Electrician - Military Veterans

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General Summary

Plans layout, installs, and repairs wiring, electrical fixtures, apparatus, and control equipment.

Essential Job Accountabilities

• Plans new installations to minimize waste of materials, provide access for future maintenance, and avoid Hazardous wiring, consistent with specifications and local electrical codes.
  
  


• Prepares sketches showing location of wiring and equipment, or follows diagrams or blueprints, ensuring that concealed wiring is installed before completion of future walls, ceilings and flooring.
  
  


• Measures, cuts, bends, threads, assembles, and installs electrical conduit, using such tools as hacksaw, pipe threader, and conduit bender.
  
  


• Splices wires by stripping insulation from terminal leads with knife or pliers, twisting or soldering wires together, and applying tape or terminal caps.
  
  


• Connects wiring to lighting fixtures and power equipment, using hand tools.
  
  


• Connects power cables to equipment and installs grounding leads.
  
  


• Tests continuity of circuit to ensure electrical compatibility and safety of components, using testing instruments.
  
  


• State license required.
  
  


• Performs additional duties as directed by electrical supervisor.
  
  

Education

• High School Diploma, GED or equivalent years of experience
  
  

Certification

• Completion of training program. Must be licensed.
  
  

Work Experience

• Appropriate training and experience required
  
  

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Work easily and skillfully with hands
  
  


• Climb and maintain balance on ladders and scaffolds
  
  


• See well (naturally or with correction) and distinguish colors
  
  


• Reach for, handle, and grasp wires and hand tools
  
  


• Bend, crouch, and work in small places
  
  


• Lift and carry objects weighing up to 50 pounds
  
  

About Granite Construction Incorporated

Granite Construction Incorporated is a member of the S&P 400 Index and is the parent company of Granite Construction Company, one of the nation's largest heavy civil contractors and construction materials producers. Granite Construction is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities, Females, Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities and a Drug-Free Workplace. For additional information on applicant/employee rights please click here .

Notice to Staffing Agencies

Granite Construction, Inc. and its subsidiaries ("Granite") will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Granite, including unsolicited resumes sent to a Granite mailing address, fax machine or email address, directly to Granite employees, or to Granite's resume database will be considered Granite property. Granite will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. Granite will consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred by the Agency free of any charges or fees. Agencies must obtain advance written approval from Granite's recruiting function to submit resumes, and then only in conjunction with a valid fully-executed contract for service and in response to a specific job opening. Granite will not pay a fee to any Agency that does not have such agreement in place. Agency agreements will only be valid if in writing and signed by Granite's Human Resources Representative or his/ her designee. No other Granite employee is authorized to bind Granite to any agreement regarding the placement of candidates by Agencies.