Licensed Electrician

Essential Duties These duties directly and substantially serve to achieve the purpose of the position.

• Maintain all non-Edison electrical distribution panels, MCC panels, and all push button stations in clean and working order.
• Maintain and calibrate the retort instrumentation.
• Troubleshoot and repair motors (480VAC to 24VDC).
• Troubleshoot and program servo-drives.
• Troubleshoot and repair control systems, sensors, relays, starters, timers, level controllers, RTD’s, etc.
• Troubleshoot and repair production and facility equipment electrical and electronic systems.
• Design and fabricate electrical panels.
• Install new equipment to current electrical system.
• Bend and install conduit and run conductors.
• Responsible for selecting and utilizing the proper tools, and for planning and performing job tasks in a safety and efficient manner.
• Utilizes Programmable Logic Controllers, computer, drawings, schematics and layouts to perform duties.

Other Duties

• Assist with keeping electrical shop clean and orderly.
• Assist with electrical conservation efforts.
• Assist with electrical repair of forklifts as needed.
• Specify and order electrical parts as required.
• Operates production equipment, forklift, scissor lift, and boom lift/other industrial lifts as needed.
• Handles basic mechanical work as required.
• Drives company pick-up truck as necessary.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.
• Comply with all company policies and procedures, including safety rules and Good Manufacturing Practices.

 Education/ Expensive/ Skills Required

• Licensed Electrician
• High School graduate or equivalent.
• Minimum of 3 years experience as an electrician.
• Working knowledge of NEC codes, NEMA classifications, grounding, servo drives, frequency drives, AC and DC motors, circuit breakers, fuses, transformers, pushbutton selector switches, contact blocks, relays, timers, solenoid valves, limit switches, proximity sensors, magnetic sensors and photoelectric sensors.
• Proficient in PLC programming.
• Ability to use amp/volt/watt meter, megohmmeters, electrical hand tools and wire; ability to solder wire

Required Personal Protective Equipment

• Bump cap, hearing protection, hair net, beard net, eye protection, gloves, proper footwear, uniform or smock.

Physical Requirements

All requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with a disability.

• Climbing: Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized. This factor is important if the amount and kind of climbing required exceeds that required for ordinary locomotion.
• Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery or erratically moving surfaces. This factor is important if the amount and kind of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium.
• Stooping: Bending body downward and forward bending spine at the waist. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires full use of the lower extremities and back muscles.
• Kneeling: Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
• Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
• Crawling: Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet.
• Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Standing: Particularly for sustained periods of time.
• Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances.
• Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.
• Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
• Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles.
• Fingering: Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole arm as in handling.
• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Includes those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly or quickly.
• Hearing
• Vision: Attention to the surroundings when operating a forklift.
• Repetitive motions: Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands and/or fingers.

Degree of physical exertion required for the position.

• Medium Work: Exerting up to 50 lbs. of force occasionally and/or up to 20 lbs. of force frequently, and/or up to 10 lbs. of force constantly to move objects
• Heavy Work: Exerting up to 100 lbs. of force occasionally and/or up to 50 lbs. of force frequently, and/or up to 20 lbs. of force constantly to move objects

Environmental conditions the employee will be subject to in this position.

• Inside environmental conditions: Protection from weather conditions, but not necessarily from temperature changes.
• Outside environmental conditions: No effective protection from weather.
• Extreme cold: Temperatures below 32 degrees for periods of more than one hour.
• Extreme heat: Temperatures above 100 degrees for periods of more than one hour.
• Noise: There is sufficient noise to cause the worker to shout in order to be heard above the ambient noise level.
• Vibration: Exposure to oscillating movements of the extremities or the whole body.
• Hazard: Includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, electrical current, working on scaffolding and high places, exposure to high heat or exposure to chemicals.
• Atmospheric conditions: One or more of the following conditions that affect the respiratory system or the skin: Fumes, odors, dusts, mists, gases or poor ventilation.
• Oils: There is air and/or skin exposure to oils and other cutting fluids.