Job Opportunity: Airport Electrician
Annual Salary Compensation: $169,364
Link to Apply: Airport Electrician (9240) - Citywide - (A00034)
We’re looking for a skilled Airport Electrician to join the team at SFO. In this role, you’ll perform journey level electrical work to keep our high‑ and low‑voltage systems operating safely, reliably, and without interruption. You’ll support testing and troubleshooting of critical electrical infrastructure, help prevent outages, and provide technical guidance to tenants and contractors. The position also includes maintaining accurate records and following operational policies to ensure compliance and support airport‑wide electrical reliability. This role involves working in environments where safety awareness is essential. Apply today
The essential functions of this classification include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Maintains high voltage power lines; locates and isolates faulty sections and removes, installs and makes connections where necessary.
- Installs watt-hour meter systems, connects potential transformers, current transformers, phase shifting transformers, test switches, reactive meters, demand meters and watt-hour meters.
- Maintains, operates and repairs the 5,000-volt airfield runway lighting system, including taxiways, guidance sign system, airways code beacon, rotating beacon and hazard lights.
- Maintains, operates and repairs electric motors and control apparatus used in pumping drainage water and sewage.
- Maintains, operates and adjusts standby engine generators used for emergency power; checks electrical failures for airport, tenants in the absence of tenant personnel in cases of emergency.
- Collects data for engineer’s planned expansion projects and meets with tenants and contractors and advises or availability of facilities for future expansion projects.
- Inspects completed work for compliance with airport standards and requirements.
- Performs related duties and responsibilities as assigned.
How to qualify
- Education: Requires completion of a recognized electrician’s (Line worker or Inside Wireman) apprenticeship program.
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- Experience: Requires two (2) years of verifiable journey-level electrician experience in the installation, maintenance, and operation of high voltage (above 600 volts) industrial power transmission and distribution systems.
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- License and Certification: Requires possession of a valid California driver’s license.
Substitution: Additional experience as a journey level electrician, performing installation, servicing, and repair to electrical systems, devices, and related components can be substituted for the five (5) year apprenticeship program, on a year for year basis.
- **Please attach your apprenticeship completion certificate if you have one***
Desirable Qualifications
- Two Years Experience using medium voltage test equipment. Must be capable of safely differentiating live versus deadlines using a contact tester.
- Demonstrated experience working safely on electrical systems operating above 600 volts.
- Medium voltage cable splicing experience.
- Familiarity with the operation and basic troubleshooting of medium-voltage substation controls.
- Experience with airfield lighting systems.