Summary:
The electrician installs, maintains, and repairs electrical wiring, equipment, and fixtures. They ensure that work is in accordance with relevant codes.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Interpret and implement electrical diagrams to wire mechanical assemblies.
- Read and interpret Electrical Controls Drawings, Layouts and other documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
- Understands and follows safety & environmental regulations and identifies safety/environmental concerns.
- Maintains application skills for electrical components, circuits, J.I.C. electrical specifications, NEMA standards.
- Solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
- Able to diagnose problems, debug and troubleshooting on the following equipment:
- Electrical Supply Components (power supply, disconnects, switchgear, transformers, inverters and uninterruptible power supplies, circuit breakers, batteries and chargers).
- Electrical & Electronic Control Components (relays, meters, control circuits, contactors, switches, I/O blocks, Ethernet switches, Scalance switches, cable harnesses).
- Rotating Equipment (motors, generators, motor-generators).
- Electrical Distribution (alternating and direct current systems), Emergency Power Systems, Protective Relaying Systems, Transformer Systems and Auxiliary.
- Assists setting tool sequencing, cycle time, and tool interfacing.
- Supports debug and troubleshooting, fault symptoms, and hazards.
- Reviews layouts and collects cable length.
- Adheres to the Quality System and participates in Continuous Improvement.
- Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
- Breaker operation, setting, adjustment and repair.
- High voltage connection preparation.
- Relay setting, adjustment, calibration and repair.
- Special soldering (miniature connectors).
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Education and Work Experience:
- Technical School or associates degree.
- Two years of related experience and/or training.
Work Authorization/Security Clearance Requirements:
- This position may require a government security clearance.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
List of needed knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully accomplish the duties and responsibilities of the job.
- Reads and understands blueprints, schematics, and/or measuring devices.
- Follows processes and standard procedures.
- Hands on, get it done attitude.
- Uses hand tools and power tools.
- Work in a high energy, high volume, rapidly changing environment.
- Displays a high level of initiative, effort, and commitment towards completing assignments in a timely manner.
- Achieves thoroughness and accuracy when accomplishing a task through concern for all the areas involved.
- Clear and effective communication skills in both written and spoken forms.
- Understands how to use the computers, including such tasks as turning the computer on and off, locating and opening files, navigate to websites, perform searches, and download files.
- Easy to approach and can build constructive and effective relationships.
- Analyzes and diagnoses problems and works independently to solve them.
- Works collaboratively and build strategic relations with colleagues, coworkers, and contractors.
- Works effectively with different levels of management, team members and customers.
- Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion.
- Knowledge of jig and fixture building, tool and die making, machine shop theory & practice.
- Understand automation, controls, electronics, and electrical equipment/systems.
- Understand electronics principles and design.
- Understand and frequently use pneumatic hand tools.
Work Conditions:
Environment Type:
- Indoors. Production and office environment. Temperature controlled, unless products and/or equipment is located outdoors.
Exposure Types:
- Bloodborne pathogens
- Cuts and/or burns
- Small and/or enclosed spaces
- Dirt, dust, grease and/or oil
- Noisy environment
- Metal shavings
- Commercial chemicals
- Hi-Voltage electricity
Work Hours:
- Standard work schedule, overtime may be necessary for meeting deadlines, required travel, and emergent conditions.
Travel Requirements:
- This position may involve travel up to 20% of the time.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
- Medium work that includes moving objects up to 50 pounds.
- Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms.
- Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
- Operate a motor vehicle, forklift, and/or other heavy equipment.
- Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with whole hand or arm as in handling.
- Prolonged periods working on feet, using tools, and performing repetitive actions that entail frequent bending and stooping.
- Read instructions, operate machines, and inspect parts produced.
- Repeating motions that may include the wrists, hands and/or fingers.
- Visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and operation of machines.
