High Voltage Electrician V

Job Summary

Amentum is seeking a High Voltage Electrician V for our highly complex, critical environment, pharmaceutical power house team in Groton, CT!

• Typical work hours are Monday-Friday, 7:00am – 3:30pm; hours may vary based on critical business demand.

This position is a senior level position responsible for acting as the subject matter expert in the maintenance, repair, and installation of electrical services and components up to 35,000 volts in a pharmaceutical research environment.

The primary responsibilities will be operation and maintenance of the site high-voltage electrical distribution system including: operation of substation protective relay systems, troubleshooting outages and faults, preparing feeder switching orders and planning preventive maintenance.

Provides instruction, mentor and train less skilled technicians as needed. Effectively communicates with the site management team and the customer to understand requirements, solve electrical problems, and provide solutions to manufacturing problems.

The High Voltage Electrician must have the ability to identify and correct any safety-related issues and perform independent equipment evaluations to identify potential equipment failures. General Maintenance of equipment will also be required.

Essential Functions:

• Trouble shoots, assembles, installs, operates, calibrates, trouble-shoots, dismantles, and repairs all types of electrical equipment.
• Designs plans and specifications to facilitate preventive maintenance on building electrical infrastructure.
• Properly maintains and controls the electrical distribution system to provide a reliable source of electricity to all areas.
• May serve as maintenance adviser to engineering in material selection, documentation, calibration, testing and problem solving methodology, project scope and follow up.
• Maintains electrical systems from 120 volt lab equipment, to complex boiler and chiller controls with voltages up to 35,000 volts.
• Maintains and controls site-wide distribution systems.
• Performs preventive and corrective maintenance on all electrical equipment, switchgear, and distribution systems.
• Troubleshoots, diagnoses and repairs electrical systems and equipment.
• Utilizes test equipment to test motors, control circuits, motor drives, UPS systems, batteries, grounding, isolated power, ground-fault circuits/outlets, voltage and other load conditions.
• Inspects and performs safety tests on lighting/outlet circuits, generators, motors, appliances, tools, etc. Ensures all circuits are properly protected and systems/equipment are installed and maintained in accordance with the provisions of the NEC and other regulatory requirements.
• Coordinates work with outside contractors.
• Performs preventive maintenance on industrial electrical control and operating systems as scheduled in the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
• Responds and provides service and feedback to the customer on all work orders while assuring compliance to codes, regulations and industry standards.
• Recommends measures to improve maintenance methods and equipment performance.
• Understands company policies and enforces safety regulations.
• Safely performs functions of the position including following proper safety guidelines such as job hazard analysis and lockout/tagout procedures and utilizes PPE as required.
• Operates a variety of equipment such as hand tools, laptop computers and diagnostic hardware to perform work.
• Demonstrates flexibility in the day-to-day activities and scheduling for the benefit of the customer.
• Other duties as assigned by Management or Lead.

• High school or equivalent
• Six years of experience performing electrical maintenance in an industrial, biomedical or pharmaceutical environment or demonstrated equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Supervisory or leadership experience.
• Possess a State of Connecticut E2 License
• Ability to obtain a security access badge at our client’s location.
• Must be willing to work overtime, holidays, various shifts, weekends, and alternative work schedules.
• This position may require a valid Driver’s License.
• Must be a United States citizen or permanent resident.
• This position does not include sponsorship for United States work authorization.

Physical Requirements:

• Requires the ability to stand for prolonged periods and walk extensively throughout the facility during shift.
• Requires the flexibility to bend/stoop, squat, twist, crawl, and climb repetitive during shift.
• Requires the ability to regularly kneel, work in cramped or confined spaces, or assume uncomfortable or tiring body positions repetitive for shift.
• Requires the ability to move in a 90-degree fashion on a repetitive basis for shift.
• Requires the ability to stretch/reach on a repetitive basis for shift.
• Requires the ability to regularly climb extension ladders, roof ladder, stepladders, stairs, or scaffolding at least 10 times during shift.
• Requires the ability to regularly lift up to 50 lbs.
• Requires the ability to work at an accelerated pace in emergency conditions, as needed.
• Requires the use of a Company/Client approved utility knife.
• Requires the ability to differentiate colors pertaining to wire color-coding.
• Some tasks will require repetitive wrist movement.
• Requires the ability to interact with all clients in a professional and friendly manner despite periods of stress.
• Wear steel toe safety shoes, safety glasses, gloves, hard hats and other Personal Protective Equipment as needed.
• Cope with demands (stressors) that are associated with the job and/or the work environment so that acceptable levels of performance and overall contribution are maintained.

• Associate or technical degree
• Two years of experience troubleshooting and repairing high voltage facility and/or process systems and equipment.
• Experience with high voltage up to 15,000 volts.
• Experience troubleshooting and diagnosing Variable Frequency Drives.
• Experience troubleshooting and repairing components up to 480V 3 Phase.
• Experience with professional installation of electrical services.
• Experience with conduit installation
• Experience calculating and determining circuit load.
• Thorough understanding of current electrical codes.
• NFPA-70E Training.