What are the responsibilities and job description for the Field Technician position at Southern Power Systems?
Job Title: Field Technician
If you have some electrical education or experience, Southern Power Systems is allowing individuals to gain on-site experience as a field technician. You might start out as an assistant to a more experienced field technician and progress as your abilities improve. Southern Power Systems offers on-the-job training, and specific courses to help you get qualified.
Southern Power Systems Expectations
A successful candidate will exhibit characteristics that support the following:
- Ability to use and maintain tools and test equipment
- Attention to detail
- Good communication skills
- Problem-solving skills
- Ability to work well with others.
Key Responsibilities/Duties
- Troubleshooting, testing, repairing and servicing electrical equipment
- Providing service and customer support during field visits
- Managing on-site installation, repair, maintenance and testing
- Diagnosing errors or technical problems and determining proper solutions
- Producing detailed service reports
- Documenting processes
- Operating vehicles and machinery in a safe manner
- Following company procedures and protocols
- Cooperating with technical teams and sharing information across the organization
- Making appropriate recommendations and briefing on repairs, diagnostics and equipment specifications
- Building positive relationships with customers
- Working with products that cannot be easily transported because of their size or link to other systems.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Ability to lift up to 55 pounds
- Ability to stand on your feet up to 8 hours a day
- Great communication skills to work with customers
- Amazing problem solving skills
- Ability to diagnose problems with equipment
- Great mechanical aptitude
- Ability to communicate in English
Education and Experience
- High school diploma, GE, HiSET or any equivalent combination of education and experience.
- A technical degree is preferable
- 3 years of related experience
Certifications and Licenses
A valid Driver's license is required and must be maintained throughout employment.
Physical Demands and Work Environment
- Ability to work skillfully with both hands constantly, independently, safely lift and carry objects up to 5 feet long and weighing up to 20 pounds routinely, 50 pounds occasionally, climb and maintain balance on ladders and scaffold, kneel, crouch, crawl, reach, push, pull, twist, finger, grasp and feel on a constant and repetitive basis, stand, walk, talk, see (20/20 vision naturally or corrected), hear within normal range and perform repetitive motion activities.
- Ability to work in extreme environmental conditions including excessive heat and cold, noise, vibrations, dust, fumes, oils, wear a portable respirator.
- Ability to physically negotiate the hazards of a new construction worksite (i.e. uneven surfaces, floor openings, heights, construction debris and poor lighting).
- Some positions in this classification may be on 24-hour call out for emergency situations.
Candidates will be required to pass initial screenings and maintain active status:
- Drug & Alcohol Test
- Fit for Duty (Physical)
- Criminal Background Check
- LA Driver’s License Status Check