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Overview

The Trades Specialist Electrician is responsible for repairing, maintaining, and installing electrical systems and equipment. The role includes supervising and instructing others in electrical work, ensuring compliance with safety regulations and building codes.

Responsibilities

  • Repairs, maintains, and installs electrical systems and equipment.
  • Locates and determines electrical malfunctions using test instruments.
  • Repairs malfunctions by replacing burnt-out elements and fuses.
  • Tests electrical equipment for safety and efficiency.
  • Installs fixtures, motors, and other electrical equipment.
  • Inspects circuits and wiring for specified shielding and grounding.
  • Replaces bearings in electric motors.
  • Plans layout and wires new installations.
  • Installs and repairs traffic control devices and systems.
  • Prepares sketches showing location of wiring and equipment.
  • Measures, cuts, bends, threads, assembles, and installs electrical conduit.
  • Connects wiring to lighting fixtures and power equipment.
  • Tests, adjusts, calibrates, and maintains control equipment.
  • Observes functioning of installed equipment to detect hazards.
  • Supervises and instructs others in electrical work.
  • Assigns work to maintenance staff.
  • Prepares wiring diagrams from instructions.
  • Assembles materials, tools, and equipment for work.
  • Gives verbal instructions and demonstrates proper methods.
  • Inspects work in progress and ensures compliance with codes.

Requirements

  • Four years of full-time experience in the electrical trade under a skilled tradesperson.
  • Completion of technical courses in the electrical trade or equivalent program.
  • Successful completion of a two-year Trades Specialist Electrician traineeship.
  • Valid New York State driver's license when required to operate motor vehicles.
  • High School diploma or general equivalency diploma recognized by the New York State Education Department for trainees.
  • Proficiency in English and math for trainees.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Preference will be given to OPWDD employees impacted by closures.
  • Employees on long term leave can bid on positions but must be able to report to work within fourteen days.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
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How this job compares in New York, NY

Pay in context

At roughly $30/hr, this posting comes in about 28% below the $42/hr median for welding jobs in New York, NY, where the middle half runs $34–$48/hr across 24 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 21% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in New York, NY

We're tracking 36 other active welding openings in New York, NY right now, from 27 different employers. 9 of them were added in the last week. Across New York as a whole we're tracking 151 other active welding openings from 94 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in New York, or widen the search to New York.

The most active employers in New York at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in New York, NY (22), Metropolitan Transportation Authority (10), and Con Edison (4). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within New York, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are New York at $42/hr, Brooklyn at $38/hr, and Bronx at $30/hr. New York is among them.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Trades Specialist Electrician figures were last recalculated when this page was built.