Electrician 1/C

Eastern Shipbuilding Group • Port St Joe, FL

5d • Onsite

About The Position

Plans layouts, installs, maintains, and repairs electrical wiring, equipment, and control equipment on marine vessels and shipyard buildings in accordance with plans, specifications, codes, and industry standards. Work with other crafts as instructed by supervision.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED equivalence plus three to five years of experience in electrical and electromechanical systems maintenance and repair preferably with two or more years on marine electrical system desired. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
• Requires working knowledge of the principles, techniques, and practices involved in installing, maintaining, repairing, and altering marine electrical and electro-mechanical systems.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to read and understand blueprints and schematics, and ability to recognize problems through troubleshooting, and ability to resolve these issues/problems.
• Knowledge of the safe operation and use of hand and power tools.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from supervisors and employees.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide into all units of measure, including metrics.
• Integrity, ethics, flexibility/ adaptability, initiative, interpersonal skills, attention to detail, safety consciousness, and multitasking.
• Maintain the confidential integrity of details pertaining to Eastern Shipbuilding Group.
• The employee must be physically and medically qualified to wear all required personal protective equipment, as prescribed under Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards.
• The employee must be able to work above ground at heights of a minimum of 50 feet aloft and/ or working from scaffolding and/or man-lifts while working with machinery; in confined spaces and withstand extreme heat and cold in an outside climate or confined space.

Responsibilities

• Install, maintain, and repair wiring, electrical systems, and equipment on marine vessels and shipyard buildings.
• Inspects systems and electrical parts to detect hazards, defects, and needs for adjustments or repair.
• Test internal circuits of major units of electrical equipment for continuity, short circuits, and grounds and measure electrical quantities and compare with established values.
• Troubleshoot electrical equipment and circuits using appropriate test equipment to detect and affect required maintenance, repairs, or replacement requirements.
• Perform maintenance and repair of generators, switchboards, controllers, circuit breakers, electrical motors, distribution panels, alarm systems, and lighting circuits.
• Maintain and repair electrical power generating and distribution systems; voltage regulators engine governors, and equipment; machinery monitoring and remote-control systems; power, control, and display systems of shipboard equipment and DC propulsion generators, motors, and control circuits.
• Work with minimal supervision.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees