Electrician-Industrial (Pendleton, SC) - Austin Industrial

Austin Industrial delivers premier maintenance, construction, and soft craft services to leading industrial companies across the U.S.

An industry leader for more than 60 years, we offer single-source solutions to our customers in the oil, gas, chemical, food, agriculture, power, and manufacturing industries.

Our team of 4,000 employee-owners, equipped with innovative technology and optimized procedures, helps owners optimize safety, productivity, profit margins, and cost-efficiency.

Industrial Electrician

The Industrial Electrician will assemble, install, test, and maintain electrical or electronic wiring, equipment, appliances, apparatus, and fixtures, using hand tools and power tools.

Diagnose malfunctioning systems, apparatus, and components, using test equipment and hand tools, to locate the cause of a breakdown and correct the problem.

Support project scope and quoting process.

Lead the in-house Austin electrical crew.

This is accomplished by performing the following essential duties and responsibilities.

Other duties may be assigned.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:


* Serve as the plant’s liaison for power distribution
+ Champion for plant single lines in support of plant needs
o Understand circuit loading assisting with identifying options for new loads
o Understand arc flash and assist with ensuring system and labeling requirement are sustained & improved.
o Drive accuracy in single line to field labeling (fed from labeling, panel board legends).

Every job is an opportunity to put on fed from labels.
o Support co-ordination of power distribution maintenance programs – switchgear testing, thermal imaging.
+ Support plant electrical maintenance repairs.

Proactive repairs such as lights out is a plus as opposed to waiting for work order to drift in.
+ Support plant electrical projects.


* Serve as plant liaison for project quotes interacting with plant engineers and Austin engineers.


* Supervise the Austin electrical crew.


* Manage Austin electrical crew’s workload understanding priorities and interacting closely with plant engineers.


* Code time and materials to projects and time sheets for proper accounting and cost management.


* Monitor electrical supplies at the plant to ensure we do not run out of consumables – light bulbs, fuses, conduit and fittings and similar.


* Keep the shop in compliance with OSHA and plant requirements.


* Support requests for Austin mechanical / Millwright group labor augmentation where skills allow.


* Support training Milliken associates on the power distribution and use of meters.


* Connect wires to circuit breakers, transformers, or other components.


* Troubleshooting and repairing all aspects of electrical power distribution systems.


* Troubleshooting and repairing all aspects of control circuits.


* Troubleshooting and repairing AC inducti...