Description
Salary: $34,242 - $52,936
Position Grade: 31T
Department: Airport
Job Type: Full-Time (Permanent)
Examination Number: EX1241
Location: St. Louis Lambert International Airport
(Employees assigned to St. Louis Lambert International Airport may be eligible for a commuting allowance of $180.00 bi-weekly.)
Incumbents in this position are responsible for assisting journeyman trade workers in the performance of their duties.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
- Assist journeyman electricians in electrical work installing, constructing, revamping and maintaining electrical lighting systems on the airfield and in the airport buildings.
- Assist in the replacement of all types of light standards and poles.
- Assists in the installation of transformers and equipment on poles, in manholes and in trenches.
- Help lay electrical cable.
- Help locate electrical lines and installations.
- Perform manual labor - digging out holes, digging trenches, removing debris.
- Load and unload tools, equipment, materials and supplies.
- Organize tools and equipment and clean up electric shop and electrical rooms.
- Perform Emergency Snow Call duties – shovel snow, salt sidewalks, etc.
- Be able to work indoors and outdoors, in extreme weather conditions.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Data Utilization: Requires the ability to compile, assemble, copy, record and/or transcribe data and information according to a prescribed scheme or plan.
- Human Interaction: Requires the ability to explain, demonstrate and clarify to others within well-established policies, procedures and standards. Ability to follow specific instructions and respond to simple requests from others
- Equipment, Machinery, Tools and Materials Use: Requires the ability to operate, maneuver and/or provide simple but continuous adjustment on equipment, machinery and tools such as trucks, overhead crane, common hand tools, shovels, rakes, wheelbarrow, hand carts and/or materials used in performing essential functions..
- Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference and descriptive data and information such as time sheets, regulations and general operating manuals..
- Mathematical Aptitude: Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
- Functional Reasoning: Requires the ability to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form. Involves semi-routine standardized work, with some latitude for independent judgment regarding choices of action.
- Situational Reasoning: Requires the ability to exercise the judgment, decisiveness and creativity in situations involving a variety of generally pre-defined duties that may be subject to frequent change.
- Environmental Factors: Tasks may risk exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as dirt, dust, pollen, odors, wetness, humidity, rain, fumes, temperature and noise extremes, machinery, vibrations, electric currents, traffic hazards, animals/wildlife, toxic/poisonous agents, violence, disease, or pathogenic substances.
- Physical Requirements: Tasks involve the regular and, at times, sustained performance of moderately physically demanding work, typically involving some combination of climbing and balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling heavy objects and materials some which may weigh over one hundred (100) pounds.
- Sensory Requirements: Requires the ability to recognize and identify individual characteristics of colors to identify materials, shapes to clearly distinguish objects and sounds to communicate with others.
Other Requirements:
- Must be available to work varying shifts including nights, weekends, holidays, and overtime.
- A ten year background investigation will be conducted in accordance with FAA regulations for positions at St. Louis Lambert International Airport.
Qualifications
Two years of experience assisting journeyman electricians, machinists, plumbers, carpenters or related skilled trade workers; OR successful completion of a recognized two-year trades program which includes electrical, machinist, plumbing, carpentry or a related skilled trade from an accredited trade school or junior college (training program must be beyond the high school level); OR two years of experience in highway construction, new building construction, water or sewer line construction; OR two years of experience and current permanent status as a Utility Worker with the City of St. Louis; OR an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
License/Certification: Must possess and maintain a valid Missouri driver’s license while employed by the City of St. Louis. Must possess a valid driver's license at the time of filing application and be able to present it upon request. Please note type of license, number, class and expiration date on the Employment Application. Some positions will require incumbents to obtain a Commercial Driver's License (Class B) by completion of the working test period.
Scoring Components and Their Weights
Experience and Training: 100%
May be Subject to:
Background Investigation: Pass/Fail
Medical Examination: Pass/Fail
Documentation of Academic Credentials must be Submitted Upon Request
When completing the Employment History and the Educational/Training History sections of the Employment Application, please be as thorough as possible when describing your education, training and experience relating to this position. Applicants will only receive credit for their experience, training and education as shown on the application. Resumes will not be accepted as a substitute to a fully completed application. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Veterans Preference Points
To be eligible for veteran's preference points, the applicant must submit a copy of their DD 214 Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty with the Employment Application or upon request. The Director of Personnel may, in their discretion, accept alternate documentation.
City Residence Preference Points
City residents who pass an examination for a position in the classified service and do not receive any other preference will receive a five (5) point preference on a scale of 100 points on the exam. An additional one (1) point shall be added to the passing score of City residents who receive any other preference on a scale of 100 points. City residents must have resided in the City for at least one (1) year at the time of filing their application to be eligible for the preference points.
Accommodations
If assistance with the job application is necessary based on a physical impairment, mental impairment, or otherwise, they should reach out to the Office on the Disabled with contact information. This office will not disclose any information that an applicant or employee has a disability or has discussed possible accommodations without the applicant's or employee's prior consent.
