Electrician Helper 2

TIC - The Industrial Company; Abilene (TX); On-site; USD 40,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

TIC - The Industrial Company in Abilene, TX is seeking an entry-level electrician helper to assist skilled craftsmen under supervision. You'll learn to read drawings, interpret plans, and determine best procedures while gaining hands-on experience in a busy industrial setting.

Responsibilities include installing conduit, assembling components, testing systems, and ensuring safety. You will use hand and power tools, work with high and low voltage, and move through construction environments, with

Qualifications

• Experience as an Electrician in a Power Plant or Industrial setting.
• Ability to follow and transmit written and oral instructions.
• Field experience in the chosen craft discipline.
• Knowledge of safe and efficient use of hand and power tools.

Responsibilities

• Interpret drawings, sketches, software, plans and determine best work procedures and tools.
• Assist with installing electrical conduit, welding supports, and terminations.
• Assist with installation of control and distribution apparatus and fasteners.
• Assist with testing and startup of systems and continuity checks.
• Observe equipment to identify hazards and needed adjustments.
• May pull wire through conduit and connect wiring to fixtures.
• Work with high and low voltage systems.
• Assist with disassembly and repair of electrical equipment.
• Learn to operate electrical and mechanical hand tools, power, hydraulic, pneumatic tools.

Skills

Electrical experience

Safety awareness

Communication skills

Field experience

Tools knowledge

Tools

Hand tools

Power tools

Layout tools

Job description

Assist skilled craftsperson(s) by performing supportive duties as directed and will work under immediate supervision. The level and degree of job responsibilities and requirements vary depending on months of experience and assigned job step.

Experience Level

Entry

Primary Responsibilities and Duties

• Learn to Interpret drawings, sketches, software, plans and determines best work procedures, tools, equipment needed to troubleshoot and repair problems
• Assist skilled craftsman measure, cut, bend, thread, assemble and install electrical conduit; weld supports; install cable and duct banks; make terminations
• Assist with the Installaltion of control and distribution apparatus’ and fastens in place
• Assist with the test and start up systems and continuity of circuit to insure electrical compatibility and safety of components
• Observes functioning of installed equipment or system to determine hazards and need for adjustments, relocation, or replacement
• May be required to pull wire through conduit; connect wiring to lighting fixtures and power equipment
• Work with high and low voltage systems
• Assist with the disassembly and repair of defective electrical equipment or systems
• Learn to operate electrical and mechanical hand tools, power, hydraulic, pneumatic and electrical tools

Qualifications

• Experience as a Electrician in a Power Plant / Industrial setting
• Must possess knowledge skills and abilities for position
• Ability to understand, follow and transmit written and oral instructions and communicate effectively with management/supervision
• Field experience in chosen craft discipline
• Knowledge of the safe and efficient use of hand tools, power tools and layout tools.

Requirements

The person in this position needs to constantly move about a construction/industrial site, so should be able to stand, walk, sit, reach, stoop, kneel, crouch, and/or crawl

• Constantly works in a construction environment and will be exposed to changing outdoor weather conditions
• Work irregular hours, weekends, overtime and holidays as required
• May be required to use ladders/mechanical platforms/manlifts/scaffold to access required equipment/work areas (may exceed 200 feet), so must be able to climb and maintain balance on formwork, steel formwork, stairs, ladders and scaffolds
• Move and work in and around confined and cluttered places, and uneven surfaces
• Must be able to complete tasks in a noisy and dusty environment
• May be required/able to move items weighing up to 50 pounds across construction/industrial site
• Must have required tools
• Licenses (List Requirements)
• Observe and comply with all safety and project rules, perform other duties as required
• Ability to pass pre-access drug and alcohol testing and fit for duty medical

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.

Few contractors can build what TIC builds, the way TIC builds it. We only hire the best — and our family mentality will drive you to continue to be the best

Whether it’s cement for our sidewalks and driveways; aluminum for our automobiles; wood pellets for our grills; paper plates for our picnics; food for our pets or the beverages we consume with our friends, our longstanding work in the industrial market touches the tiny details in our daily lives.