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Electrician

Salary

$40,914.00 - $73,632.00 Annually

Location

Ruston, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

215239

Department

LA Tech University

Opening Date

11/26/2025

Closing Date

12/4/2025 11:59 PM Central

+ Description

+ Benefits

About this Job

As a selective-admissions, comprehensive public university, Louisiana Tech is committed to quality in teaching, research, creative activity and scholarship, public service, and workforce/economic development. Louisiana Tech maintains as its highest priority the education and development of its students in a challenging environment within a safe and supportive, diverse community of learners.

TheElectricianplays a vital role in supporting the university’s mission to provide a safe, innovative, and student-centered learning environment. As a key member of the Physical Plant department, this position ensures the reliability, efficiency, and safety of electrical systems across campus—including academic buildings, research labs, residence halls, and public spaces.

This role requires strong technical expertise, problem-solving ability, and a commitment to high-quality service. Success in this position comes from a blend of hands-on electrical skills, attention to detail, adaptability, and clear communication with colleagues and campus stakeholders.

What makes this opportunity unique is the dynamic, mission-driven environment of a university campus. Electricians work with varied systems, support diverse projects, and contribute directly to creating spaces where students learn, researchers innovate, and the community gathers. This is more than a maintenance role—it’s a chance to be part of a collaborative team that keeps the campus running and helps shape the student experience every day.

Minimum Qualifications

Two years of experience or training in the electrical trade.

Job Specification

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be foundhere (https://apps01.civilservice.louisiana.gov/onestopjobinfo/DisplayJobSpec.aspx?JobCode=128770) .

Job Duties and Other Information

Job Duties:

As an Electrician, you will:

+ Install, alter, maintain, and repair wring systems, public address systems, traffics signals, electric clocks, telephones, floodlights, and other electrical fixtures and equipment.

+ Provide support to Electrician Specialists and assist with work on high voltage systems under supervision of Electrician Specialists.

+ Use standard tools such as volt meters, amp meters, watt meters, and related equipment to trouble shoot and isolate problems and operate various types of electricians electrical systems.

+ Install and make repairs on nonmetallic cables such as romex, conduits (greenfield), and thin walls or rigid conduit.

+ Troubleshoot, repair, and install electrical motor starters, related switchgears, and controls.

+ Install and repair campus computer network cabling (cat5 & cat6).

+ Maintain emergency generators; should be able to read schematics and blueprints.

+ Make electrical inspections of electrical equipment and appliances.

+ Repair outside lighting on entire campus.

Position-Specific Details:

Appointment Type: This position will be filled as a Probationary Appointment.

Work Schedule: The typical work schedule for this position is Monday-Friday, 7:30am to 4pm. May be required to work some overtime, weekends, or holidays.

Annual Salary: $40,914 - $73,632

Benefits: Louisiana Tech offers outstanding perks and benefits to eligible employees that include a variety of health insurance plans and retirement options, paid time off for vacation and sick leave, paid holidays, substantially reduced-rate tuition for employees and their dependents, discounted memberships at the university’s sports and wellness center, professional development training, and promotional opportunities. In addition, market adjustment salary increases are awarded annually (pending funding availability) for eligible classified employees.

How To Apply:

No Civil Service test scoreis required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy, clickhere. (https://ulsltu.wd503.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LATECHCareers/details/Financial-Aid-Counselor\_R-1752)

*Information to support your eligibility for this job title must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumeswill notbe accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

Contact Information:

Louisiana Tech University, Office of Human Resources

Ruston, LA 71272

Phone: 318-257-2235

Fax: 318-257-2482

Louisiana Tech University is an AA/ADA/EEO employer. Louisiana Tech recruits, selects, employs and promotes without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, political affiliation, age, disability, veteran status, or genetic information in its admission and recruitment of students, educational programs, and activities, or employment policies.

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

+ New Year's Day

+ Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,

+ Mardi Gras,

+ Good Friday,

+ Memorial Day,

+ Independence Day,

+ Labor Day,

+ Veteran's Day,

+ Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

***** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

+ Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your\_Retirement\_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system

+ Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),

+ Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

Employer

State of Louisiana

Address

For agency contact information, please refer to

the supplemental information above.

Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802

Phone

(866) 783-5462

Website

http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm

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