As a skilled laborer, you will assist electricians and other crew members in the installation of electrical systems and components. Duties include working with tools, installing conduit, wire, junction boxes, electrical lighting and other labor activities as assigned. Must keep all materials, tools, and equipment in an orderly fashion, maintain a clean work area at all times, demonstrate safe work habits and exhibit proper care of all tools and equipment.

Essential Functions

1. Proceed with the process of learning the electrical trade
2. Bend and install conduit systems and pull wire
3. Install light fixtures and connect to branch power
4. Perform other activity as instructed by the foreman/crew leader
5. Gather and transport required tools and materials to their assigned work areas
6. Provide assistance (electrician helper) to more skilled workers involved in the installation, maintenance, and repair of electrical systems and components.
7. Learn and retain specific job-related tasks that are taught by more skilled employees
8. Perform physically demanding tasks, such as digging trenches to lay conduit and moving and lifting heavy objects.
9. Perform work from ladders, scaffolds, and aerial lifts
10. Must be a team player
11. Be dependable and prompt when scheduled to work
12. Practice safe working habits as directed by the Safety Program
13. Maintain the required hand tools
14. Moving materials to the worksite and ensuring all tools, machinery, and other equipment are safely set up
15. Operating equipment like drills, pneumatic hammers, shovels, and other heavy machinery
16. Comply with health and safety requirements and company policies
17. Removing hazardous materials from sites
18. Spreading gravel, asphalt, and other materials over surfaces
19. Performing site and equipment inspections
20. Complete on-the-job training
21. Assist with composite cleanup as needed

Position Qualifications

Education, Training and Certifications

1. High School Graduate or General Education Degree (GED); or equivalent studies
2. Minimum of one year of previous electrical work experience required

Working Conditions

1. Use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is required (Hard hat, vest, protective eye wear, safety boots.)
2. Work is performed indoors and outdoors, often exposed to the natural elements of cold, heat, moisture, and wind.
3. Must be physically able to repetitively lift and carry at least 50 LBS on a regular basis.
4. Must comply with the company’s drug and alcohol testing requirements and background screening process

Abilities:

1. Lifts at least 100 pounds at one time and 60 pounds for an extended period of time.
2. Relocates a 12 foot stepladder without assistance.
3. Works at various heights up to 60 feet and can climb and maintain balance on scaffolds, aerial lifts, catwalks and all types of ladders.
4. Walks, climbs, lifts, squats, crawls, kneels, pushes, pulls and reaches overhead on a routine and repetitive basis.
5. Possess good vision (may be corrected vision), the ability to see in color, and the ability to hear and communicate in English.
6. May use a standard ladder without exceeding the weight limit while carrying tools.
7. Tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong.  It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
8. Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
9. Combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (including finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
10. See details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
11. Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.