Electrician Ii

Electrician II

The University of Southern Mississippi is currently accepting applications for the position of Electrician II.

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Job Summary:
Installs,maintains, and repairs electrical systems, facilities, and related electroniccontrols and devices in addition to, all primary and secondary power systems.  Conducts preventive maintenance of electricalsystems.
PrimaryJob Duties and Responsibilities:

1.  Installs, maintains, and repairs electrical equipment and circuits such as wires, conduits, switches, outlets, junction boxes, transformers, motors, and generators in facilities such as pumps, lighting equipment, carrier systems, timing devices, electrical heating units, exhaust systems, smoke detectors, fire alarms, hypothermal units, thermostats, timing devices, Lutron lighting dimmer panels and electrical systems of furnaces and boilers.
   
2. Isolates and corrects malfunctions in equipment and circuits of a routine recurring nature.
   
3. Completes assigned work orders in a timely and efficient fashion while maintaining a friendly and professional demeanor with all customers.
   
4. Cuts, threads, bends, and installs conduits. Utilizes bucket truck, drills, saws, benders, voltmeters, amprobes, high voltage testers, and University vehicles.Also uses standard hands tools, such as hammers, screwdrivers, and pliers.
   
5. Disassembles, cleans, repairs, and reassembles electrical motors and related equipment following established procedures.
   
6. Tests, maintains, and repairs all emergency electrical equipment and card access locks.Transports a variety of tools and supplies to ensure that required materials are available at the job site. Tests, maintains, and repairs all emergency electrical equipment including generators and back-up UPS.
   
7. Serves as a member of the Physical Plant Essential Personnel and as directs staff during pre-emergency preparations and post-emergency recovery efforts.This position will require participation in call-out responsibilities and may require night shift coverage and weekend work and performs additional duties as assigned.

• Ability toread and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenanceinstructions, and procedure manuals. 
•  Ability towrite routine reports and correspondence. 
•  Ability tospeak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
•  Ability toadd, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using wholenumbers, common fractions, and decimals.
•  Ability tocompute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
•  Ability toapply commonsense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written,oral, or diagram form.
•  Ability todeal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardizedsituations.
•  Ability toutilize an infrared camera to scan motors, busways, conduit, and circuits.
•  Ability tooperate tractors, forklifts and loaders.
  

PreferredQualifications:  
10 yearsrelated experience and/or training.

About The University of Southern Mississippi
The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) is a comprehensive public research institution delivering transformative programs on campuses in Hattiesburg and Long Beach, at teaching and research sites across the Mississippi Gulf Coast, as well as online. Founded in 1910, USM is one of only 146 universities in the nation to earn the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education's "R1: Doctoral Universities - Very high research activity" designation, and its robust research enterprise includes experts in ocean science and engineering, polymer science and engineering, and large event venue safety and security, among others.  USM is also one of only 37 institutions in the nation accredited in theatre, art and design, dance and music. As an economic driver, USM generates an annual economic impact of more than $600 million across the state. USM welcomes a diverse student body of more than 14,000, representing 71 countries, all 50 states, and every county in Mississippi. USM students have collected four Truman Scholarships and 37 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships, while also leading Mississippi with 27 Goldwater Scholarships, an honor that recognizes the next generation of great research scientists. Home to the Golden Eagles, USM competes in 17 Division I sports sponsored by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). For more information, visit www.usm.edu.

As an Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity employer/Americans with Disabilities Act institution, The University of Southern Mississippi encourages minorities, women, veterans and persons with disabilities to apply.