Electrician 1

Bring your trade skills to Fort Indiantown Gap! As an Electrician 1 with the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, you support a mission-focused environment through skilled electrical work. This role offers steady, meaningful tasks that help maintain safe and dependable buildings. Your technical abilities keep equipment functioning and energy systems performing at their best. Join a strong team where your work truly makes a difference.

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This position performs skilled electrical work to install, maintain, and repair systems and equipment at Fort Indiantown Gap. It ensures secure operations, reliable power, and well-functioning facilities across the site. As an Electrician 1, you will perform the following duties:

• Electrical Installation: Install, alter, and repair electrical systems, fixtures, and related equipment
• Troubleshooting Tasks: Locate power failures, identify short circuits, and correct electrical issues
• Wiring Work: Lay out conduits, run new lines, and install open or concealed wiring and fixtures
• Component Replacement: Replace breakers, switches, receptacles, ballasts, and lighting components
• Equipment Service: Install air conditioners and service new and existing units
• Tool Maintenance: Keep tools in good condition and complete preventive maintenance as needed

Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.

Work Schedule and Additional Information:

• Full-time employment (7.5 hours per day; 37.5 hours per week)
• Work hours are 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM (1st shift), Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch. This may change based on operational needs.
• Overtime as operationally necessary
• Essential Employee: You will be required to work during emergencies and office closings.
  
• Telework: You will not have the option to telework in this position.
• Salary: In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable. 
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

• Successful completion of the Electrician Trainee program (Commonwealth job title or equivalent Federal Government job title, as determined by the Office of Administration); or
• Four years of experience installing, repairing, and maintaining electrical systems, components, and equipment; or
• An equivalent combination of experience and training.

Special Requirement:

• You must possess an active motor vehicle license.

• You must pass a favorable National Crime Information Center (NCIC) screening for admittance to Fort Indiantown Gap.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

• A conditional offer of employment will require submission of criminal history reports. See hiring agency contact information.  

• Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
• Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
• Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.  
• All application materials and interview responses must reflect the applicant’s own experience, qualifications, and work. Applicants may use generative AI tools for preparation purposes only. Use of AI to misrepresent or falsify information, or to assist during interviews, is not permitted. Review the Guidance for Generative AI Tools & Job Seekers for additional information.

Veterans:

• Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. §7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to www.pa.gov/agencies/employment/how-to-apply.html and click on Veterans.

Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS):

• 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).

If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.

The Commonwealth is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. The Commonwealth values inclusion as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, union membership, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, AIDS or HIV status, disability, or any other categories protected by applicable federal or state law. All diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.