Electrician

Located in the heart of the Bluegrass state, East Kentucky Power Cooperative is a not-for-profit generation and transmission (G&T) electric utility with headquarters in Winchester, KY which is just a short distance from Lexington. Our cooperative has a vital mission: to safely generate and deliver reliable, affordable and sustainable energy to our 16 owner-member cooperatives serving more than 1 million Kentuckians across 87 counties. We¿re leaders in environmental stewardship and we¿re committed to provide power to improve the lives of people in Kentucky.

As passionate as we are about providing smart energy solutions, we are equally excited about people. We strive to cultivate connected workplaces where great ideas are born and rewarding careers are built.

EKPC offers a wage and benefits package that ranks among the best in the state. There is no waiting period on our medical, dental and vision insurance plans so you are covered on day one, and the dental plan is free for employees. Our generous 401(k) retirement plan allows employees to start contributing to their plan after a month of service, and after 3 months of service, EKPC will automatically contribute 6.5% of base wages AND match employee contributions up to 4.5%. Our competitive vacation and sick leave package starts day one to allow for flexibly and a healthy work-life balance.

For more information on our plentiful benefits package visit our website at https://www.ekpc.coop/work-ekpc

EKPC is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

Considering Different Levels

All skill levels are being considered and the person chosen for the position will be placed in the level in which they are experienced. Please see below for description of all levels.

Key Roles

Ensures the safe and proper inspection, installation, troubleshooting, maintenance and repair of electrical systems and components associated with the generation of electricity.

Key Responsibilities

- Pulls conduit and wire.

- Locates equipment such as electrical motors, components, and circuit grounds.

- Cleans electrical motor components, breakers, and switchgear.

- Tests electrical circuits.

- Lubricates equipment such as motors, fans, gears, and valves.

- Checks batteries.

- Checks and replaces fuses.

- Checks circuit breakers, motors, and precipitators.

- Installs cable.

- Uses test equipment such as amp probe and multimeter.

- Operates mobile equipment such as boom truck, man-lift, tractor, and forklift.

- Installs and maintains power plant electrical and electronic equipment and systems to ensure efficient operation.

- Maintains electrical and electronic equipment in accordance with preventative maintenance programs.

- Troubleshoots and repairs electrical and electronic equipment.

- Maintains and repairs tools and equipment of required use for this position.

- Assists plant operators and maintenance mechanics in performing preventative or scheduled maintenance and major/minor repairs on all Plant Equipment, which may require strenuous lifting, moving or use of tools or machines.

