Electrician

About Veolia North America

Veolia North America is a leading provider of water, waste, and energy management services. Our team of experts works with commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education, and municipality customers throughout North America to provide innovative solutions for their environmental and energy needs.

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Electrician to join our team in Boston, Massachusetts. As an Electrician, you will be responsible for performing a variety of maintenance functions at water production and related facilities, including electrical installation projects and maintenance of existing electrical, electronic, instrumentation, and controls, and service equipment.

Key Responsibilities

• Interpret plans and specifications for projects
• Perform installation of 480 volt and lower voltage circuits for power and lighting
• Work independently or with contractors to maintain high voltage circuits
• Install electrical and electronic equipment according to plans and specifications
• Prepare and update drawings
• Lay out work to be performed after diagnosing and troubleshooting problems
• Determine and perform necessary repairs to electric power and lighting circuits and electrical and electronic equipment
• Perform tests for temperature, vibration, noise, current, voltage, insulation level, and calibration as required
• Adjust, lubricate, and repair small motors, motor controllers, telemetry equipment, PLC equipment, metering equipment, water treatment equipment, transmission and distribution equipment, including pumps, standby engines, heating and ventilation equipment, bleeder valves, motor wells, battery sets and chargers, and generators
• Handle materials and equipment such as electric, electronic, and environmental test equipment, portable hand and electric tools, and pumping units, etc.
• Ensure the documentation of equipment maintenance history through the use of the MMS System
• Work independently of or with operation's division personnel, contractors or engineering as required
• Submit requisitions for tools and materials; ensure inventory used is documented in the MMS System
• Document vehicle and equipment use
• Develop or modify Standard Maintenance Procedures (SMP's)
• Assist in training personnel as assigned
• Troubleshoot and repair Scada system problems at assigned facilities
• Perform routine checks on Scada system alarms to ensure function

Work Environment

This position requires occasional exposure to wet or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, and toxic or caustic chemicals. You will work near moving mechanical parts, in high and precarious places, and be exposed to extreme outdoor weather conditions such as ice and snow. You will also be at risk of electrical shock and vibration, and be exposed to excessive plant noise.

Qualifications

• A high school diploma or general education degree (GED) is required
• Completion of one year (24 credit hours) of a technical degree from an accredited program at a recognized school of engineering and technology or technical institute or equivalent in electronics or electricity
• Ability to undertake additional education to update skills as needed
• Knowledge of the National Electric Code
• Knowledge of medium and low voltage power and lighting circuits
• Knowledge of programmable logic controllers
• Knowledge of Company safety and environmental procedures
• Ability to operate a personal computer and appropriate software
• Ability to participate in the Company's Respiratory Protection Program
• Knowledge of applicable OSHA standards
• Ability to maintain responsible use and care of hand tools furnished by the Company
• Ability to read and interpret blueprints and wiring schematics
• Ability to drive a vehicle
• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations
• Knowledge and understanding of Scada system operations
• Ability to diagnose control failures related to power or communications
• Leadership ability and dependability in performance of duties when working alone
• Ability to read and interpret operations and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals
• Ability to work with RCM maintenance program

Required Certification/Licenses/Training

• Must have a valid driver's license
• Must have a Massachusetts's Journeyman or Master Electrician license (MA)

Physical Requirements

This position requires the ability to sit, talk or hear, stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, and climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouches, or crawls, and taste or smell. You will also be required to lift up to fifty pounds routinely and 100 pounds occasionally with assistance.