About the Role:

Join our team of electricians to install, repair, and improve electrical systems across our beautiful St. Olaf campus. We are searching for an experienced electrician who is a dependable self-starter and can effectively and safely work both alone and in a team environment.

What You’ll Do:

Your focus will be to serve our students, faculty, and staff by completing daily electrical repair workorders. In addition, you will wire periodic renovation projects, complete lighting upgrades, assist in motor replacements, install or replace VFD’s, repair street lighting, and complete monthly transformer inspections.

Who You Are:

What you need:

• High School diploma or equivalent
• Minnesota Class A Journeyworker electrical license
• 3+ years of experience at Journeyworker level
• Valid drivers license and meet St.Olaf driver authorization criteria

Preferred qualifications also include:

• Trade school or apprenticeship program
• 5+ years of experience at Journeyworker or Masters level


If this sounds like you, and you are excited about being an electrician at a residential campus where your work will be appreciated by students and employees, we would love to hear from you!

Candidates will be required to successfully pass a background check and a pre-employment physical if offered employment.

Please review the job description here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZZSWsbMuIHgewxRU2l-X3CYI3DUVI0EN/view?usp=sharing

Who We Are:

Founded in 1874, St. Olaf College is a residential, coeducational liberal arts college with approximately 3,000 students and 800 faculty and staff employees. The college is located on a picturesque 300-acre campus in Northfield, Minnesota, a vibrant, restored, historic river town of 20,000 located 45 minutes south of culturally rich and diverse Minneapolis and St. Paul. 

The college offers an academically rigorous, nationally ranked liberal arts education that fosters the development of the whole person in mind, body, and spirit and emphasizes learning in an inclusive and globally engaged community. We encourage applications from candidates committed to multicultural understanding and the enrichment of our diverse community.

The college offers a comprehensive benefits package including a 9% company retirement match, company monthly contributions to a retirement healthcare account, company contributions to eligible employee’s health savings account, significant tuition discount (up to 80% off) at ACM and ELCA colleges and universities for employee’s children, and generous paid time off. For a full review of benefit offerings, see the summary of the benefits program here: https://wp.stolaf.edu/hr/benefits/

To provide a safe and secure educational environment, St. Olaf College verifies the accuracy of all credentials presented by applicants and conducts a criminal background check on every new hire.

A summary of the Flexible Work Policy: https://wp.stolaf.edu/hr/flexible-work-policy/

A link to our DEI page: https://wp.stolaf.edu/equity-inclusion/

A virtual campus tour: https://www.stolaf.edu/multimedia/play/?p=483

An overview of Northfield: https://wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/visit/northfield/

An overview of the Twin Cities: https://wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/visit/twincities/

St. Olaf College requires all employees to be up to date with their COVID-19 vaccination, as defined by the CDC. You may request an accommodation. Compliance with St. Olaf's COVID-19 policy is a condition of employment. Under current guidelines, "up to date" means one updated (bivalent) booster, which became available on September 7, 2022. If and when this guidance changes, employees will be required to get additional boosters as indicated by CDC guidelines.

St. Olaf College is an equal employment opportunity and voluntary affirmative action employer.  The College is committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all members of our community.  With regard to its hiring and employment practices, the College prohibits all forms of discrimination and harassment based upon an individual’s legally protected status including race, color, creed, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, religion, disability, marital status, veteran status, or status with regard to public assistance.

For Staff Application Assistance:
employment@stolaf.edu
507-786-3068

For Faculty Application Assistance:
facultysearch@stolaf.edu
507-786-3356

Title IX Contact Information:
Pamela McDowell, Title IX and Section 504 Coordinator
1520 St. Olaf Avenue, Tomson Hall 180
Northfield, MN 55057
507-786-3465
mcdowell@stolaf.edu