Electrician

Posting Close Date: 

Applicants must submit their completed application by 01-30-2026 at 11:59 p.m. MST

Application and Special Instructions

Submit an updated resume that clearly details your experience directly related to the Electrician position.

This position requires the successful completion of the following pre-employment requirements:
* Basic Physical
* 50 lb. Lift Test

Save the date: Highest scoring applicants will be invited to attend an in person assessment and interview. The hands-on practical will test an applicant's ability to safely and efficiently connect transformers, splice street lighting circuits and wire a ballast. The hands on assessment and interview will be held on the same date the week of February 15, 2026.

For questions regarding this recruitment please contact genevieve.hernandez@tucsonaz.gov

ABOUT THIS JOB

Position Specific Summary

The Electrician position at the City of Tucson’s Department of Transportation & Mobility, installs, maintains and repairs traffic signals, street lighting, other electrical control devices and related equipment in the shop and at field locations within the Smart Mobility Division.

Work is performed under the supervision of the Electrician Supervisor. This position does not supervise.

Duties and Responsibilities 

• Analyzes, troubleshoots, installs, programs, repairs, inspects, and maintain routine or complex job assignments related to traffic signal equipment and associated electronic components. Reviews and interprets engineering plans, blueprints, work orders and schematics to perform routine or complex repair and maintenance of traffic signal equipment. Drives to various worksite locations throughout the city as needed. 

• Installs, repairs, or replaces refractors, lamps, screws, bolts, washer, luminaires, photocells and associated street light equipment. Troubleshoot electrical issues in street light equipment as well as in underground wires. Monitors streetlights to identify downed poles, inoperative lights or other situations requiring resolution or to report problems to property entities. Drives to various worksite locations throughout the city as needed. 

• Operates, diagnoses, repairs, and maintains traffic signal and street light equipment. Replaces burnt out bulbs and photocells, responds to knockdowns, accidents and other situations or special events as needed.  

• Responds to emergency after-hour calls involving damaged traffic signals including streetlights, knockdowns, accidents and other urgent situations or special events as needed.   

• Enters data into the department’s Asset Management System, and Cartegraph, for inventory control and to track labor, material and equipment hours for claims. Translates reports submitted through Risk Management regarding damage to City property into the system. 

• Conducts preventative maintenance on traffic signals and street lighting, checks all components of an intersection, making sure proper function, checks bolts, pushbuttons, pedestrian heads, and traffic signals. Cleans and exercises street light breakers, ensures connections are tight, performs load checks, and repairs streetlight outages that belong to that load center.  

• Perform other duties as assigned. 

All duties and responsibilities listed are subject to change.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Six (6) months post high school
Experience: Four (4) years of directly related experience
Equivalency: Any combination of relevant education and experience may be substituted on a year-for-year basis
License/Certifications: A valid and unrestricted Driver License with two (2) years of licensed driving is required

Preferred Qualifications: A Commercial Driver's License (CDL)

POSITION DETAILS

Job Profile

J5755 - Electrician

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