Electrical Technician - Standard Steel

Company Description

Standard Steel is a leading manufacturer of forged steel wheels and axles for freight railcars, locomotives and passenger railcars. It is the only producer of forged steel wheels for railcars and locomotives in North America.  Customers include major Class I railroads in North America, freight railcar builders, railcar and locomotive maintenance shops, the Amtrak national railroad, locomotive builders and regional transit authorities.

Standard Steel, LLC, and its affiliated companies were purchased by Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. and Sumitomo Corporation in 2011, but the existing facility has been producing forgings since 1795. In 2012, Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. merged with Nippon Steel Corporation to become Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation, the majority owner of Standard Steel.

Standard Steel's manufacturing plant is located at 500 North Walnut Street in Burnham, Pennsylvania.

Job Description

Job Function/Purpose

The individual selected for this role will be expected to properly perform all types of electrical and limited mechanical work throughout the facility, such as installing, repairing, welding, trouble shooting, inspecting, and maintaining all machines electrically and limited repair mechanically. The incumbent must be able to work from electrical and mechanical drawings, sketches, diagrams, schematics, PLC programs and operating manuals. Incumbent must also be able to work any shift, including overtime and weekend work.

Responsibilities

• Performs duties throughout the plant as directed by Management/Supervision, Shift-Leader or Work Leader.
• Assembles and installs electrical equipment, including overhead and underground power lines, controls, etc.
• Ascertains causes of failures in electrical installations and makes all necessary repairs that can be made with available facilities.
• Troubleshoots to root cause failures and improper function using all tools necessary, including but not limited to test equipment, meters, gauges, PLC program etc.
• Dismantles electrical equipment to be repaired, moved or scrapped.
• Performs any and all types of required adjustments and maintenance operations on all of our electrical installations.
• Must be familiar with electrical power distribution and magnablast system.   May be required to operate substation after short training period.
• May be required to splice underground cable after short training period.
• Fabricates steel and conduit for electrical installations and repairs.
• Makes sketches and diagrams for use in reassembling work.
• Performs electric arc and oxyacetylene welding and burning required in the performance of their work.
• Examines and repairs coils, stators and armatures to determine and record all necessary technical data to repair and/or rewind, including sketches.
• Installs rings and commutators.
• Dismantles coils, stators, armatures and related equipment.
• Determines materials required to make repairs and obtains from stock if available.  Notifies Supervision if unavailable.
• Makes coils and other parts required.
• Reassembles armatures and stators, including taping, banding, soldering, etc.
• Tests coils, stators and armatures to verify functioning correctly.
• Performs repairs to locomotives and other mobile equipment as required.
• Installs, tests, repairs, adjusts, calibrates and balances all types of pyrometers, temperature recorders, steam, air, water, natural gas and oil flow meters and any other indicating, controlling or graphic electrical or mechanical instruments and the auxiliary equipment controlled by such instruments.
• Manufactures, tests and repairs thermocouples for furnace sensors and thermocouple lances for the melting operations.
• Work must be completed in compliance with changing quality requirements and procedures as published by the National Institute of Standards, Standard Steel or others, including customer requirements and related quality standards.
• Dismantles, cleans, inspects, repairs or replaces worn or defective parts and reassembles, tests and adjusts instruments and auxiliary equipment.
• Installs, tests and adjusts new instruments and auxiliary equipment.
• Responsible for proper documentation and record keeping when repairing and calibrating equipment.  Must sign certification and/or calibration documents upon completion of jobs.
• Repairs, installs and maintains radio controls for overhead cranes and similar devices, such as radio controlled doors, conveyors, quenching operations and locomotives, etc.
• Repairs, installs, calibrates and maintains recording, controlling and indicating devices of all types of furnaces and boilers.  Adjusts combustion systems to obtain proper fuel/air ratio to maximize furnace efficiency, stability, and uniformity of heat distribution.
• Installs, repairs and maintains other combustion control equipment such as variable flow valves, actuators, drive units, regulators, etc.
• Repairs, installs, calibrates and maintains electronic weighing and balancing systems.
• Repairs, calibrates and maintains electronic lab equipment i.e., spectrometers, X-ray equipment, various measuring and flaw detection equipment and element detection furnaces.
• Required to use all tools common to the trade, including micrometers and other precision tools and measuring devices, including electronic measuring and detection equipment.
• Reports problems and/or repairs, both completed or incomplete, to the supervisor or work leader.
• Maintains daily logs and other documentation (records), including job reporting, as required by supervision.
• Maintains contact with supervisor or leader via pager, telephone, email, text or direct contact, etc.
• Works with and directs the work of others within the classification, in performing all types of major and minor maintenance and repair work, and does so with a high degree of skill and efficiency and without direct supervision.
• Performs the basic skills of other crafts when required in the performance of their regular job duties.
• Is knowledgeable and understands all work rules and safe work practices and rules, and adheres to the same.
• Must be able to work from drawings, prints, schematics, and written instructions, etc.
• Must be familiar enough with the operation of equipment being repaired or maintained, to be able to ascertain that it is in efficient and safe operating condition.  May be required to test operate the equipment.
• May be required to operate cranes, high reaches, lift trucks and other mobile equipment as required, and should maintain the qualifications to do so.
• Keeps work area in a clean, safe and orderly condition.
• Assists as required or assigned, other classifications within the Maintenance Department.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Work within precise limits or standards of accuracy.
• Follow instructions and read blueprints.
• Look at flat drawings or pictures and visualize how they would look as solid objects.
• Work at heights without fear.
• Use logical step-by-step procedures in work.
• Plan work and solve problems.
• Make decisions based on measurable information.
• Perform a variety of duties which may change often; and operate machinery.
• Thorough knowledge of electrical theory and methods, materials, tools, equipment and systems used in the electrical trade
• Thorough knowledge of applicable state and federal codes and regulations pertaining to the electrical trade
• Computer and PLC logic and programing
• Inspection of, identification, and knowledge of all electrical distribution systems (24-12k volts)
• Methods and practices followed in maintenance of tools, machinery, and equipment
• Safety precautions to be observed in the maintenance and installation of all equipment.
• Must have the ability to add, subtract, multiply, divide in all units of measure, using whole number, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to interpret miscellaneous drawings and schematics.

Tools and Equipment Used

• Any and all tools necessary to safely and efficiently perform the duties mentioned above.  Including, but not limited to hand tools, power tools, measuring tools, meters, gauges, laptop computers etc.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of requirements typical for this job, including, but not limited to; stand, walk, climb, use ladders and stairs, lift/carry loads at a weight and frequency deemed safe, bend/stoop/twist/crawl, and be able to grasp or squeeze using hands/fingers. Some work shall be performed overhead, and some at floor level, and may be in tight quarters.

Benefits

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Short-term Disability Insurance
• Long-term Disability Inusrance
• Life Insurance
• 401(k)