Electrician-Industrial (Pendleton, SC) - Austin Industrial

Description

• Develop a working knowledge of various PLC manufactures and Control systems to assist with troubleshooting and interlock testing.
• Support plant electrical maintenance repairs. Proactive repairs such as lights out is a plus as opposed to waiting for work order to drift in.
• Support training Milliken associates on the power distribution and use of meters.
• Support requests for Austin mechanical / Millwright group labor augmentation where skills allow.
• Drive accuracy in single line to field labeling (fed from labeling, panel board legends). Every job is an opportunity to put on fed from labels.
• Code time and materials to projects and time sheets for proper accounting and cost management.
• Serve as the plant’s liaison for power distribution
• Serve as plant liaison for project quotes interacting with plant engineers and Austin engineers.
• Repair or replace wiring, equipment, and fixtures, using hand tools and power tools.
• 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.
• Work from ladders, scaffolds, and roofs to install, maintain or repair electrical wiring, equipment, and fixtures.
• Monitor electrical supplies at the plant to ensure we do not run out of consumables – light bulbs, fuses, conduit and fittings and similar.
• Troubleshooting and repairing AC induction motors of all types, single and three phases.
• 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.
• Supervise the Austin electrical crew.
• 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.
• Keep the shop in compliance with OSHA and plant requirements.
• Champion for plant single lines in support of plant needs
• Understand circuit loading assisting with identifying options for new loads
• Manage Austin electrical crew’s workload understanding priorities and interacting closely with plant engineers.
• Support co-ordination of power distribution maintenance programs – switchgear testing, thermal imaging.
• Troubleshooting and repairing all aspects of control circuits.
• Support plant electrical projects.
• Troubleshooting and repairing all aspects of electrical power distribution systems.
• Advise management on whether continued operation of equipment could be hazardous.

Requirements

• Understand arc flash and assist with ensuring system and labeling requirement are sustained & improved.
• 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; balance for extended periods of time.
• Utilize and become proficient with various electrical test equipment including but not limited to: VOM, insulation resistance tester, micro-ohmmeter, Motor Circuit Analyzer (MCE).

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance