Electrician

Job Title:

Electrician

Department:

Physical Plant

Job Description:

Rhodes College seeks an Electrician to perform skilled journey-level work in the installation, repair, and maintenance of electrical circuitry and equipment.

Job Requirements:

• High school graduation or GED equivalency, preferred.

• Five years work experience in electrical field, required.

• Memphis/Shelby County journeyman electrician's license, required or must be obtained within 1 year of hire is required.

• This position requires a valid driver's license, good driving record, and must be insurable by the College's insurance carrier.

Job Responsibilities:

• Installs, repairs, and replaces electrical circuits, lighting, distribution panels, feeder cables, circuit breakers, switches, rough-ins, trim-outs, etc.

• Changes light bulbs and tubes and replaces light fixtures.

• Performs hazardous work in connecting fuses, change over switches, gears, starting controls, electrical motors, compressors, and high voltage lighting.

• Checks and replaces computer cables, telephone lines, and light ballasts.

• Bends conduits of various sizes using manual and hydraulic benders and mathematical formulae.

• Maintains underground high voltage primary distribution system including cable, transformers, and switches.

• Installs, services, and troubleshoots DDC and various other types of HVAC controls associated with a campus-wide energy management system.

• Other duties as assigned.

• Regular attendance is an essential function to perform the duties of this position.

Physical Demands:

• Heavy work: Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

• Exposure to extreme heat, noise, chemicals, fumes, dust. Stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, repetitive motions. Close visual acuity.

• Subject to inside and outside environmental conditions.

• Exposure to extreme cold and heat, noise, chemicals, fumes, dust.

• Required to function in narrow aisles or passageways

A complete application includes a cover letter, a resume and the names of three references.

Rhodes offers an excellent benefits package and a great working environment. We are an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to diversity in the workforce.

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