EC1023 Maint Electrician - McEwen Plant One - 1st Shift

About the role

This role involves repairing, installing, replacing, and testing electrical circuits and equipment within an establishment. Duties include isolating defects in wiring, switches, motors, and other electrical equipment using various testing instruments.

Responsibilities

• Repair, install, replace, and test electrical circuits and equipment.
• Isolate defects in wiring, switches, motors, and other electrical equipment.
• Perform duties using ammeter, ohmmeter, voltmeter, and/or testing lamp.
• Replace faulty switches, sockets, and other elements of electrical systems.
• Inspect equipment and diagnose trouble.
• Dismantle electrical machinery and replace defective electrical or mechanical parts such as gears, brushes, and armatures.
• Mount motors, transformers, and lighting fixtures into position and complete circuits according to diagram specifications.
• Inspect completed work to ensure compliance with local building and safety codes.
• Conduct all work in a safe, clean, and orderly manner.
• May participate on project teams as requested.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Education/Experience: One year certificate from college or technical school; or three to six months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Skills and Knowledge: Knowledge of mechanics, shop math, and machinery procedures; ability to work within close tolerances of .001 to .003 inches; ability to work from blueprints and/or sketches.

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to talk or hear.
• The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms.
• The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance.
• The employee is moderately required to stand, walk, or sit, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Lifting: Occasional heavy lifting 100 lbs. maximum with frequent lifting and/or carrying objects up to 50 lbs.
• Vision: Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Repetitive Hand Action: Firm grasping - the ability to exert sufficient grip to pick-up a case of 12 oz. soft drinks or to pick-up a bowling ball. Requires approximate grip strength of 45-60 lbs. on a hand dynamometer.
• Fine Manipulation of Hands/Fingers: Sufficient coordination to place and screw a small washer on a bolt, to pick-up clip from a desk top, or pick up a dime off a counter top.
• Use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms.
• Ability to work in two (2) person teams.

Work Environment

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently works near and/or with moving mechanical parts.
• The employee has moderate risk of electric shock.
• The employee occasionally works near fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and vibration.
• The noise level in the work environment is moderately loud.