the Employment Application or upon request. The Director of Personnel may, in their discretion, accept alternate documentation.

City Residence Preference Points

City residents who pass an examination for a position in the classified service and do not receive any other preference will receive a five (5) point preference on a scale of 100 points on the exam. An additional one (1) point shall be added to the passing score of City residents who receive any other preference on a scale of 100 points. City residents must have resided in the City for at least one (1) year at the time of filing their application to be eligible for the preference points.

Accommodations

If assistance with the job application is necessary based on a physical impairment, mental impairment, or otherwise, they should reach out to the Office on the Disabled with contact information. This office will not disclose any information that an applicant or employee has a disability or has discussed possible accommodations without the applicant's or employee's prior consent.

• City of St. LouisCity Hall1200 Market StreetSaint Louis, MO 63103