Electrician

This position is located in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), at the Sepulveda and West Los Angeles Medical Center Campuses, (Engineering Service).

The duties for this position include, but are not limited to: Working independently with responsibility for determining proper work methods and techniques to use in accomplishing assigned, scheduled and emergency tasks. Working from oral/written instructions, specifications, blueprints, wiring diagram, schematics, and sketches. Estimating material, tools, and equipment necessary for each assignment. Ordering material, tools, equipment, and services by compiling a rough draft containing information for procurement. Completing installations, modifications, and repairs, and loans and test systems, circuits, equipment, and controls with little or no check during the progress or upon completion of work. Checking the overall work to see that in meets accepted trade standards. Deciding on the types and sizes of conduit, wiring, relays, distribution panels, and other electrical devices proper for the work, and arrange, install, and repair a variety of complete electrical systems as well as any parts of the systems. Work Schedule: MONDAY - FRIDAY; 07:00 a.m. - 03:30 p.m. Position Description Title/PD#: Electrician/PD12758A Physical Requirements: Incumbent makes repairs and installations from ladders, scaffolding, platforms, and other hard-to-reach places. This requires the incumbent to stand, stoop, bend, kneel, climb, and work in tiring and uncomfortable positions. Incumbent frequently lifts and carries tools, equipment, and parts that weigh up to 9 kilograms (20 pounds) and, less often, up to 18 kilograms (40 pounds). Occasionally, incumbent will lift or move with assistance moderately heavy objects weighing more than 18 Kilograms.

U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigation All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA. Selective Services Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). 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. Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Upon completion of your probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.