DC Shop Technician

Required skills:

· Must exhibit strong fabrication skills with focus on producing accurate results.

· Works well within a team environment to solve project and business issues.

· Must be a good self-starter and has the ability and desire to learn new equipment, hardware, techniques, and products.

· Strong time management skills and attention to details.

· Basic math skills including use of fractions.

· Ability to use common hand tools and fabrication equipment, such as power saws.

Preferred Skills:

· Interpreting fabrication drawings, schematics and diagrams for mechanical, piping and electrical systems

· Ability to measure, mark, cutt, trim and shape materials like metal, plastic, or wood.

· Welding, brazing and soldering pieces to create finished parts.

· Understanding of mechanical, plumbing, and electrical fabrication, construction, and manipulation methods.

· Good troubleshooting, testing and maintenance skills for mechanical, plumbing, and electrical systems

· Strong candidates will demonstrate spatial reasoning, communication and observational skills.

· Understanding of prioritization of work as it relates to project scheduling and execution.

Job Description:

· Maintain a safe, clean, organized work environment.

· Work in fabrication shop utilizing basic hand and power tools, taking accurate measurements, cutting and fitting off- the-shelf and custom components.

· Overtime may be required during peak times.

· Read, interpret, and fabricated per project design drawings.

· Rationalize design drawings, identifying problems related to fabrication prior to execution.

· Fabrication with various plastics and polymer structural members, and piping, including fitting, joining, sealing, and welding.

· Fabrication with various Metal and Alloy Pipe and Tubing, including fitting, joining, sealing, and bending.

· Fabrication with various Metals, Plastics, and Bonded Conduit, including fitting, joining, sealing, and bending.

· Fabrication with various Metallic and Fiberglass structural members, including Strut, Beam, Channel, Angle, Grate, etc.

· Fabrication with various Metallic and fiberglass enclosures, panel construction, and Electrical Wiring.

· Fabrication with various Electrical Wiring in Control Panels, Induction and DC Motors, Variable Frequency and DC Drives, Instrumentation and Electronics.

· Redline design drawings to be resubmitted to the Engineering Department for correction based on final construction.

· Perform administrative and related responsibilities as assigned.

· Perform building maintenance as needed and assigned.

· Perform equipment maintenance or installation as needed and assigned.

Required Education:

· High School Degree or G.E.D.

· Preferred candidates will have Technical Trade School training or equivalent experience in mechanical and electrical drafting.

Work Environment:

· Spends most of the time in a small business shop environment.

· Some time may be spent out of the office at client facilities for installation, repair, or alteration of new or existing equipment.

Physical Demands:

· Frequent lifting, pulling, standing, and equipment operations up to 50 lbs.

· Work in a principally unconditioned shop environment.

· Picking parts, packaging equipment, boxing, shipping, moving, and organizing parts and equipment, sitting, standing, walking, wearing personal protective devices, etc.