Electrician (Industrial) (Port Wentworth, GA) - Austin Industrial

Austin Industrial delivers premier maintenance, construction, and soft craft services 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.

Our team of 4,000 employee-owners, equipped with innovative technology and optimized procedures, helps owners optimize safety, productivity, profit margins, and cost-efficiency.

Electrician

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.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities :

• Must be able to measure and bend conduit.
• Utilize and become proficient with various electrical test equipment including but not limited to : VOM, insulation resistance tester, micro-ohmmeter, Motor Circuit Analyzer (MCE).
• Maintain a professional working relationship with multi discipline maintenance teams.
• Maintain proper safety awareness and follow plant safety procedures in all activities.
• Perform other duties as assigned or required by supervisor.
• Willing to work, days, nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Work a rotating shift schedule when needed.
• Must be proficient in reading and interpreting electrical schematics.
• Connect wires to circuit breakers, transformers, or other components.
• 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 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.
• Repair or replace wiring, equipment, and fixtures, using hand tools and power tools.
• Work from ladders, scaffolds, and roofs to install, maintain or repair electrical wiring, equipment, and fixtures.
• Place conduit (pipes or tubing) inside designated partitions, walls, or other concealed areas, and pull insulated wires or cables through the conduit to complete circuits between boxes.
• Must be able to 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.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to 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.

Qualifications Required for this Position :

Education : no minimum education requirements.

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

Applicants must be legally authorized to work for ANY employer in the United States. Austin is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position.

Must pass drug screen and background check, as condition of employment.

This is a fulltime maintenance job working 40 hours a week. There is no per diem and no relocation funding.

We offer excellent benefits including medical, dental, life and disability insurance, and a matching 401K plan.