This position is located in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Veterans integrated Service Network 6 (VISN 6), at the Durham VA Health Care System (VAHCS) in Durham, North Carolina, within the Area Maintenance Section of Facilities Management Service. Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
Duties include but not limited too: The electrician is responsible for a diverse range of journeyman electrician duties, including the installation, modification, repair, troubleshooting, preventive maintenance, and testing of complex electrical systems, circuits, equipment, appliances, controls, components, lighting fixtures, and fire alarm systems.
Installs, modifies, repairs, and troubleshoots electrical lines, circuits, systems, fixtures, controls distribution lines and circuits used to supply a wide range of voltage, amperage, phase, and frequency requirements, distribution panels, switchgear, power and control circuits, electrical warning, intrusion, detection, burglar alarm, fire alarm system, high intensity lighting system, high voltage system (15 KV), which includes splicing, terminating, and cable integrity, street lighting, motor generator sets, air conditioning induction motors, elevators, capacitors, DC motors, cable television, and air circuit breakers involving all the fundamental operations relevant to such work.
Works from building plans, wiring diagrams, and engineering drawings; and is responsible for planning and laying out the routing, placement, and arrangement of industrial or similarly complex systems, circuits, controls, and equipment Responsible for safe and proper operation of systems and equipment, and for compliance with the National Electrical Code.
Completes installations, modifications and repairs; and loads and tests systems, circuits, equipment, and controls with little or no check during the progress or upon completion of work. When new parts are required and unavailable, the electrician uses ingenuity and resourcefulness in an attempt to keep the equipment or appliance into temporary operation.
Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 4:00pm-12 midnight Position Description Title/PD#: Carpenter/PD50174A Physical Requirements: Incumbent must be able to lift heavy equipment such as large spools of wire, bundles of conduit, etc. Must be able to work for prolonged periods while 'kneeling, crouching, stooping and/or standing in awkward positions and must be able to climb and work from ladders, scaffolding, various hydraulic lifts and roofs.
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $29.98 – $33.81/hr.
Applications close on 2026-11-05.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
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