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Journey-Level Marine Electrician

Labor One is hiring Journey-Level Marine Electricians for a project in San Diego, California. Shipyard experience is required. This position is responsible for the installation, repair, and hook-up of equipment for electrical services on a ship. The individual must have working knowledge of electrical theory and procedures and the ability to troubleshoot and repair shipboard electrical systems and equipment (600 V and less) in accordance with specifications and drawings.

Qualifications and experience must possess the skill sets of subordinate grades of the labor class. Duties and responsibilities include complying with OSHA standards and the shipyard's best safety practices, physically and medically capable to wear all required personal protective equipment (PPE), arriving at the designated work site at the assigned time, keeping the work area clean and safe, understanding relevant work processes, operation of equipment, and completing tasks proficiently, using appropriate sections of IEE, ABS, Coast Guard and manufacturer's tech manuals and ship's information book in repairing electrical equipment and installing electrical equipment, providing quality work and Objective Quality Evidence (OQE) as required by the work specifications or assigned by the supervisor, working shifts and overtime as assigned, complying with the Company's "Non-Discrimination and Anti-Harassment Policy" which expects that all relationships among persons in the workplace will be businesslike and free of bias, prejudice, and harassment, carrying out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form, and resolving unexpected events related to your assigned task in a professional manner.

Work tasks include running cables, lines and leads, terminations/connector fabrication, packing of cable transits and harnessing cables aboard vessels, preparing work area, drilling holes, grinding metal surfaces, inspecting and reporting on cableway and electrical equipment conditions, testing and reporting results on electrical equipment, testing internal circuits of major units of electrical equipment for continuity, short circuits, and grounds and measuring electrical quantities and comparing with established values, inspecting trip shafts, toggle linkages and all other mechanical parts to see that they operate freely without binding, detecting and locating grounds, open circuits and short circuits in distribution generators and systems, maintaining and repairing telephones, circuits, and associated equipment, installing new power and lighting circuits, being familiar with all safety procedures pertaining to or where to obtain electrical procedures, and implementing Lock-out Tag-out for work being performed.

Work environment varies from a normal office conditions to working outside where precipitation, wind, extreme cold, and extreme heat and high humidity are not unusual. When working inside of vessels the environment may be smoky, hot or cold, and have low levels of illumination may be present. There are heavy equipment and power tools operating almost at every location. Personnel can expect to work in a variety of spaces from confined areas accessible only by manholes to high platforms accessible only by scaffolding or ladders.

Work may also be accomplished using mechanical lifts as working platforms. The noise level in the shipyard environment is usually loud, especially inside of vessels. The wearing of appropriate personal protective equipment is mandatory. There is always the potential of falling objects and personnel are occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts during work. Appropriate PPE must always be worn.

Physical demands include touring all vessels, piers, docks and work sites, standing, walking, using hands to finger, handle or feel, reaching with hands and arms, climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling, and talking or hearing. The employee is occasionally required to sit. Specific physical requirements include lifting/pushing/pulling 50 lbs to 100 lbs on an occasional basis, lifting/pushing/pulling up to 20 lbs on a frequent basis, performing…