Position Summary
Hopkins | Lacy, the Mechanical Electrical Plumbing (MEP) Division of Branch, is searching for skilled Electricians. The Electrician is responsible for planning the layout, installing, and repairing wiring, electrical fixtures, apparatus, and control equipment. Any Electrician with 2 years of experience is encouraged to apply.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Plans new or modified installations to minimize waste of material.
- Provides access for future maintenance and avoids unsightly, hazardous, or unreliable wiring, consistent with specifications, local, and national electrical codes.
- Prepares sketches showing the location of wiring and equipment or follows diagrams or blueprints, ensuring that concealed wiring is installed before the completion of future walls, ceilings, and flooring.
- Measures, cuts, bends, threads, and assembles and installs electrical conduit using tools such as hacksaw, pipe threader, and conduit bender.
- Pulls wiring through conduit, assisted by a helper.
- Splices wires by stripping insulation from terminal leads using a knife or pliers, twisting or soldering wires together, and applying tape or terminal caps.
- Connects wiring to lighting fixtures and power equipment using hand tools.
- Assists in the mentoring, training, and growth of other employee-owners.
- Installs control and distribution apparatus such as switches, relays, and circuit breaker panels, fastening them in place with screws or bolts using hand tools and power tools.
- Connects power cables to equipment such as electric ranges or motors and installs grounding leads.
- Tests circuits to ensure electrical compatibility and safety of components using various testing instruments.
- Observes the functioning of installed equipment or systems to detect hazards and the need for adjustments, relocation, or replacement.
- May repair faulty equipment or systems.
- Gathers and collates information and data.
Qualifications
- Demonstrates critical thinking and reasoning skills.
- High School diploma or equivalency.
- High School level language, writing, speaking, listening, and mathematical skills.
- 2 years of prior Electrician experience.
Competencies
- Strong Relationships
- Ownership and Accountability
- Exceptionalism in all we do
- Customer Service
- Decision Making
- Judgment
- Delivering High Quality Work
- Displaying Technical Expertise
- Using Computers and Technology
Travel
Travel is frequently required to and from job site locations.
Supervisory Responsibility
None specified.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to:
- Use their hands and fingers to handle, feel, or operate objects, tools, or controls.
- Reach with hands and arms.
- Stand approximately 60%, walk approximately 30%, and sit approximately 10%.
- Climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, reach, handle, feel, talk, and hear.
- Carry up to 75 lbs, lift up to 100 lbs, and move up to 200 lbs.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include:
- Close vision
- Distance vision
- Midrange vision
- Color vision
- Peripheral vision
- Depth perception
- The ability to adjust focus
Position Type
Full-time
Expected Hours of Work
This is a full-time position which typically requires 40 hours per week.
AA/EOE Statement
It has been and will continue to be a fundamental policy of the Company not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or status as a veteran, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local law, with respect to recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, and other terms and conditions of employment.
Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Nearest Major Market: Charlottesville
Nearest Secondary Market: Virginia
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