Summary The Electrician performs journeyman-level installation, modification, preventive maintenance, inspection, troubleshooting, testing, and repair of facility electrical systems up to 480 volts at the Kansas City VA Medical Center. Work includes branch circuits, panels, switchgear, transformers, motor-control circuits, emergency-power and generator systems, lighting, and related components. Duties The Electrician independently installs, modifies, maintains, inspects, troubleshoots, tests, and repairs electrical systems and equipment through 480 volts, ensuring code-compliant, safe, and reliable operation throughout the medical center. Work includes preventive maintenance, system diagnostics, repairs, electrical upgrades, and documentation of all completed tasks.
Major duties include, but are not limited to the following:
- Performs preventive maintenance and inspection of electrical systems up to 480 volts, including branch circuits, panels, switchgear, transformers, motor-controls, emergency-power equipment, generator systems, lighting, and related components.
- Conducts scheduled inspections, electrical testing, documents results, corrects deficiencies, and ensures compliance with NEC, VA requirements, manufacturer specifications, and OSHA safety procedures.
- Installs and modifies circuits, receptacles, lighting systems, panels, switchgear, transformers, and power/control circuits following proper voltage, amperage, conduit, wire-size, and protection requirements.
- Performs maintenance and repair of circuits, panels, switchgear, motor-controls, emergency-power systems, and generator electrical components; resolves overloads, breaker failures, wiring issues, grounding, and load-balance deficiencies.
- Troubleshoots and tests electrical systems using wiring diagrams, manuals, and instruments such as multimeters, clamp ammeters, megohmmeters, and circuit analyzers; diagnoses complex or intermittent failures.
- Completes documentation and closes work requests in accordance with established procedures. Performs other related duties as assigned.
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Position Description Title/PD#: Electrician/PD10576A
Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized
Qualifications
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/16/2026.
EXPERIENCE: A specific length of training and experience is not required, but you must show evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality of your ability to do the work of this position. Evidence which demonstrates you possess the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties of this position must be supported by detailed descriptions of such on your resume. Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualification Standards.
SCREEN-OUT ELEMENT: Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element, which usually appears as question 1 in the on-line questionnaire. Those applicants who appear to possess at least the minimal acceptable qualification requirement are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated. The potential eligibles are then rated against the remainder of the Job Elements:
- Electrical Equipment
- Technical Practices (Electrical Electronic)
- Troubleshooting (Electrical)
- Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment
- Without more than normal supervision
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; religions; 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.
Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.
Physical Requirements: The work requires frequent and sustained physical exertion in accomplishing installations, modifications, troubleshooting, and repairs on facility electrical systems. The electrician performs work from ladders, scaffolding, platforms, rooftops, and other elevated or confined locations, often accessing components in hard-to-reach spaces behind equipment, above ceilings, and within mechanical rooms. These tasks require regular standing, stooping, bending, kneeling, climbing, crouching, and working in tiring or uncomfortable positions for extended periods.
The electrician frequently lifts, carries, and moves tools, equipment, wire reels, conduit bundles, transformers, panels, and other electrical materials weighing over 40 pounds, and may be required to lift heavier items when installations or repairs demand it. Work routinely involves maneuvering materials of various sizes and shapes through tight or obstructed pathways, requiring considerable physical effort and coordination. Tasks may include pulling cable runs, positioning conduit, manipulating hand and power tools overhead, and maintaining steady physical balance while working on elevated structures. The sustained muscular effort, repetitive motions, and prolonged physical postures are integral to completing electrical assignments safely and effectively.
Working Conditions: Work is performed in a variety of environments both indoors and outdoors throughout the medical center, including mechanical rooms, electrical vaults, patient-care areas, rooftops, exterior structures, corridors, and confined spaces with permit. The electrician is regularly exposed to hazards associated with energized electrical systems up to 480 volts, requiring strict adherence to lockout/tagout procedures, electrical-safety practices, and applicable NFPA, OSHA, and VA requirements. Work may occur in areas with poor lighting, fluctuating temperatures, limited ventilation, and varying levels of noise or vibration depending on proximity to operating mechanical or electrical equipment.
Assignments may involve exposure to dust, dirt, grease, insulation particles, and soiling of clothing and skin surfaces while working in ceilings, crawl spaces, mechanical chases, and older infrastructure. Outdoor tasks expose the electrician to weather conditions including heat, cold, wind, precipitation, and uneven or slippery surfaces. The employee may encounter fumes from equipment, odors from mechanical systems, and crowded workspaces where caution is required around moving carts, maintenance vehicles, and other trades. Elevated work areas, ladders, scaffolding, and platforms present risks of falls or injury if safe practices are not observed. Personal protective equipment is used as required, but the nature of the work routinely involves exposure to disagreeable or hazardous conditions inherent in maintaining and repairing electrical infrastructure in a hospital environment.
Requirements
- You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
- Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
- Subject to background/security investigation
- Pre-employment physical required
- 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 identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)
As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial 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 or trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.How you will be evaluated IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.
Narrative responses are not required at this time. If you are referred for consideration, you may be asked to submit additional job related information, which may include, but not limited to; responses to the knowledge, skills and abilities; completion of a work sample, and/or contact for an interview. Your resume and/or supporting documentation will be verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment.
The Department of Veterans Affairs performs pre-employment reference checks as an assessment method used in the hiring process to verify information provided by a candidate (e.g., on resume or during interview or hiring process); gain additional knowledge regarding a candidate's abilities; and assist a hiring manager with making a final selection for a position.
For more information on the "Who may apply" eligibility requirements, please refer to the OHRM Status Candidates and Other Candidate Definitions document.
Placement Policy: The posting of this announcement does not obligate management to fill a vacancy or vacancies by promotion. The position may be filled by reassignment, change to lower grade, transfer, appointment, or reinstatement. Management may use any one or any combination of these methods to fill the position.
It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those that have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.
Veterans and Transitioning Service Members: Please visit the VA for Vets site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment at VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegration support for military service members.How to apply All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 11/16/2026 to receive consideration. To preview the questionnaire, click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13108638.
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- Click Submit My Answers to submit your application package.
NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and appropriate documentation is submitted prior to the closing date.
During the application process you may have an option to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions.
Beginning September 27, 2025, Federal agencies will only accept resumes up to two pages in length to comply with the Merit Hiring Plan. Resumes longer than two pages will result in ineligibility for further consideration for the position. USAJOBS will not allow you to upload or build resumes longer than two pages, and you will need to update the resumes in your profile before applying for a job. Resumes should include information relevant to the knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies of the position to which you are applying. VA is unable to make assumptions about qualifications if not clearly listed.
Resumes must be legible so they can be reviewed for eligibility, minimum qualifications and other position requirements listed in the job announcement. If initial application submission is updated and resubmitted with a new resume, only the most current resume will be reviewed for consideration.
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- https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/hiring-information/merit-hiring-plan-resources/applicant-guidance-on-the-two-page-resume-limit/
The Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified, you must submit appropriate documentation (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location) and be found well-qualified (have a final rating of 85 or more) for this vacancy. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.Other information This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
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