Description
The General Services Department – Facilities Maintenance Division is responsible for maintaining critical City of Norfolk buildings and systems, ensuring safe, reliable, and efficient operations across diverse facilities. Within this division, the Central Energy Plant (CEP) team supports and services key downtown facilities including City Hall, the Slover Library, the School Administration Building, and the Norfolk City Jail. Staff at CEP play a vital role in keeping these essential government and community facilities operating safely and effectively.
The Electrician II position is a skilled journeyman-level role responsible for installing, maintaining, and repairing electrical systems in a wide range of city-owned facilities. This role performs corrective and preventive electrical maintenance, responds to service requests, troubleshoots issues, and ensures safe and compliant work practices. The Electrician II uses the City’s computerized work order system (Asset Essentials) to receive, document, and close out work orders. Work often involves coordination with other trades, contractors, supervisors, and building occupants. Safety and communication are key, as this role requires strict adherence to OSHA standards, including lockout/tagout procedures, and frequent use of a bucket truck for
elevated work.
The position is ideal for a licensed journeyman who enjoys variety, problem solving, and contributing to the safe and reliable operation of public facilities across Norfolk.
Essential Functions
- Install, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair electrical systems, equipment, and fixtures in city facilities.
- Install new circuits and ensure compliance with code and safety standards.
- Perform preventive maintenance tasks on electrical systems, including inspections and scheduled service.
- Operate a bucket truck and other specialized equipment safely to access and repair elevated fixtures or systems.
- Follow OSHA and department safety protocols, including lockout/tagout and PPE usage.
- Respond to high-priority electrical service calls across the city, providing timely and professional support.
- Document work performed, labor hours, and materials used in the Asset Essentials computerized work order system.
- Communicate effectively with supervisors, coworkers, contractors, and building occupants, ensuring updates are provided and customer service standards are met.
- Assist contractors by providing facility access, sharing system knowledge, and verifying completed work.
- Monitor and address electrical issues that could impact public events or daily operations, ensuring facilities remain safe and operational.
Education/Experience
Work requires knowledge of a specific vocational, administrative, or technical nature which may be obtained with six months/one year of advanced study or training past the high school equivalency. Junior college, vocational, business, technical or correspondence schools are likely sources. Appropriate certification may be awarded upon satisfactory completion of advanced study or training.
Required
- Two (2) or more years of experience in facility maintenance or municipal/commercial settings.
- Demonstrated experience operating a bucket truck and working safely at heights.
- Strong knowledge of OSHA electrical safety standards, including lockout/tagout.
Strongly Preferred:
- Current Journeyman Electrician’s License.
Additional Information & Requirements
- Valid Driver's License required.
- State Journeyman Electrician's License required within one (1) year of employment.
Work Schedule:
- Schedule will be Monday through Friday from 7:00 am to 3:30 pm.
- Occasional overtime work will be required due to facility emergencies and/or contractor work scheduling.
Signing Bonus:
- This position is eligible for a one-time $5,000 signing bonus.
- Regular full-time and permanent part-time employees may receive paid holidays, vacation and sick leave, employer paid pension plan, basic life insurance, voluntary participation in medical and dental, Section 457 deferred compensation, long-term disability, optional life insurance for self, spouse and children, medical and dependent care reimbursement plans, access to membership in credit union and employer provided parking.
- Special project/grant employees are generally eligible for the same benefits of regular full-time employees; however, retirement, life insurance and participation in health plans vary depending upon funding and authorization.
- Temporary/seasonal and part-time employees are generally only eligible for employer provided parking and access to membership in credit union.
- Retirement
If you are hired October 5, 2010, or after to a position with City of Norfolk Retirement System benefits, you will be required to contribute five percent (5%) of your salary toward your retirement benefit. This will be a pre-tax payroll deduction.
If you are hired January 1, 2022, or after to a position with Virginia Retirement System (VRS) benefits, you will be required to contribute five percent (5%) of your salary toward your retirement benefit. This will be a pre-tax payroll deduction.
