Electrician

The electricians are completely responsible for the jobs given to them. The top priorities for individuals in the Electrician roles are maintaining personal, team, and plant safety; and a high level of quality. In addition to being a quality electrician, he or she should exhibit good judgment, high ethical standards, and embrace the teamwork approach.

Duties and Responsibilities

Safety:

• Follow PSG safety rules and adhere to the PSG Safety Manual.
• Each individual is responsible for the safety of each job. Be sure that job conditions encourage safety. Monitor both company and individual equipment for proper safety conditions and inform the Team Leader, Safety Contact, or a member of Management if an unsafe condition exists. Inspect and maintain all company tools to ensure their safety, reliability, and longevity.
• Maintain, wear, and communicate to others the appropriate use of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) for each job and your area.
• Maintenance of individual job (project) paperwork and working knowledge of all work documents.
• Responsible for knowing and understanding all contract documents including plans, specifications, and change orders. Any questions you have, or discrepancies you discover, should be communicated with your team leader or the floor supervisor.
• Responsible for maintaining all job records as required by the manufacturing process.

Floor Area:

• Must maintain a clean work site. Your group must keep a broom swept job every day. There is also an expectation for the proper storage of tools, materials, and other items in and around the work area.
• Participate in meetings with management

Work place environment:

• The workplace shall operate professionally. Radios should be played quietly, if at all. Foul, intimidating, or abusive language will not be tolerated.
• Tobacco use on the manufacturing floor and outside manufacturing areas is considered a bonus and should not be abused or taken for granted. Future use of tobacco products will be based on housekeeping and the specific disposal of tobacco by-products and general plant appearance.

Overall company policy adherence:

• It is everyone's responsibility to ensure that all employees, subcontractors, vendors, and customers working in or around our facility adhere to all of our company's policies including but not limited to safety, appearance, cleanliness, and customer satisfaction for your portion of work. If anybody is performing in a manner outside of our company policies, you are expected to intervene and report this to your supervisor immediately.

Overtime:

• It may be necessary at times to work beyond your regularly scheduled hours. If there is a sufficient backlog of orders, we use overtime to meet our customers' demands. Whether there is need for overtime work is determined by the floor supervisor or plant manager.
• Assigned overtime is mandatory. Late arrival or failure to report for mandatory overtime is treated as a tardy or absence.

Qualifications

Education:

• High School Diploma (preferred) with previous experience in an industrial electrical setting

Specialized knowledge:

• Expected to use current practices and have a strong knowledge of available materials in the marketplace, as well as materials used in PSG Manufacturing

Skills:

• Using tools and equipment of the trade
• Mathematical analytical skills

Abilities:

• Prepare, read, interpret, and work from sketches, drawings, and plans.
• Safely lift and carry heavy tools and materials
• Safely climb ladders
• Work effectively and cooperatively with staff
• Keep accurate records
• Capable of standing 90% of the time
• Work with tools and other materials
• Lift and manipulate objects of up to 75lbs., and to bend, climb, and crawl

Experience:

• Previous work in the manufacturing and/or electrical industry is considered a plus

Working conditions

• This job may require working in a variety of conditions. These may include day time, evening, and weekends. It may further include shift work, working outdoors, indoors or unconditioned spaces, working with challenging timelines, project scopes, clients and so forth. It may also include working with or in other trade functions.
• Employee may be exposed to any or all of the following conditions: heat, cold, humid, exposure to chemicals, noise, dust, dirt, vibration, fumes, airborne particles, off the ground work. Physical requirements may include lifting and manipulating objects of up to 75lbs., and to bend, climb, crawl, and approximately 90% of time standing.

Physical requirements

Prolonged standing, walking, climbing, balancing, bending, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, reaching, handling, feeling, talking, hearing, depth perception, visual accommodation, color vision, field of vision, near acuity, far acuity, and strength

Job Levels

The following defines and describes the job levels in the Electrical Department at PSGM. A person must be able to perform all of the jobs listed in a specific level, prior to be promoted to that level. Learning all of the skills in a certain level does not guarantee a promotion. Promotions and job levels are determined by a department's needs and an individual's performance.

Apprentice – Level 1

• Perform general labor activities
• Retrieve supplies for electrical jobs
• Clean up and perform general housekeeping around electrical jobs
• Assist in pulling wiring
• Terminate receptacles & lights
• Install basic items under the direction of a Journeyman or Master Electrician
• Mount light boxes
• Mount electrical & low voltage boxes

Journeyman Level 2 – Technician

• Capable of performing all duties of Level 1
• Able to work independently on basic jobs and assignments
• Able to make all conduit bends necessary for finishing jobs
• Install conduit, panel boxes, low voltage boxes, and any other equipment necessary to complete jobs
• Able to independently read and understand blue prints and P.O.'s for electrical work
• Able to perform basic electrical troubleshooting and maintenance on manufacturing facilities and site
• Capable of completing all electrical equipment and panel terminations

Master Electrician - Level 3

• Capable of performing all duties of Level 1 & Level 2
• Have a current Masters Electrician license in the State of Kentucky, or a current license from a reciprocating State which Kentucky legally recognizes
• Capable of leading and performing any electrical project or job in PSG Manufacturing
• Capable of troubleshooting and making repairs on any build, refurbs, or facilities
• Act as a subject matter expert (SME) for Plant Leader, Build Managers, and Salesmen in regards to bids, estimates, and finishing projects
• Independently capable of dealing with and solving all electrical issues encountered
• Provide leadership, mentoring, and training to lower level employees