Instrument Electrician

About the role

The Instrument Electrician position within the Optical Communications segment of Corning involves performing a wide variety of maintenance tasks including installation, fabrication, assembly, diagnosis, preventive, predictive maintenance, troubleshooting, and setup of plant equipment, services, and facilities. This role requires working from schematics, prints, sketches, written, and verbal instructions. Tasks may involve working with energized lines, circuits, and connections at various voltage levels, including up to 12,500V at distribution equipment.

Responsibilities

• Works from schematics, prints, sketches, written and verbal instructions.
• Performs work on energized lines, circuits and connections with a wide range of voltages including 110V, 220V and 440V.
• Makes hot cutovers as necessary.
• Operates a wide variety of equipment such as: various grinders, hand brake, mechanical alignment devices, rigging equipment, bearing pulling/pressing equipment, drills, gauges, meters, feelers, voltmeters, scopes, and other specialized electrical diagnostic equipment, micrometers, industrial fork trucks, hand trucks, machine tools, carts, ladders, lifts, etc.
• Provides cross training for other skilled trades.
• May be a member of a work group or team that utilizes some business skills such as: writing and entering work orders, material purchasing, project coordination, quotes and estimates, use of computers in performance of duties, etc.

Requirements

• This position has a skill/certification module. The specific skill requirements for each module appear in the certification documentation.
• Module 1 includes such duties as: Works independently, coordinates PMs, rebuilds, shutdowns, tasks and other employees as required; displays innovativeness when dealing with complex problems; trains other in required maintenance techniques designed for sensitive processes.
• Works as a member of a team; writes process documentation; prepares maintenance projects and layouts, interfaces with customers, vendors and suppliers; responsible for the quality of work, timeliness, work methods, practices, etc. (As additional modules are defined, the description will be updated for evaluation purposes.)

Qualifications

Must have equivalent to a 2 year Electrical Associate Degree and at least 8,000 on the job hours or > than 4 years’ experience. Must be willing to work rotating shift schedule. The successful candidate must pass a "Fit for Duty" exam designed for the I/E Job Description.

Skills

Not specified.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

The starting pay for this position is $36.60 hourly rate. Compensation and benefits available for this position are dictated by the appropriate Collective Bargaining Agreement.

Schedule

Rotating shift schedule.