What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Electrician position at Martin Marietta?
What to expect:
Martin Marietta is seeking a Senior Electrician to join our team. The ideal individual will be safety conscious, dependable, and motivated. This individual will be responsible for safely and efficiently maintaining, calibrating, troubleshooting, consulting, researching, and developing electrical process control instrumentation for the purpose of obtaining optimum production efficiency under the supervision of the Site Supervisor. The Senior Electrician will be a resource for multiple aggregate facilities and provide support on maintenance projects as needed. This position requires travel from the quarry to other locations.
Richmond Area
Virginia District
Hours: 6AM - 5PM, weekends as necessary
A typical day for a(n) Senior Electrician may include:
- Coordinating all in-house electrical repairs and upgrades, including those related to plant controls for mining operations
- Overseeing electrical work from minor repairs to major projects
- Troubleshooting and repairing AC / DC motor controls and drives
- Researching potential upgrades in automation and fine-tunes existing plant to improve safety, efficiencies, plant capacities, consistency, availability, and reporting
- Working closely with the engineering group and contracted vendors to meet deadlines and complete capital improvement projects
- Supporting the corporate safety culture and performs duties in compliance with all safety rules and regulations
- Ensuring that all employees are following established safety policies and procedures
- Troubleshooting and repairing all electrical wiring, appliance, fixture, and machinery problems
- Detecting, diagnosing and repairing failing components, and malfunctions to improve/maintain equipment reliability
- Mentoring, training and providing technical advice to less experienced staff regarding electrical repairs and safety procedures
- Performing other duties as assigned by supervisor
You may be a good fit if you:
- Possess a two (2) year technical degree in electrical technology, completion of an apprenticeship or equivalent experience to perform the responsibilities associated with this position
- Are a Certified / licensed Electrician (preferred)
- Have one (1) year experience in aggregate/mining or similar industry (preferred)
- Have experience with PLC’s (preferred)