Electrician 1/C

Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc.; Allanton (FL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. is seeking an experienced electrician to install, maintain, and repair electrical wiring and equipment on marine vessels and in shipyard facilities. Candidates should have a high school diploma or GED with 3–5 years of relevant experience and be able to read blueprints and schematics.

The role requires safety-conscious, detail-driven work in a heavy-industrial shipyard. Responsibilities include testing, troubleshooting, and servicing electrical systems,

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED with 3–5 years of experience in electrical and electromechanical systems maintenance and repair.
• Equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
• Working knowledge of installing, maintaining, repairing, and altering marine electrical systems.

Responsibilities

• Install, maintain, and repair wiring, electrical systems, and equipment on marine vessels and shipyard buildings.
• Inspect systems and electrical parts to detect hazards, defects, and maintenance needs.
• Test circuits for continuity, shorts, and grounding; troubleshoot using appropriate test equipment.
• Maintain power generation and distribution systems, including controllers, breakers, and alarms.
• Work with minimal supervision and perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Blueprint reading

Troubleshooting

Electrical systems maintenance

Safety procedures

Teamwork

Manual dexterity

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Hand tools

Power tools

Multimeter

Electrical test equipment

Job description

This job description is a general description of the essential job functions and is not intended to be an employment contract. Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. maintains its status as an at-will employer. Position requirements, skills, and abilities included in this job description have been determined to be the minimal standards required to successfully perform the position. Eastern Shipbuilding Group Inc. reserves the right to increase, waive or reduce these minimal standards. In no instance, however, should the duties, responsibilities, and requirements described be interpreted as all-inclusive. All employees of Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. are expected to perform the duties as assigned by Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc., supervisory/management personnel, regardless of job title or routine job duties. Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

To perform this job successfully, an individual is expected to be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability expected. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. However, no accommodation will be made which may pose serious health or safety risks to the employee or others or which imposes undue hardship on Eastern Shipbuilding.

POSITION SUMMARY

Plans layouts, installs, maintains, and repairs electrical wiring, equipment, and control equipment on marine vessels and shipyard buildings in accordance with plans, specifications, codes, and industry standards. Work with other crafts as instructed by supervision.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES MAY INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: Because Eastern Shipbuilding is continually growing to meet the needs of our customers, and the essential duties and responsibilities may be different from those described.

• Regular attendance at work and the ability to work flexible hours, including overtime, weekends, and holidays.
• Comply with Company, federal, state, and local safety, ethics, and environmental rules, regulations, and policies while performing duties.
• Install, maintain, and repair wiring, electrical systems, and equipment on marine vessels and shipyard buildings.
• Inspects systems and electrical parts to detect hazards, defects, and needs for adjustments or repair.
• Test internal circuits of major units of electrical equipment for continuity, short circuits, and grounds and measure electrical quantities and compare with established values.
• Troubleshoot electrical equipment and circuits using appropriate test equipment to detect and affect required maintenance, repairs, or replacement requirements.
• Perform maintenance and repair of generators, switchboards, controllers, circuit breakers, electrical motors, distribution panels, alarm systems, and lighting circuits.
• Maintain and repair electrical power generating and distribution systems; voltage regulators engine governors, and equipment; machinery monitoring and remote-control systems; power, control, and display systems of shipboard equipment and DC propulsion generators, motors, and control circuits.
• Work with minimal supervision.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

May indirectly supervise and/or train subordinates.

REQUIREMENTS

Education/ Experience: High school diploma or GED equivalence plus three to five years of experience in electrical and electromechanical systems maintenance and repair preferably with two or more years on marine electrical system desired. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered. Requires working knowledge of the principles, techniques, and practices involved in installing, maintaining, repairing, and altering marine electrical and electro-mechanical systems.

Skills: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to read and understand blueprints and schematics, and ability
to recognize problems through troubleshooting, and ability to resolve these issues/problems. Knowledge of the safe operation and use of hand and power tools. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from supervisors and employees. Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide into all units of measure, including metrics.

Behavioral Attributes: Integrity, ethics, flexibility/ adaptability, initiative, interpersonal skills, attention to detail, safety consciousness, and multitasking. Maintain the confidential integrity of details pertaining to Eastern Shipbuilding Group.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to communicate. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing throughout the workday. The employee must frequently lift and/ or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The employee must be physically and medically qualified to wear all required personal protective equipment, as prescribed under Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards. The employee must be able to work above ground at heights of a minimum of 50 feet aloft and/ or working from scaffolding and/or man-lifts while working with machinery; in confined spaces and withstand extreme heat and cold in an outside climate or confined space.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The employee may be exposed to the risk of electrical shock, moving mechanical parts, vibration, fumes, airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, continual loud noise, and other hazards found in a heavy industrial shipyard environment. Rigorous compliance with safety procedures, policies, and personal safety equipment requirements is therefore mandatory.

We are equal opportunity/affirmative action employers, committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under state or local law.