Shipboard Electrician - Newport News, VA

Shipboard Electrician - Newport News, VA

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Position Summary: As Shipboard Motor and Motor Controller Support Electrician, you will provide maintenance and technical support of shipboard electrical systems and components as a member of a maintenance team at Newport News Shipbuilding.

Clearance Required: Must be a US citizen with the ability to obtain/maintain a DoD Secret security clearance (DBIDS required).

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Provide technical guidance and instruction to ships' force to enhance their self-sustainability to diagnose problems
• Perform preventative and corrective maintenance on shipboard electrical systems and equipment.
• Conduct ship-checks to assist in determining scope of work required in accordance with applicable NAVSEA drawings and other technical reference documents.
• Assess, troubleshoot, and assist ships' force in the performance of minor repairs, adjustments, and testing on shipboard motor and motor controllers.
• Use the following equipment in the shop and shipboard to accomplish requirements: multi-meters, clamp meters, electrical circuit tracers, electrical meggers, gauge manifolds, hydrostatic test rig, and electrical, pneumatic, and hand tools.

Physical Demands and Expectations:

• Ability to speak, read, hear and write, with or without assistance
• Ability to use phone and computer systems, copier, fax and other office equipment
• Requires walking, reaching, sitting and concentration in the presence of occasional noise
• Ability to move in narrow and restricted passageways, up/down steep and narrow ladders or stairways onboard ship
• Ability to lift, carry and move objects up to 50 lbs. in weight
• Ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer)
• Noise conditions range from very quiet to loud noise

Location: Newport News, VA