Electrician
Alfred University
- Alfred, NY
- $25.00-28.00 per hour
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Responsible for all electrical and life safety systems on campus, ensuring all are installed and maintained in compliance with the appropriate electrical and building codes.
- Responsible for the purchase, design, and installation of new and existing systems.
- Prioritize, schedule and perform work as requested on work orders from faculty, students, and staff.
- Perform and maintain inventory of electrical department and perform some billing of materials.
- Design the sizing of panels, conduit, wire, breakers, etc.
- Insure all electrical installations meet electrical codes and will function safely.
- Maintain fire alarm systems and smoke detectors per floor, room, etc.
- Organize materials for the job and coordinate with other trades and any others who are in area when work is performed.
- Repair and replace any defective electrical equipment.
- Stock all buildings with various electrical supplies (lights, fixtures, etc.)
- Troubleshoot electrical using test instruments, such as ammeter, voltmeter, ohmmeter, etc.
- Use gas test meter, heat temp meter, and confined space meter.
- Work on generators, boilers, heaters
- Maintain all outdoor lighting to ensure night safety.
- Make adjustments to electrical equipment, such as limits on overhead doors.
- Inspect circuits and wiring for specified shielding and grounding.
- Measure, cut, bend, thread, assemble and install electrical conduit, PVC, and black pipe.
- Install, control, and distribute apparatus such as switches, relays, and circuit breaker panels and disconnects.
- Install electrical contactors by sizing up equipment and using proper overload equipment and devices.
- Repair and maintain elevators when applicable.
- May prepare wiring diagrams from verbal and written instructions to accomplish a project.
- Observe and inspect jobs in progress and once complete to ensure work is done properly and up to code.
- Locate underground electrical, fiber, communications, and water using related testing devices.
- Repair kitchen equipment.
- Repair automatic fire doors and screens and automatic gates.
- Maintain alarm systems.
- Maintains a safe working environment within and around their facilities and associated equipment and supplies including, but not limited to, obtaining Safety Data Sheet (SDS) information pertaining to any hazards associated with their work environment.
- Safety: Participate in safety training and comply with safety rules, regulations, and protocols.
- Perform additional duties and assist with special projects as assigned.
- Formal Education: Four year electrical journeyman apprenticeship preferred; two year technical degree or equivalent experience in related area will be considered.
- Experience: At least five years of experience if no apprenticeship.
- Additional Knowledge/Skills: Must be able to be trained in confined spaces, lockout-tag out Certifications, fall protection, blood borne pathogens, hazardous waste, and forklift. Must have good interpersonal/communication, organizational, and analytical skills, and be able to interpret blueprints and schematics. Must be able to work from heights, and work with multiple power tools (pipe threader, band saw, sawzall, drill press, grinder, etc.). Ability to lift 50+ pounds.