Licensed Electrician, Facilities Management

Location

Canada | United States

Job description

Licensed Electrician, Facilities Management

Why UT Southwestern?

With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. As a world-renowned medical and research center, we strive to provide the best possible care, resources, and benefits for our valued employees. UT Southwestern is honored to be a veteran-friendly work environment that is home to approximately 800 veterans. We value your integrity, dedication, and the commitment you’ve made to our country. We’re proud to support your next mission.

Ranked as the #1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth for the sixth consecutive year, we invite you to continue your healthcare career with us at UT Southwestern. You will discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, and consistent opportunities for learning and advancement into leadership roles.

All full-time employees will have a robust benefits package including employer paid medical insurance. Children and family medical insurance plans are available at a cost to the employee.

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Job Summary

UT Southwestern is in search of a Licensed Electrician to join their Electric Shop team. The licensed electrician works under general supervision to provide professional journeyman electrician-level skills for inspecting, testing, repairing, installing, and assisting with major electrical repairs within UT Southwestern facilities.

Experience and Education Requirements

• High school graduation, vocational school, or GED equivalent.
• Four (4) years skilled or journeyman level experience as an Electrician.
• Must have current licensure as a Journeyman Electrician issued by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR).

Job Duties

• Repairs, installs, replaces, and tests electrical circuits, equipment, and appliances, using hand tools and testing instruments, to supply electrical power for lighting and operation of equipment and apparatus.
• Inspects and tests electrical circuits and equipment; isolates defects in wiring, switches, motors, and other equipment, replacing defective wiring, switches, sockets, plugs, and insulators.
• Installs new wiring and electrical apparatus, using blueprints and diagrams to determine correct location and layout; runs wire through conduit, and makes connections to complete circuits.
• Assembles, installs, and connects components of switchboards and distribution panels, and connects to units controlled.
• Assists in estimating time and materials required for job.
• Troubleshoots and maintains all lighting circuits on campus.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Work requires skill in the use of ammeters, ohmmeters, voltmeters, watt meters, wiring diagrams and other tools common to electrical trade.
• Work requires the ability to plan and perform unusual and difficult assignments and needs to make decisions involving use of considerable ingenuity, initiative, and/or judgment.
• Work requires alertness and close attention to detail to avoid serious injury to self and others.
• Work requires proficiency in all phases of work performed.
• Work requires walking, bending, climbing, lifting up to 50 lbs., pulling/pushing equipment up to 50 lbs.

The following is the acronym, “PACT”, and is fundamental to all non-clinical positions at UT Southwestern Medical Center:

• P-Problem Solving: Employees take ownership in solving problems effectively, efficiently, and to the satisfaction of customers, or managers. They show initiative in addressing areas of concern before they become problems.
• A-Ability, Attitude and Accountability: Employees exhibit the ability to perform their job and conduct themselves in a professional and positive manner reflecting a professional environment readily assuming obligations in a dependable and reliable manner.
• C-Communication, Contribution, and Collaboration: Who are our customers? Anyone who requests our help, needs our work product, or receives our services. Employees focus on customer service with creative solutions while improving the customer experience through clear, courteous, and timely delivery and communication. Sharing ideas with others helps expand our contribution to department goals.
• T-Teamwork: Employees work to contribute to the department’s success by supporting co-workers, promoting excellence in work product and customer service, and in maintaining a satisfying, caring environment for each other.

Working Conditions

• Working conditions are considered acceptable but occasionally involve exposure to one or more disagreeable elements such as dust, dirt, and the need to work frequently in confined spaces.

Any qualifications to be considered as equivalents in lieu of stated minimum require prior approval of Vice President for Human Resources Administration or his/her designee.

This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code §51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information.

UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status. To learn more, please visit: .

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