Marine Electrician - 26575

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. • Chesapeake, MS

14d • $60,000 - $75,000

About The Position

Join HII Mission Technologies as a Marine Electrician and make an impact on the safety of our US Navy ships. As a Marine Electrician with our Elevator Support Unit (ESU), you will provide task support by install, operate, maintain maintenance repairs and technical support on equipment. This is a full-time position, locate in Chesapeake, VA. Selected candidate will be required to travel to shipyards and military bases located around the country and abroad when not assigned to a local task.

Requirements

• High School education, or Trade School or equivalent, and 6 years of related experience.
• Must provide own hand tools as designated per trades specialty.
• Must have complete comprehension of marine electrical systems, equipment, functions, and tools.
• Must have working knowledge and experience with installing, troubleshooting, testing, maintenance and repairs of electrical systems and its associated equipment on marine vessels.
• Must be able to read drawings and schematics.
• Must be able to follow/enforce safety procedures to ensure a safe and secure work environment.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD secret security clearance and maintain clearance level throughout employment.
• Must be able to obtain base access credentials within 60 days of start date and maintain credentials throughout employment.
• Must be able to travel when not assigned to local tasking.

Nice To Haves

• Bonus Points For Candidates who have graduated from and/or completed a vocational school, apprenticeship program or a skilled trades certificate program are preferred.
• Experience related to maintenance and repair of shipboard aircraft elevator, Advanced Weapons elevators, and/or ordnance handling equipment and vertical package conveyors preferred.
• Candidate with a current or active DoD clearance preferred.
• OSHA 10 Maritime Certification a plus.
• Basic computer uses and familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite software a plus.

Responsibilities

• Support trades team by working on active class surface ships to perform alterations and installations for fleet modernization.
• Install, operate, maintain, repair, and modify equipment.
• Perform a variety of maintenance and technical support on products such as shipboard systems, integrated systems and related equipment/software at company, customer and/or field locations.
• Provide onsite training of customer support personnel when required.
• Perform quality inspections on finished product and provide onsite training of customer support personnel when required.
• May provide direction and lead others.
• Troubleshoot and diagnose malfunctions to eliminate problems in minimum time.
• Apply comprehensive understanding of production and processes toward completion of assignments.
• Interface with customers, manage subcontractors, provide work direction and lead others.
• May manage one or more multiple jobs.
• Perform a variety of complicated and non-routine tasks including duties outside of specialty in order to complete installation or work assignment.
• Develop and use technical documents including controlled work packages, formal work processes and procedures, test documents, reports and task or trip reports.
• Schedule, report and brief customers and senior management.

Benefits

• We offer competitive benefits such as best-in-class medical, dental and vision plan choices; wellness resources; employee assistance programs; Savings Plan Options (401(k)); financial planning tools, life insurance; employee discounts; paid holidays and paid time off; tuition reimbursement; as well as early childhood and post-secondary education scholarships.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED