As part of the electrical team, the primary responsibilities of this position are to install, maintain, and troubleshoot electrical and instrumentation equipment located in surface and underground mineral processing and power generation facilities.
- Complying with all necessary requirements put in place to prevent incidents, injuries or losses
- Ensuring the safety and health of themselves and others in the workplace by being responsible for their actions and taking due care while performing their work
- Identifying, eliminating, and reporting hazards as soon as practicable
- Reporting incidents and accidents as soon as practicable
- Disclosing all information regarding incidents and cooperating in incident investigations
- Assisting in the resolution of health and safety matters in a positive and timely manner
- Using and maintaining PPE
- Providing suggestions for improving work processes
- Assisting Management by supporting change to achieve desired targets
- Ensuring that plant and equipment operate within their safe working limits
- Ensuring that correct equipment is used for the job
- Participating in risk assessment methodology
- Participating in safety initiatives
- Receiving training and instruction as required
- Maintaining good housekeeping standards
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Assist in the planning of electrical and instrumentation jobs, including budgeting, design, scheduling, and procurement
- Redline and update drawings as needed, AutoCAD experience is preferred
- Allen-Bradley PLC and HMI Programming
- Effectively perform duties using the NEC as a minimum standard Effectively evaluate the risks associated with any given task and utilize the safest possible work procedures
- Support maintenance and operational needs
- Perform all job tasks with limited supervision
- Ability to guide and mentor lower technician level employees and set standards demonstrating leadership qualities
- Comply with attendance, safety, environmental and HR policies. Successful candidate must demonstrate the following behavioral skills: productive communication, cooperation, productivity, initiative, creativity, dependability
High school or GED
Related vocational training preferred.
- Five years of electrical and instrumentation experience, certifiable technical training or combination of training and experience may be substituted.
- Journeyman or higher-level certification is preferred.
Other Qualifications
- Instrumentation setup, calibration and repair, electrical installation and repair, Allen-Bradley PLC programming, AutoCAD. State of Alaska Journeyman Certificate preferred.
- Must be able to obtain ATF Employee Possessor clearance.
Other Physical Demands
- Able to judge distances and spatial relationships to avoid accidents while driving and walking underground
- Have clarity of vision while operating machinery, reading gauges, and placing tools
- Have clarity of vision for distances while navigating within the mine and access roads efficiently and safely
- Able to adjust varying points of reference while safely navigating the terrain, maintaining awareness of traffic, and operating tools and machinery
- Able to identify vehicles, machinery, and people in peripheral vision
- Must wear hearing protection while working in the mine.
- Able to clearly communicate with co-workers and supervisors on the radio and in person
Work Environment & Job Schedule
Employees may be frequently exposed to underground work environments; outside weather conditions, wet and/or humid conditions; extreme cold, extreme heat, potentially hazardous wildlife; moving mechanical parts; high precarious places; fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals; risk of electrical shock; explosives and vibration. The noise level in most work environments is usually very loud. This position may require work on nights, weekends and rotating shifts; shift schedules may require residency in on-island camp during work rotations.
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Hecla Greens Creek is an Equal Opportunity Employer.