Maintenance Electrician Level 2

Precision Castparts Corp. (PCC); Langhorne (Bucks County); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Precision Castparts Corp. seeks a Level Two Maintenance Electrician to monitor and operate a wide range of electrical controlled equipment, including furnaces, presses, and machining tools.

You will work under minimal supervision with a focus on advanced electrical controls for motors and PLC systems, performing troubleshooting and installations across plant departments. The role requires reading/writing English, strong problem-solving skills, and the ability to handle precise measurement

Qualifications

• GED or High School diploma preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Work safely under functional safety guidelines such as PPE and equipment interaction.
• Layout, install and repair and maintain a wide variety of complex electrical equipment and wiring used in various plant departments, power house and offices such as motors, switchboards, lighting and power circuits, starters, elevators, cranes, trucks and transformers.
• Disassemble motors; clean, repair, replace or adjust brushes and holders, slip ring commutators, sleeve and ball bearings, undercut mica between commutator bars and reassemble.
• Make connections for proper field, forward and reverse rotation motors, series with DC motors and synchronize squirrel-cage and induction AC motors. Install small motors, lighting fixtures; repair or replace brushes, defective light switches; fans, solder connections, polish armature shafts and other related operations.
• Install and wire motors for various machine tools such as engine lathes, turret lathes, automatic screw machines, milling machines and drill presses.
• Detect faulty operation or defective material, diagnose and remedy trouble. Service and replace amplifiers.
• Investigate reason for power loss at substation when breakers kick-out.
• Tear down ordinary units, determine extent of troubles, repair or replace defective parts or wiring, and reassemble.

Skills

Read/Write English

Advanced communication

Basic math

Precision instruments

Troubleshooting

Motors & wiring

Education

GED or HS diploma

Tools

Oscilloscope

Ohm meter

Torque transducer

Job description

Level Two: Under minimal supervision, level two maintenance electrician monitor and operate a wide range of electrical controlled equipment such as furnaces, presses, and machining equipment. Level two electrician understand concepts of analog signals for PLC control systems and perform basic troubleshooting tasks demonstrating more advanced knowledge of electrical controls for equipment such as hydraulic presses, hydraulic power units, and furnace control systems. 2-5 YOE

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Work safely under functional safety guidelines such as PPE and equipment interaction.
• Layout, install and repair and maintain a wide variety of complex electrical equipment and wiring used in various plant departments, power house and offices such as motors, switchboards, lighting and power circuits, starters, elevators, cranes, trucks and transformers.
• Disassemble motors; clean, repair, replace or adjust brushes and holders, slip ring commutators, sleeve and ball bearings, undercut mica between commutator bars and reassemble.
• Make connections for proper field, forward and reverse rotation motors, series with DC motors and synchronize squirrel-cage and induction AC motors.Install small motors, lighting fixtures; repair or replace brushes, defective light switches; fans, solder connections, polish armature shafts and other related operations.
• Install and wire motors for various machine tools such as engine lathes, turret lathes, automatic screw machines, milling machines and drill presses.
• Detect faulty operation or defective material, diagnose and remedy trouble. Service and replace amplifiers.
• Investigate reason for power loss at substation when breakers kick-out.
• Tear down ordinary units, determine extent of troubles, repair or replace defective parts or wiring, and reassemble.

Required Skills:

• The ability to read and write English.
• Advanced communications such as training other employees, posting, preparing, interpreting, using and checking reports, records and comparable data
• Basic shop mathematics together with the use of complicated drawings, specifciations, charts and tables
• Use of precision measuring instruments (e.g. comparator, contour gages, inspection laser, layout fistures, layout gages, ohm meter, optical comparator, oscilloscope, profilometer, roundness gages, super-micrometer, torque transducer)
• Uses considerable judgement to plan or perform unusual or difficult work when only general methods and procedures are available
• Coordinate a high degree of manual dexterity with close visual attention
• Uses judgement to plan or perform work within limitations of standard methods and procedures

Required Experience:

• Typically 1-2

Level of Education:

• GED or High School diploma preferred but not required.

Working Conditions:

• Constant exposure to indoor manufacturing environment
• Constant exposure to moderate noise
• Working conditions may include small spaces, dust, fumes, odors, hot / cold temperatures, inside / outside noise vibration, standing on concrete for long hours and wet or uneven surfaces.
• Must be able to work any shift including overtime, weekends and holidays if scheduled.

Working Conditions/Physical Requirements:

N-Never, O-Occasionally (<20%), F-Frequently (20%-80%), C-constantly (>80%)

Exposure to Adverse Working Conditions:

F

N

Physical Conditions:

* Close Eye Work (computers, typing, reading, writing)

F

* Sedentary (continuous sitting)

O

* Light Work (standing, walking, lifting <15 pounds)

C

* Moderate Work (lifting 15-30 pounds, prolonged use of small hand instruments or tools)

F

* Moderately Heavy Work (lifting, moving, loading up to 35 pounds)

O

* Heavy/Hard Work (above average strength & stamina)

O

Travel Requirements:

* None

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

This position requires use of information or access to production processes subject to national security controls under U.S. export control laws and regulations (including, but not limited to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR)). To comply with those regulations, this position may require applicants to be U.S. Persons (i.e., U.S. citizens, U.S. lawful permanent residents, protected individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)), or eligible to obtain the required export authorizations from the U.S. Department of State or the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Company Profile

With more than 120 operations and approximately 20,000 employees worldwide, Precision Castparts Corp. is the market leader in manufacturing large, complex structural investment castings, airfoil castings, forged components, aerostructures and highly engineered, critical fasteners for aerospace applications. In addition, we are the leading producer of airfoil castings for the industrial gas turbine market. We also manufacture extruded seamless pipe, fittings, and forgings for power generation and oil & gas applications; commercial and military airframe aerostructures; and metal alloys and other materials for the casting and forging industries. With such critical applications, we insist on quality and dependability - not just in the materials and products we make, but in the people we recruit.

PCC is relentless in its dedication to being a high-quality, low-cost and on-time producer; delivering the highest value to its customers while continually pursuing strategic, profitable growth.

In 2016, Berkshire Hathaway, led by Chairman and CEO Warren E. Buffett, acquired Precision Castparts Corp.

Precision Castparts Corp. and its affiliates do not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies. Unsolicited resumes will become the property of Precision Castparts Corp & its affiliates, and no fee will be paid.