A Class Electrician

Authorities / Responsibilities

• Certainly competent in marine electrical installation.
• Experienced with good quality level of termination skills.
• Experienced with good level of commissioned skills.
• Works with a sense of urgency, efficiency and productive output.
• Aid in the provision of on-the-job training in collaboration with Supervisors.
• Maintain safe work practices and adhere to safety policies and procedures.
• Meet goals and enhance skill development of all staff.
• Work with minimal supervision and be responsible for ensuring the quality of their own work.
• Keep impeccable timekeeping and absentee records.
• Provide constructive feedback to appropriate supervisors, foremen, and managers.
• Plan and set time frames on jobs with accuracy.
• Actively plan and implement production improvements.
• Ensure correct construction procedures are adhered to in compliance with Austal standards.
• Work under pressure and be willing to work overtime as required.

Qualifications / Knowledge / Experience

• Three (3) years of experience in AC/DC installations required.
• Proficient with electrical systems including but not limited to machinery shutdown, navigational communications, internal communications, and PLC Systems.
• Experienced level of termination skills of AC/DC and control systems.
• Sound knowledge in the installation of cabling systems to meet marine class society, Navy, and Coast Guard regulations.
• Interpretations of electrical schematics and documentation.
• Formal Electrical training through an apprenticeship or comparable program is preferred.
• Shipbuilding experience is preferred.
• Knowledge of commissioning AC/DC and control systems is preferred.
• A High School Diploma/GED equivalent required or two years maritime experience.

Tools

• Demonstrate a high level of competency in the use of all trade related power tools, testing equipment.
• Able to train workforce on safe use of all power and hand tools and testing equipment.
• Supply own trade tools to maintain productive output and perform first-class electrical duties.

Direction

• Exercised in conjunction with the Supervisor to assist in training, assistants, and Apprentices on their own crew.
• Adhere to schedule and meet goals as set by Supervisor while maintaining productive output.
• Liaise with other crafts as required by Supervisor.

Additional Guidelines

• Candidates must meet the following employment eligibility guidelines to be considered for employment with Austal USA:
• 18 years of age or older at time of application.
• Able to provide proof of US Person Status.
• No felony convictions of Theft/Deception or Violent crimes within seven years from disposition date.
• No felony convictions of Drug crimes within three years from disposition date.
• Willing to submit to a drug screen.
• Willing to submit to a background check.

Physical Demands

• Must be able to tour all vessels and work sites.
• Regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to manipulate, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, climb and balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and talk or hear.
• Occasionally required to sit.

Specific Physical Requirements

• Must have the ability to bend, squat, stoop, crawl, and kneel.
• Perform prolonged standing.
• Able to turn head from side to side and about the vertical axis.
• Able to turn body at the waist from side to side and about the vertical axis.
• Lift/push/pull 50lbs to 75lbs on an occasional basis.
• Lift/push/pull up to 20lbs on a frequent basis.
• Must have the ability to climb in a safe manner (climbing as a minimum includes stairs, scaffolding, ladders, and ramps).
• Able to work at heights above 12’ while working from ladders, scaffolding and/or man lifts.
• Able to work at a variety of levels (ex. waist, eye, overhead).
• Demonstrate the ability to safely and appropriately use required tools and equipment.
• Possess sufficient handgrip and coordination to carry and operate tools and equipment.
• Able to utilize personal protective equipment (hard hat, safety glasses, steel-toes shoes, goggles, respirator, safety harness, safety line, flotation gear, etc.) safely per OSHA standards.
• Able to withstand cold and hot temperatures.
• Able to enter 18” x 36” openings and work in confined spaces for prolonged periods of time.
• Able to respond to verbal and audible sounds/commands.
• Able to utilize adequate visual skills.
• Able to fully extend the arm while reaching overhead, reaching out, reaching to the side and reaching down.
• Able to perceive attributes of an object/material such as size, shape, temperature and texture by means of receptors in the hands and fingers.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters whole performing the essential functions of this job.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, high precarious places, outside weather conditions, and extreme heat.
• The employee is occasionally exposed to fumes and/or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and heat and cold.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually very loud.

Safety

• Must comply with company, federal, state, and local safety and environmental rules and regulations while performing daily job tasks.

Equal Employment Commitment

• Austal’s commitment to equal employment opportunity applies at all levels of employment, in all job titles, including the executive level, and to all employment actions, including but not limited to decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, training, and promotion.
• Any qualified individual with a disability who is having difficulty in completing an application because of incompatible technology or other disability-related application issues may contact us at the following phone number for assistance: 251-445-1932.