Electrician

This position is located in Denali National Park and Preserve in the Maintenance Division.

Duties:

This announcement is being advertised concurrently under number AK-1537-DENA-25-12584339-ST which is open to certain merit promotion and status candidates. You must apply to each announcement separately if you wish to be considered under both recruitment methods.

As an Electrician you will be working for the Denali National Park and Preserve. Denali is six million acres of wild land, bisected by one ribbon of road. Travelers along it see the relatively low-elevation taiga forest give way to high alpine tundra and snowy mountains, culminating in North America’s tallest peak, 20,310′ Denali. Wild animals large and small roam un-fenced lands, living as they have for ages. Solitude, tranquility, and wilderness await. For more information visit: Denali National Park & Preserve (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov)

Major duties will include:

• Maintains high voltage power lines, power generating equipment, underground power distribution systems with transformers, secondary power distribution and circuits used to supply a wide range of voltage, amperage, phase, and frequency requirements to different types of circuits.
• Performs all preventive maintenance, operational checks, troubleshooting, tracing, and locating defects and modification on all electrical systems park-wide, including primary/secondary distribution and hybrid and photovoltaic systems.
• Works from building plans, blueprints, wiring diagrams, engineering drawings, repair manuals and related codes: National Electrical Code, Uniform Building Code, National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Life Safety Code, NFPA 70A Electrical Code for 1 and 2 family dwellings.
• Determines proper and safe operation of electrical lines, circuits, systems equipment, and controls. Plans and layout routing of distribution lines, distribution panels, transformers, circuits, and other electrical devices for proper electrical system operation.

Career seasonal appointments are permanent positions and include the same benefits as Career appointments, but do not provide work on a year-round basis. You will work from mid-January through mid-December, approximately 11 months in pay status, and will be in non-pay for the remainder of the year.

Incumbent will work with minors and needs a Childcare SAC background investigation.

Requirements:

Conditions of Employment

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication.
• Meet Selective Service Registration Act requirement for males.
• Selectee will be required to participate in the Direct Deposit Electronics Funds Transfer Program.
• You will be required to operate a government (or private) motor vehicle as part of your official duties; a valid driver’s license is required. Important: Please, do not provide a copy of your driver’s license at this time. If selected for a position, you will be required to submit a Motor Vehicle Operator’s License and Driving Record. You must also submit (within a State sealed envelope or submitted directly by the State authorities), and at your own expense, all certified driving records from all States that disclose all valid driver’s licenses, whether current or past, possessed by you.
• You will be required to wear a uniform and comply with the National Park Service uniform standards. A uniform allowance will be provided.
• You may be required to work on-call, evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime and shift work.
• If you are a new employee in the Federal government, you will be required to complete a one-year probationary period.
• You may be required to travel overnight away from home up to 5 nights per month. You must obtain a government charge card for travel purposes.
• Government Charge Card: You may be required to complete training and obtain/maintain a government charge card with travel and/or purchase authority.
• Applicants must be at least (1) 18 years old or (2) at least 16 years old and: (a) Have graduated from high school or been awarded a certificate equivalent to graduating from high school; or (b) Have completed a formal vocational training program; or (c) Have received a statement from school authorities agreeing with their preference for employment rather than continuing their education; or (d) Be currently enrolled in a secondary school and either work only during school vacation periods or work part-time during the school year under a formal student employment program.
• Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds.

Qualifications:

To qualify for this position, you must have sufficient knowledge and ability in the following job-related factors:

You must meet the two selective placement factors to qualify for this position:

Selective placement factor #1:

• Within 6 months of start date, you are required to obtain a Journeyman Electrician license that requires a minimum of 8000 hours work experience subject to the National Electrical Code. A minimum of 6000 hours must be commercial/industrial. A maximum of 2000 hours may be residential. A maximum of 1000 hours of trade-related classroom training and/or 1000 hours of power lineman experience may be part of the 8000 hours requirement. No maintenance hours will be accepted, and

Selective placement factor #2:

• Required to complete OSHA 1910.269 High Voltage Electrical Safety, Confined Space Training and Lockout/Tagout Training, and obtain forklift operator’s certification from the Park, within six months of hiring.

