Electrician-Industrial (Eastover, SC) - Austin Industrial - Per Diem Paid

Austin Careers•Eastover, SC

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Austin Industrial provides premier self-perform maintenance, construction, and soft craft service to leading industrial companies across the U.S. An industry leader for more than 60 years, we offer single-source solutions to our customers in the oil, gas, chemical, food, agriculture, power, and manufacturing industries. The Electrician will assemble, install, test, and maintain electrical or electronic wiring, equipment, appliances, apparatus, and fixtures, using hand tools and power tools. Diagnose malfunctioning systems, apparatus, and components, using test equipment and hand tools, to locate the cause of a breakdown and correct the problem. This is accomplished by performing the following essential duties and responsibilities. Other duties may be assigned.

Requirements

Must be a journeyman electrician with 3-5 years of experience.
Must pass pre-employment physical, drug screening, and background check, as condition of employment.
Employees must be able to sit, stand, walk, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, reach, and use hands and fingers to perform assigned duties.
Positions may require lifting, carrying, pushing, or pulling up to 50 pounds, working at elevations, on uneven surfaces, or in confined spaces.
Employees must possess sufficient visual, hearing, communication, and motor skills to safely perform job responsibilities.
Employees must be able to read, comprehend, and follow safety procedures, work instructions, and company policies; exercise sound judgment; solve problems; maintain attention to detail; effectively manage stress; and adapt to changing priorities in a fast-paced work environment.
Employees must be able to wear required personal protective equipment (PPE) and meet all customer, site, regulatory, medical, and fitness-for-duty requirements applicable to the position.
Must be able to perform all job duties while maintaining a constant commitment to safety, quality, and productivity expectations.
Applicants must be legally authorized to work for ANY employer in the United States.
Austin Industrial is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position.

Nice To Haves

3-5 years of experience in an industrial setting preferred.

Responsibilities

Install, repair, and maintain electrical components of industrial equipment, such as electrical motors, motor starters, push button stations, circuit breakers, disconnects, etc.
Troubleshoot motor and control systems and perform quality testing and inspections.
Install various types of raceways and cable tray systems.
Install electrical panels, circuit breakers, transformers, or other components on low and high voltage equipment.
Install and maintain lighting, fire detection, communication, clock, motor control, machine tool, conveying, process and distributive control systems.
Inspect electrical systems, equipment, and components to identify hazards, defects, and the need for adjustment or repair, and to ensure compliance with codes.
Advise management on whether the continued operation of equipment could be hazardous.
Test electrical systems and continuity of circuits in electrical wiring, equipment, and fixtures, using testing devices such as ohmmeters, and voltmeters, to ensure compatibility and safety of system.
Test, calibrate, troubleshoot, overhaul and repair controlling, indicating and measuring instrumentation devices to ensure specified operating performance using hand tools, testing and calibrating instruments and equipment and precision measuring instruments.
Perform work wearing personnel protective equipment. Including but not limited to the following: rain gear, chemical protective clothing, supplied air and air purifying respirators, safety harness, sand blast hoods, fire resistant coveralls, hard hat, ear plugs and safety glasses.
Have full range of mobility in upper and lower body, able to reach overhead, able to work in various positions, including, but not limited to, stooping, standing, bending over, sitting, kneeling, squatting; use hands to handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; work at heights; balance for extended periods of time.
Other duties as assigned.