Columbia University Facilities & Operations ยท 2 months ago
Environmental Controls Technician
Columbia University Facilities & Operations is seeking an Environmental Controls Technician to perform preventive maintenance and repairs on various types of electrical equipment. The role involves working with electrical systems, supervising lower-grade employees, and being available for emergency calls.
Higher Education
Responsibilities
Performs operations as required by job work order and/or blueprint or diagram in preventive maintenance and repairs to various types of electrical equipment such as motors, control and power circuits (both A.C. and D.C.), switches, generators, transformers, relays, motor controllers, rectifier units, electrical devices, systems and apparatus, load distributions, cables, and printed circuitry
Must be proficient in the use of all tools of the electrical trade and must be skilled in the operations of electrical test equipment such as voltmeters, ammeters, ohmmeters, multi-meters, meggers, tachometers, temperature gauges, watt meters, phase meters, and various recording devices
Shall be capable of reading blueprints and schematics to determine circuitry
Shall supervise and direct the work of lower labor grade employees assigned to projects in electrical repair work and installations in accordance with the Electrical Code of the City of New York
Shall have a home telephone and be available for emergency calls at night and on days off
Shall accept a proportional share of scheduled overtime work
Qualification
Required
High school diploma and/or equivalent or electrical trade school diploma required
6 years in the electrical field, 2 years experience as an 'A' mechanic, and 1 year experience in electro-magnetic controllers
Must be proficient in the use of all tools of the electrical trade
Must be skilled in the operations of electrical test equipment such as voltmeters, ammeters, ohmmeters, multi-meters, meggers, tachometers, temperature gauges, watt meters, phase meters, and various recording devices
Shall be capable of reading blueprints and schematics to determine circuitry
Shall supervise and direct the work of lower labor grade employees assigned to projects in electrical repair work and installations in accordance with the Electrical Code of the City of New York
Shall have a home telephone and be available for emergency calls at night and on days off
Shall accept a proportional share of scheduled overtime work
Company
Columbia University Facilities & Operations
Columbia University Facilities and Operations is the largest administrative department at the University.
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