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Bargaining Unit:

CSEA

Job Summary:

The Department of Facilities Management and Development at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is seeking a full-time Maintenance Assistant, Electrician. The successful candidate will:

• Have a working knowledge of the methods, materials, tools, and equipment of the electrical trade.
• Have a working knowledge of applicable standards and electric code regulations.
• Have the ability to use the tools, machines, equipment, and electric code regulations.
• Have the ability to perform moderate to heavy manual labor.
• Have the ability to understand and carry out written and oral instructions.
• Have the ability to read diagrams, plans, and specifications.
• Have the ability to lead the activities of subordinate staff, as assigned.
• Have the ability to operate a motor vehicle, as assigned.  

Required Qualifications:

• Two years of full-time experience in electrical work under the supervision of a skilled tradesperson;
  • OR completion of an appropriate two-year technical school course in the electrical trade at a school, institute, or branch of the Armed Services, such as the New York State Civil Service Employees Association Partnership (NYS CSEA-P) Applied Skilled Trades Certificate Program*;
  • OR an equivalent combination of experience and training gained by completion of appropriate technical courses in the electrical trade at a school, institute, or branch of the Armed Services.
• When required to operate motor vehicles, candidates must possess a valid New York State driver's license appropriate for the type of vehicle to be operated.

(Successful completion of the NYS CSEA-P Applied Skilled Trades Certificate Program includes a total of 288 hours of trade-specific classroom instruction, 45 hours of technical math course work, 45 hours of technical communications course work, and 15 hours of blueprint/schematic reading course work. It does not include 4,000 hours of on-the-job training, as required for the NYS CSEA-P Applied Skilled Trades Traineeship.)

Preferred Qualifications:

Work Schedule:

Variable Days; 7:30am to 4:00pm

Salary Grade/Rank:

Salary Range:

As per civil service guidelines

Executive Order:

Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation.  If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at info@goer.ny.gov.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, creed, age, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, familial status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, domestic violence victim status, criminal conviction, and all other protected classes under federal or state laws.

Women, minorities, veterans, individuals with disabilities and members of underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.

If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please contact Human Resources at 718-270-3025.