Journeyman Electrician - Tuskegee University at Thompson Hospitality Corporation in Tuskegee, Alabama

Job Description:

Overview

Who We Are:

Thompson Hospitality is the nation's largest minority-owned food and facilities management company. Our services include hospitality, full dining and quick service restaurants, campus dining, diversity consultation, facility operations and maintenance management. We are a family-run organization with more than twenty-five years providing services built on our core mission to provide a positive experience to every relationship we are involved in: one guest, one client, one team member at a time. As a fast growing company, we have a growth plan to more than double in size over the next three years. We are looking for team members who are interested in developing their careers to the next level while joining our team of over 4,000 employees, serving clients in over 40 states to include more than 1.9 million guests each year. Thompson Hospitality focuses on three core areas in everything we do:

• Purpose
  
  
  • Give back to our communities
  • Celebrate diversity
• People
  
  
  • Do the right thing
  • Treat people the way you want to be treated
  • Always do your best
  • Be accountable for our actions
• Performance
  
  
  • Serve the highest quality food
  • Provide world-class service
  • Maintain flexibility to better serve our clients

Competitive Benefits:

• Health/Dental/Vision
• Paid Time Off
• 401(k), matched up to 4%
• Short and Long Term Disability
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Referral Program
• Pet Insurance
• Discounts: Hotels, Travel, Tickets

Position Summary: Under general supervision of Electrical Shop Supervisor, installs and repairs electrical systems, apparatus, and electrical and electronic components of industrial machinery and equipment.

Essential Duties and Tasks:

• Installs power supply wiring and conduit for newly installed machines and equipment such as robots, conveyors and programmable controllers.
• Connects power supply wires to machines and equipment, and connects cables and wires between machines and equipment.
• Diagnoses malfunctioning apparatus such as transformers, motors and lighting fixtures and replaces damaged or broken wires and cables.
• Tests malfunctioning machinery and discusses malfunction with other maintenance workers to diagnose malfunction.
• Replaces faulty electrical components of machine such as relays, switches, and motors, and positions sensing devices.
• Diagnoses and repairs or replaces faulty electronic components, such as printed circuit boards.
• Replaces electric motor bearings and rewires motors.
• Plans, layout of wiring and installs wiring, conduit and electrical apparatus in buildings
• Diagnoses and replaces faulty mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic components of machines and equipment.
• Assists with the setup of facilities for meetings, classrooms, conferences, events, etc.
• Attend to emergencies when necessary.
• Support and enforce all policies of the university, as well as university health and safety regulations and guidelines.
• Reports any necessary repairs to supervisor.
• Performs other related duties as required and assigned.

Equipment/Computer Skills: This role routinely uses equipment such as power tools, outdoor equipment, for the repair and general maintenance of university equipment. Ability to safely work around electricity and use applicable tools, machine, equipment, personal protective equipment in the performance of duties.

Supervisory Responsibility: Oversee Electrician Helper

Minimum Qualifications: High School diploma or GED and one year of related work experience. Previous experience in a school setting is strongly desired. Vocational or any other technical school, training, or apprenticeship beyond HS may be substituted and considered in lieu of experience.Must be Service Union Local 32BJ, CRW, CLC.

Physical Demands: Ability to stand, bend, stoop, kneel, reach, lift, pull, push and walk for a minimum of three hours. Also must possess the ability to lift at least 45 lbs. using safe lifting techniques. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disability to perform the essential functions.

Working conditions: This position operates in an industrial plan and collegial environment; potential to work near and with moving mechanical parts; with regular exposure to fumes, dirt, airborne particles, hazardous materials and outdoor weather conditions.

We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

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