Per Diem Electrician (Night)

NEWARK BOARD OF EDUCATION
HUMAN RESOUCE SERVICES
765 BROAD STREET, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY 07102
ROGER LEÓN, SUPERINTENDENT
Per Diem Electrician (Night)
Office of Facilities Management – Project Control
(Pending availability of funds and Board of Education approval)

1. Three (3) years of experience in work involving the installation, inspection, repair, servicing, and maintenance of electrical equipment, appliances, machinery, and circuits.
2. Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform the essential duties of the position. Ability to read, write, speak, understand, or communicate in English sufficiently to perform the duties of this position. American Sign Language or Braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of communication.
3. Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long as they can perform the essential functions of the job after reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations. If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.
4. May be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
5. Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform the essential duties of the position.

1. Inspects and repairs electrical wiring, fixtures, appliances, motors, generators, pumps, power circuits, and controllers of machines and elevators.
2. Installs, maintains, inspects, repairs, and services high and low tension power and light feeders, generating and control equipment, relays, transformers, motors, pumps, switches, outlets, signal systems, and other electrical wiring, cables, fixtures, and appliances of varied types.
3. Oils, greases, and maintains in good working order electrical fixtures, appliances, and other equipment and replaces worn parts.
4. Uses various types of test equipment such as ammeters, voltmeters, and ohmmeters.
5. Make emergency electrical repairs, trouble shoots malfunctions and breakdowns; inspects work in progress and completed work for defects, fire hazards or other unsafe conditions.
6. Works from electrical schematics, plans, and specifications in accordance with established procedures.
7. Requisitions, stores, safeguards, and properly uses electrical equipment, materials, and supplies.
8. Prepares clear, technically sound, accurate, and informative reports containing findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
9. Maintains essential records and files.
10. Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.

1. Knowledge of the equipment and techniques involved in installing, inspecting, repairing, and maintaining cables, wiring, motors generators, pumps, refrigerators, radios, sound equipment, switchboards, oil machinery, and circuits.
2. Knowledge of the challenges generally encountered in the performance of electrical work.
3. Ability to read and interpret plans, specifications, and diagrams.
4. Ability to analyze problems involving electrical installation, inspection, maintenance, and repair work, and develop effective work methods.
5. Ability to install, inspect, repair, and maintain cables, wiring, motor, generators, pumps, refrigerators, radios, sound equipment, oil burners, and other types of electrical equipment, appliances, fixtures, machinery, and circuits under varying circumstances.
6. Ability to understand, remember, and carry out oral and written directions.
7. Ability to order, store, safeguard, and properly use equipment, materials and supplies.
8. Ability to observe the required safety precautions.
9. Ability to prepare clear, technically sound, accurate, and informative reports containing findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
10. Ability to maintain essential records and files.
11. Ability to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
12. Ability to read, write, speak, understand, or communicate in English sufficiently to perform the duties of this position. American Sign Language or Braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of communication.
13. Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long as they can perform essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation. If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.

1. Salary: $72.06/hour
2. Employment Period: Per Diem
3. Union Affiliation: Building Trades Council