Journeyman Electrician - Prime Controls

If you are a Journeyman Electrician looking for an opportunity to grow and develop professionally, Prime Controls has an opportunity for you based in our Sugar Land, Texas!  

Introducing Prime Controls 

Established in 1991, Prime Controls is a family-owned Systems Integration and I&C Construction firm dedicated to meeting clients' industrial automation and control requirements. As a Main Automation Contractor, we offer comprehensive solutions, supported by our size, expertise, and extensive experience. With a professional team of over 850 employees, Prime Controls serves customers nationwide from our Dallas, Texas headquarters and offices throughout the South-Central United States. Our mission is to deliver the highest quality professional services while prioritizing our employees' well-being and fostering an exceptional workplace environment. 

What You Will Do:

As a Journeyman Electrician, you will play a critical role in wiring, installing, troubleshooting, and testing instruments and PLCs. 

A Typical Day at Prime Controls

• Working from diagrams and schematics, wires instruments to prepare the site for automation system design and programming. 
• Measures, cuts, bends, threads, assembles and installs electrical conduit. 
• Installs tubing for instruments. 
• Pulls wiring through conduit and labels appropriately. 
• Connects wiring to controllers and instruments. 
• Tests continuity of circuit to ensure electrical compatibility and safety of components with testing instruments such as (ohm, volt, amp) meter, voltmeter, amp meter and/or multimeter. 
• Mounts instruments and PLCs in panels using a variety of hand tools. 
• Observes functioning of installed equipment or system to detect hazards and need for adjustments, relocation, or replacement. 
• Travel may be required depending on the project. 
• Standard tools used include hand tools, power tools (saws, drills), machinery (conduit cutters), multimeters, tubing bender and cutters. 

What You Will Bring 

The Basic 

• 5 years’ experience as a journeyman electrician 
• Previous experience with tools and equipment such as a Sawzall, drills, etc. 
• Previous experience running conduit such as EMT and Rigid 
• Previous experience with conduit benders 
• Previous experience with installing enclosures 

The Preferred 

• Journeyman’s license 
• Previous experience with installing stainless steel pneumatic tubing 
• Previous experience with cable tray 
• Previous experience with terminations 
• Previous experience with material/manpower takeoffs 

What We Offer: 

Full-time employees enjoy a great benefits package including, but not limited to: 

• Health, Dental, and Vision coverage 
• Flexible Spending Account(s) 
• Generous PTO 
• Numerous culture events 
• 401k matching and more!  

Work Environment: 

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities may be made to enable them to perform the essential functions. 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to the risk of electrical shock. 

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. 

Physical Demands: 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities may be made to enable them to perform the essential functions. 

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is frequently required to stand and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to walk; sit; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear.