Industrial Electrician Job Gurnee area,Illinois USA,Trades / Skilled Labor

Title:
Instrument Repairer

Department:
Electrical Maintenance

JOB DESCRIPTION

Perform duties to maintain, repair and install a variety of electrical and electronic processing equipment instruments and controls, communications equipment and data transmission, security, lighting, and HVAC systems.

Reporting Structure

Supervisor, Electrical Maintenance and Assistant Supervisor, Electrical Maintenance.

Essential Job Functions

Complete scheduled preventive and corrective work orders and check with the Facility Supervisor and the Electrical Supervisor to prioritize the daily work.

Maintain and repair all installed electrical/electronic equipment including motors, controllers, generators, variable frequency drives, processing equipment, metering, monitoring and controlling devices, HVAC, lighting, security, communications systems, and external PLC circuitry.

Maintain, repair and/or install hydraulic and pneumatic control systems.

Troubleshoot, analyze, test equipment to diagnose the nature of the equipment malfunction. Perform necessary repairs, test and restore to operation.

Perform preventive maintenance, including checking fluid levels, drive belts and brushes; test equipment for proper operation; clean slip rings and Eddy Current couplings; and do thermal testing of contacts, bus bars and other electrical connections.

Install new equipment, conduit, wiring and connection boxes. Determine the parts required for proper installation and obtain them. Make electrical connections and test for proper operation.

Operate electrical power distribution system, including the emergency generators and 4160‑volt switch gear; parallel the 4160‑volt generators with supplied power to test generator operation.

Modify and rewire installed electrical systems in accordance with engineering work orders and documents. Update existing drawings as required.

Design and build special test fixtures as needed.

Respond to emergency calls on a 24‑hour basis. Maintain contact with the plants via phone during off‑hours. On‑call is required.

Perform other duties in a safe manner as assigned by immediate supervisor or other supervisors as required.

Physical and Visual Activities

Standing, walking, sitting, lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, reaching, handling, fingering, feeling, talking, hearing, far acuity, near acuity, depth perception, field of vision, accommodation, color vision, heights and ladders.

Physical Demands

Lift up to 1 lb up to 15% of the time; over 1 lb up to 5 lbs up to 70% of the time; over 5 lbs up to 25 lbs up to 40–70% of the time; over 25 lbs up to 60 lbs up to 15–40% of the time; over 60 lbs up to 15% of the time.

Environmental/Atmospheric Conditions

Inside, outside, both; extremes of cold, cold temperature changes, extremes of hot, hot temperature changes, wet, humid, noise, vibration, hazards, fumes, odors, toxic conditions, dust, poor ventilation.

Knowledge

Use of electrical and electronic test equipment (DMMs, oscilloscopes, signal generators), use of pipe bending equipment, hand, mechanical, and hydraulic threading tools, hand fish tapes and powered cable pullers, use of all related hand and power tools (drills, drill press, lathe, mill, belt and wheel grinders, air tools, bending brakes and shears). Ability to comprehend both oral and written instructions in English.

High school graduate or equivalent. Post‑high‑school education in electricity and electronics, with several years of technical training beyond high school strongly desired (e.g., CLC, DeVry, Gateway Tech., M.A.T.C., etc.). Such training does not substitute for experience.

Examples of Desired Knowledge

Familiarity with 5000‑volt power distribution equipment, including proper splicing and termination procedures of shielded and unshielded high‑voltage cable. Knowledge of special safety considerations and techniques required when working at these voltage levels. Good working knowledge of hydraulic and pneumatic control systems and related electrical interfaces. Ability to analyze and interpret electrical ladder diagrams and electronic schematics to aid in troubleshooting, equipment installation and to…