Journeyman Electrician - Project Support

Summary:

Installs and repairs electrical systems, apparatus, and electrical and electronic components of industrial machinery and equipment on short-term or seasonal projects by performing the following duties:

Key Responsibilities:

• Understand and able to understand and implement safe working procedures.
• Inspects electrical systems.
• Diagnoses and replaces faulty mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic components of machines and equipment.
• PLC and controls experience.
• Diagnoses malfunctioning apparatus such as transformers, motors, and lighting fixtures and replaces damaged or broken wires and cables.
• Will travel to Alaska plants for electrical issues that may arise.
• Replaces faulty electrical components of machine such as relays, switches, motors, and positions sensing devices.
• Diagnoses and repairs or replaces faulty electronic components, such as printed circuit boards.
• Connects power supply wires to machines and equipment, connects cables and wires between machines and equipment.
• Installs power supply wiring and conduit for newly installed machines and equipment such as robots, conveyors, and programmable controllers.
• Plans layout of wiring and installs wiring, conduit, and electrical apparatus in buildings.
• Tests malfunctioning machinery and discusses malfunction with other maintenance workers, such as Maintenance Machine Repairer and Maintenance Tool Maker, to diagnose malfunction.
• Pushes buttons and presses keys on robot controller, teach pendant, and programmable controller to program automated machinery, such as robots, to operate automated machinery, to test for malfunctions, and to verify repairs.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Notifies designated personnel of any environmental or safety incidents or risks not previously documented, in accordance with Environmental Awareness and/or safety trainings.
• Performs other similar or related duties as requested or assigned.
• Acquires knowledge of Trident’s Environmental and Safety Policies by completing required training programs and performing designated work activities in accordance with training and procedures/work instructions.
• Ability to communicate with engineers, maintenance employees, and subcontractors.
• Job requires that alternative solutions be quickly generated to resolve plant power issues including wiring, equipment installation, etc.

Minimum Requirements

Experience:

• Journeyman Electrician with a minimum of 4-years of related experience.

Education:

• High School Diploma or equivalent

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

• Journeyman level or higher competency
• Licensed Alaska Journeyman or license obtained prior to employment

Special Training/Skills:

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one situations to supervisor and other employees of the organization. Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent.

Work Environment:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and moving mechanical parts. The employee is frequently exposed to outside weather conditions. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; extreme cold; risk of electrical shock and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to climb or balance. The employee is occasionally required to sit; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include distance vision, peripheral vision and depth perception.

Mental Activities: