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Responsibilities

The Marine Electrician installs and repairs wiring, fixtures, and equipment for all electrical services aboard ship and in shipyard facilities, following blueprints and wiring diagrams.

• Installs conduit to bulkheads with brackets and screws, using hand tools, and threads wires through conduit to terminals, for example connection boxes, circuit breakers, voltage regulators, and switch panels.

• Strips insulation from wire ends and solders ends to terminals, using stripping pliers and soldering iron. Connects power-supply circuits to radio, radar, sonar, fire control, and other electronic equipment.

• Tests electrical characteristics, for example, voltage, resistance, and phase angle, in circuits, using voltmeters, ohmmeters, and phase rotation indicators.

• Constructs instrument panels, using hand tools, rulers, dividers, and power drills, following specifications.

• Troubleshoots electrical equipment and circuits using appropriate test equipment to detect and effect required maintenance, repairs, or replacement requirements.

• Performs maintenance and repair of generators, switchboards, controllers, circuit breakers, electrical motors, distribution panels, alarm and lighting circuits.

• Conducts insulation resistance measurements of electrical cables to determine condition and effects repairs or replacements as required.

• Supervises and participates in the installation and/or alteration to electrical systems aboard ships.

• Maintains adequate inventories of electrical spare parts and requisitions replacements as required.

• Maintains electrical system maintenance histories notating date, and extent of repairs and/or alterations.

Health and Safety Responsibilities

• Maintain an excellent personal safety and environmental record and competently perform daily functions to ensure safe practices and environmental compliance in accordance with company policies.

• Responsible for participating in all safety training and assisting in safety procedures such as basic first aid, CPR, fire drills, spill response and emergency evacuation.

• Meeting and keeping current with certifications, training and compliance requirements.

Leadership

• Demonstrate support of company health, safety and environmental goals to all colleges

• Adhere to company values - Safety, people, integrity, ownership, responsibility, urgency, innovation, improvement, and teamwork.

• Commitment to an established work schedule, attendance standards and punctuality to work and meetings.

• Taking ownership of actions and following through on commitments.