Electrician Level 1

- Inspect and operate elevated manlift

- Inspect and operate electric pallet truck

- Inspect and operate forklift

- Select proper lifting devices

- Limit access to rigging area

- Retrieve rigging hardware

- Lift motors, controllers, electrical equipment

- Spot load

- Unrig load

- Use hand signals

- Support repairmen heavy lifts

- Lubricate motors

- Remove and replace circuit breakers

- Test and clean circuit breakers

- Test power

- Test continuity

- Test resistance

- Test phase

- Wire a circuit

- Construct and analyze an electronic circuit

- Evaluate a circuit

- Troubleshoot a prewired circuit

- Open/close/reset 120V, 277V or 240V AC breakers

- Replace 120V, 277V or 240V AC breakers

- Remove and replace fuses on 120v, 277v, or 240v AC power circuits

- Test bus

- Identify cable and wire requirements

- Pull cable and wire in conduit

- Splice and terminate cable and wire

- Cut/thread conduit

- Bend conduit

- Mount conduit

- Crimp cable conductors

- Install lighting

- Install lighting controls

- Troubleshoot lighting systems

- Repair lights

- Remove and replace ballasts

- Install emergency lights

- Remove and replace electric motors

- Polish commutators

- Replace brushes on motor to 50 HP size

- Maintain oil level

- Adjust contactors

- Wire and evaluate a motor

- Locate motors

- Perform maintenance checks on motors

- Remove and replace bearings

- Repair an overload heater on a motor starter

- Test and clean contactors

- Remove and replace starter switches

- Remove and replace defective coils

- Troubleshoot coils

- Remove and replace protection and alarm devices

- Install and verify electric heat tracing and controls

- Inspect heat tracing cable and controls

- Repair heat tracing cable and controls

- Install telephones

- Replace cable

- Replace cable connector

- Check portable welders

- Check welding machines

- Install grounding

- Clean and inspect electrical equipment

- Perform portable equipment ground checks

- Check man lift safety trips

- Add electrolyte into battery cells

- Check battery conditions

- Check electrolyte level

- Check electrolyte temperature

- Grease battery terminals

- Inspect for abnormal conditions

- Perform hydrometer reading

- Perform voltage checks

- Check plant battery system

- Troubleshoot limit switches

- Adjust limit switches

- Test limit switches

Electrician Level 2

- Initiate and release hold cards

- Update drawings to reflect installations

- Troubleshoot 480v switchgear and breakers

- Remove and replace fuses and breakers on 480v switchgear

- Clean and inspect 480v switchgear

- Open/close/reset 480v AC power breakers on 480v switchgear

- Repair buses

- Troubleshoot overload trip devices

- Repair or replace overload trip devices

- Perform or witness high voltage cable installation

- Splice a high voltage cable

- Terminate a high voltage cable

- Repair a cable fault

- Install/repair vessel grounds

- Install/repair motor grounds

- Repair ground clamps, cables, and connectors

- Repair ground grids

- Check for ground faults

- Install a cadweld ground strap

- Locate exciter and associated equipment

- Perform a PM on exciter

- Troubleshoot emergency lights

- Repair emergency lights

- Repair chargers

- Rack in/out breakers to 480V MCC

- Clean and inspect buckets

- Set and adjust controller overload settings

- Properly size overload heaters

- Troubleshoot MCC

- Replace an MCC bucket

- Check and replace fuses

- Replace heaters/overloads

- Replace timers

- Replace starter

- Rebuild starter

- Clean and inspect motor starter

- Troubleshoot motor starters

- Install motor control circuits

- Troubleshoot motor control circuits

- Repair motor control circuits

- Megger a motor

- Replace bearing on motor to 50 HP size

- Troubleshoot motor operation

- Evaluate contactors

- Replace circuit boards

- Replace electronic relays

- Replace electronic switches

- Troubleshoot MOVs

- Repair MOVs

- Set Limitorque valve limits

- Set rototorque valve limits

- Sootblower control

- Remove and replace transformers

- Perform precipitator inspection

- Troubleshoot and repair rappers

- Set up controls

- Read precipitator meters

- Remove and replace AWL

- Troubleshoot AWL

- Repair AWL

- Replace lamp on AWL

- Remove and replace opacity monitors

- Troubleshoot opacity monitors

- Repair opacity monitors

- Calibrate opacity monitors

- Troubleshoot protection and alarm devices

- Repair protection and alarm devices

- Test protection and alarm devices

- Perform DC highpot

- Takes a surge protection reading

Electrician Level 3

- Molded Case Circuit Breaker Test Set

- Protection Relay Tester

- Transformer Oil Dialectric Test Set

- Troubleshoot 4160v switchgear and breakers

- Replace fuses and breakers on 4160v switchgear

- Clean and inspect 4160v switchgear

- Troubleshoot 13.8 KV switchgear and breakers

- Replace fuses and breakers on 13.8 KV switchgear

- Open/close/reset 13.8KV AC power breakers

- Isolate 13.8 KV switchgear for maintenance

- Troubleshoot generator voltage regulators

- Test generator voltage regulators

- Replace brushes and collector rings

- Replace generator exciter and components

- Troubleshoot generator exciter

- Test generator exciter

- Verify the exciter running permissive

- Place the exciter unit online

- Check operation of UPS

- Troubleshoot inverter section

- Repair inverter section

- Troubleshoot battery charger

- Repair battery charger

- Replace batteries

- Test inverters

- Start/stop 480v motors

- Replace AC & DC controllers

- Troubleshoot AC & DC controllers

- Test AC & DC controllers

- Verify setup of AC & DC controller's parameters

- Replace PC power supply

- Replace PC drives

- Allen Bradley SLC 100/150

- Allen Bradley SLC 500/5

- GE FANUC 90-30/90-70

- Install PLC

- Replace PLC

- Program PLC

- Reprogram PLC

- Replace solid state voltage regulators

- Troubleshoot solid state voltage regulators

- Test solid state voltage regulators

- Repair inverters

- Test inverters

- Replace rectifiers

- Troubleshoot rectifiers

- Repair rectifiers

- Replace automatic frequency controllers

- Troubleshoot automatic frequency controllers

- Install drives

- Troubleshoot drives

- Replace controller drives

- Replace SCR board

- Replace cooling fan motors

- Replace power supply

- Replace fan motors

- Troubleshoot HVAC controls

- Replace switches

- Troubleshoot switches

- Troubleshoot chillers

- Replace motors

- Replace components

- Charge an air conditioner

- Replace plant batteries

- Troubleshoot plant batteries

Key Requirements

Education:

- High School diploma or equivalent. Two (2) year technical training or Associate degree in electrical or electronics field preferred.

- Electrical Maintenance Foreman ¿ Associate¿s degree or two year technical degree in related area. Any equivalent combination of education and experience may substitute.

Experience:

- Three (3) years related experience preferred. Additional technical training may substitute for a portion of the experience requirement.

- Electrical Maintenance Foreman ¿ Five (5) years of related experience. Experience working in a leadership capacity is preferred.

Skills and Abilities:

- Knowledge of power plant process preferred.

- Must be able to understand and interpret electrical diagrams, schematics, and instructional manuals.

- Must be able to perform physically demanding operations and maintenance tasks.

- Must be knowledgeable in the use of electrical test equipment and a variety of hand tools.

Competencies

- Technical/Professional Knowledge & Skills

- Safety Awareness

- Contributing to Team Success

- Decision Making

- Work Standards

Working Conditions

- Must maintain a valid driver¿s license and live within one (1) hour of the Plant. May be required to work 12-hour rotating swing shift; scheduled and non-scheduled overtime is a normal part of the job.

- This is an on-call position with a telephone required.

- Must pass an aptitude test, physical ability test and follow procedures for wearing a respirator and other protective equipment.

- Regular lifting up to 50 lbs and occasional lifting over 100 lbs. Regular climbing and work at heights on ladders and stairs required, as well as above ground grating and platforms.

- Work environment conditions include: noise, heat in excess of 100 degrees, gas emissions, chemical vapors, dust, high-pressure lines and high voltage equipment.