In addition to the selective placement factor listed above, to qualify for this position, you must also have sufficient knowledge and ability in the following job-related factors:

1. Ability To Do The Work Of The Position Without More Than Normal Supervision (SCREEN OUT)
2. Knowledge of Electrical Equipment
3. Theory and Instruments (Electrical, Electronic) Used in Shop and Trade Practices
4. Technical Practices (theoretical, precise, artistic)
5. Ability To Use Electrical Drawings
6. Ability to Use and Maintain Hand Tools (Electrical Work)
7. Trouble shooting (electrical)

If your knowledge and ability in the SCREEN OUT factor above is not sufficient, you will receive no further consideration. In preparing your application, describe in detail the experience and training which you have had that specifically prepared you for this job and to perform the duties described for this job. Experience should be clearly described and documented in your resume. The qualifications reviewer will not assume performance of such duties by Job Titles alone. Address your knowledge, skills and/or abilities in the areas shown in the job-related factors.

Volunteer Experience: Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education:

There is no substitution of education for experience for Wage Grade (WG) positions.

Additional information:

A selectee receiving a first appointment to the Federal Government (Civil Service) is entitled only to the lowest step of the grade for which selected. The display of a salary range on this vacancy shall not be construed as granting an entitlement to a higher rate of pay.

This announcement may be used to fill additional positions if identical vacancies occur within 90 days of the issue date of the referral certificate.

A Recruitment Incentive May Be Authorized for a newly selected employee when appointed to a permanent, temporary, or term position. A Federal employee who is transferring to the National Park Service from another component, bureau or Federal agency and who does not meet the conditions under 5 CFR 575.102 is not eligible for a recruitment incentive.

A Relocation Incentive May Be Authorized for a Federal employee when the employee must move, as directed by the National Park Service (NPS) either through a management directed reassignment or selection for employment, to a different location at least 50 miles away from the one where his/her position of record held at time of selection is currently located, due to a need of the NPS. A relocation incentive is not the same as a Permanent Change of Station (PCS) move and, as such, may be granted in conjunction with one another.

Physical Demands: The incumbent makes installations from ladders, scaffolds, and platforms where frequently parts of the systems are in cramped places. This requires standing, bending, stooping, kneeling, climbing, and working in tiring and cramped positions. Frequently lifts and carries up to 50 pounds and occasionally over 50 pounds. This work includes but is not limited to installing or replacing deep cycle batteries for solar systems; generators in remote areas using hoists and bars; boiler components in basements; motors and fan coil components in lofts and attics and aerators and other large equipment from sewage treatment ponds and facilities. The incumbent will be required to work in cramped areas such as attics, crawl spaces and ventilation shafts which require crawling to install, troubleshoot or repair electrical components. The incumbent may be exposed to electrical shock, spark and arc hazard, and health hazards in sewer treatment plants.

Working Conditions: Work is performed in all weather and at remote locations at Denali National Park and Preserve
with physical access to the work locations requiring entry of confined spaces, attics, basements,
crawl spaces, working from elevated platforms, aerial lifts, or other structures and spaces. Often
works inside in dusty, dirty arid occasionally greasy locations where there is a possibility of cuts
and bruises.

Travel, transportation, and relocation expenses will be paid if the person selected for the position is from outside the local commuting area and is otherwise eligible for reimbursement of relocation expenses under the Federal Travel Regulations.

Employer paid and reimbursed relocation expenses are considered taxable income. The NPS does not provide tax, legal or accounting advice. Employees should consult professional tax, legal and accounting advisors regarding concerns about the financial implications of a Permanent Change of Station (PCS).

Alaska currently does not have a state income tax.

In the event of an accident while traveling in a government aircraft, the payable benefits of a private life insurance policy may be affected.