What are the responsibilities and job description for the Electrician Apprentice - Austin Industrial position at Austin External?
Austin Industrial is a merit shop, employee-owned company and has been a provider of construction, maintenance, plant services, turnaround and specialty services to the oil, gas and chemical, energy (power and ethanol), and manufacturing industries for more than 100 years.
INDUSTRIAL ELECTRICIAN SPECIFIC JOB DUTIES:
- Install power supply wiring and diagnoses or troubleshoots malfunctions.
- Repair or replace faulty components, such as relays, switches, motors, or fixtures.
- Read and interpret work orders, technical descriptions, and safety manuals including NEC and ANSI.
- Read and follow electrical codes, manuals, schematics, specifications, and circuit prints.
- Prepare maintenance or repair plans, including calculation of material and personnel needs. Coordinate with operating personnel regarding work permits and maintenance and repair activities.
- Install, repair and maintain motors, electrical operating equipment, alarm systems, switches, relays, and fixtures.
- Inspect and maintain transformers, buss bars, circuit breakers, and wiring connections in power distribution sub-stations.
- Troubleshoot electrical equipment, switchgear, controls, and wiring using test equipment.
- Repair motor, starter, and controls, including rewiring and replacing bearings
- Test continuity of circuits to ensure electrical compatibility and safety of components using voltmeters, ohmmeters, and meggers
- Use tools, equipment, and materials such as voltage testers, various hand and power tools, mounting devices, boxes, and receptacles, conduit, conductors, blueprints and schematics, switches, relays, alarm systems, motors, and starters and fixtures.
Austin is an EOE, Drug Free Work Place, and participates in E-Verify.
We offer excellent benefits including medical, dental, life and disability insurance, and a matching 401K plan. We are proud to be a 100% Employee Owned Company! To learn more about Austin’s Employee Ownership history, please go to http://www.austin-ind.com/core-values.html.
Austin Industrial is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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- See the “Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision” poster available in English and Spanish.
No Third-Party Inquiries Please
- This Company does not accept and will not consider unsolicited resumes or any other unsolicited candidate information submitted to the Company or any of its employee-owners by staffing agencies, search firms, or third-party recruiters in response to a posted vacancy. The Company will not pay any placement fee(s) without a written agreement to do so (i.e., payment must be required pursuant to the terms of a written agreement).
Accessibility Note
- If you are a job seeker with a disability and require reasonable accommodation to apply for one of our jobs or have accessibility concerns, please contact the People Services Team at (877) 831-1217.