- The Tuition Assistance Program is established to encourage employees toward continued self-development and education. Permanent full-time and permanent part-time classified, unclassified permanent, full-time special projects, and constitutional employees who have completed six months continuous service will be eligible to apply. The applicant’s school of enrollment must be an accredited institution.
Note
The benefits described above are broad generalizations. The specific benefits that an employee may be eligible for are governed by City regulations, as applicable to job type.
Non-City
Positions listed with a job type designation of "Non-City" are not subject to the benefits descriptions above. Refer to the content of the job posting for information regarding these positions.
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The following Supplemental Questions are specific to the position for which you have applied to assist the hiring manager in screening applications for specific experience being sought. Please be specific in answering these questions as they will be used to evaluate which applications will be given further consideration in the process. Do not answer "see resume" or "see application" as these are not valid answers. Please note that if you are invited to be interviewed by the department, your responses to the following questions may be subject to verification.
- I understand and will answer the following supplemental questions completely and thoroughly.
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If you were referred for this position by a current City of Norfolk employee, please provide the employee's full name, department, and job title. If not, please indicate by typing "N/A."
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How many years of experience do you have performing electrical work in a facility maintenance/commercial setting?
- Less than 2 years
- 2-3 years
- 3-4 years
- 4 years or more
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Do you currently hold a Journeyman Electrician’s License?
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How comfortable are you with using a computerized work order system (such as Asset Essentials) to receive, document, and close work orders?
- Very comfortable; I have used such systems regularly
- Somewhat comfortable; I’ve used digital systems but may need training
- Uncomfortable; I’ve never used such systems
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How would you respond if a supervisor asked you to complete a task you felt was unsafe?
- Complete the task, then report the issue later
- Refuse to do the task without explanation
- Explain your safety concern, propose a safer alternative
- Ask a coworker to do it instead
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How do you approach preventive maintenance?
- Perform preventive maintenance on schedule, regardless of appearance
- Focus exclusively on corrective repairs
- Balance preventive maintenance with corrective repairs, adjusting to priorities
- Perform preventive maintenance only if there’s time after corrective repairs
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What’s your experience with lockout/tagout procedures?
- I’ve only received training, not applied it in practice
- I’ve performed LOTO independently many times
- I’ve assisted with LOTO but not led the process
- I’m unfamiliar with LOTO
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In a municipal setting, you receive three urgent calls at once: an outlet sparking in City Hall, exterior lights out at Scope Arena before an event, and a tripped breaker at the jail. What do you prioritize first?
- The exterior lights at Scope Arena
- The sparking outlet at City Hall
- Whichever call came in first
- The tripped breaker at the jail
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How do you typically interact with building occupants when responding to a call?
- Say hello, complete the work quickly, and leave
- Explain what I’m doing and provide updates
- Avoid interaction unless absolutely necessary
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Which environment do you prefer working in?
- Outdoor construction job sites
- A variety of settings with changing tasks and challenges
- A single building or plant with routine, repetitive work
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What motivates you most to work as an Electrician II with the City of Norfolk?
- Experience for advancing into the private sector
- Strictly the paycheck
- Stability and benefits of municipal employment
- Variety and diversity of work across city buildings
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Do you have a valid driver's license?
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Do you have the legal right to work in the United States and, upon employment, can you provide documentation to verify this?
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Please explain any periods of unemployment lasting more than 30 days that occurred within the last 10 years. For each gap, include the approximate dates and a brief explanation.
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Are you a current or previous City of Norfolk employee?
- Yes - I am a current City of Norfolk Employee
- Yes - I am a previous City of Norfolk Employee
- No - I am not a previous or current City of Norfolk employee
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Please indicate your veteran status. (A copy of your long form DD-214 may be required)
- I am not a Veteran
- I am a Veteran
- I am a Disabled Veteran
- Required Question
