Electrical Apprentice / Electrician

Russells Technical Products

Electrical Apprentice / Electrician

Holland, MI
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    1st shift position with a schedule of 6:30am to 3:00pm Monday through Friday. Additional overtime is optional in most situations.

    MUST meet our core values of Gratitude, Ownership, Adaptability, Teamwork, and Service. This is our #1 requirement.

    Apprenticeship optional

    Summary/Objective

    The Electrician / Electrical Apprentice performs assembly operations to produce components or to assemble those components into an environmental test chamber.

    Essential Functions

    Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

    1. Layout and build switch boards and electrical panels per schematics.
    2. Install panels on Environmental Test Chambers including wiring, installation of conduit, wiring up sensors and switches.
    3. Use test equipment to validate electrical systems for conformity to manufacturing schematics and departmental quality requirements.
    4. Technical diagnostics and troubleshooting of electrical components and systems.
    5. Temporary installation of Environmental Test Chambers for performance testing (connect and disconnect)

    Secondary Functions

    Equipment and facilities maintenance of electrical components

    Competencies

    1. Technical Capacity.
    2. Mechanically Inclined.
    3. Learning Orientation.
    4. Time Management.
    5. Thoroughness.

    Required Education and Experience

    1. Ability to read blueprints, schematics, and work instructions.
    2. Math proficiency.
    3. Experience using hand and power tools.
    4. Knowledge of and previous work experience with electrical assembly.

    Preferred Education and Experience

    1. Previous experience as an Electrical Assembler in a similar industry.
    2. Experience working with Programmable Logic Controller (PLC)
    3. High School Diploma or GED.

    Work Environment

    While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be regularly exposed to moderately loud machinery, odors involved in the manufacturing process, vibration and extremes in temperature. The employee frequently works near and with machinery with moving mechanical parts, and may use power or other tools.

    Climb on and around chambers.

    Physical Demands

    The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

    While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand. The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls and to climb or balance. The employee is required to walk; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; and talk and hear.

    The employee must regularly lift and move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. Employee may occasionally need to work at heights of up to 20 feet.

    Work Authorization/Security Clearance (if applicable)

    Must be legally eligible for employment in the United States.

    Salary: $20 to $26 hourly

    About Us

    For more than 50 years, Russells Technical Products has been helping our customers make better and safer products through the use of our world-class environmental test chambers. As a leading supplier to Fortune 500 companies, our test chambers can be found in labs across industries such as aerospace and defense, automotive, battery technology, electronics, energy, biomed, and more. From our standard product line through the most complex custom chambers on the market, RTP helps industry leaders improve the quality and reliability of their products by putting them through intense temperature, humidity, and altitude testing.

    What to look forward to!

    Here at Russells, we aren't an assembly line. You will be a part of a family owned job shop, providing our customers with some of the most innovative and highest quality environmental test chambers they can find. Every day is different and provides new and exciting opportunities to grow and learn.

    We highly value our team members, are committed to their growth and development, and pride ourselves on earning and keeping our customers' trust by meeting and exceeding their expectations. Our company is continuing to grow and is looking to add team members who have a positive attitude, are committed to excellence, and share the values we demonstrate in our work: gratitude, teamwork, adaptability, ownership, and service.

    We think everyone should love where they work, and we do our best to make that happen. Our plan runs only on 1st shift which allows all of our team members to get to know each other.

    We also have unbeatable benefits so our employees can love their time off and come back feeling refreshed and valued.

    BENEFITS

    • Clean and respectful work environment
    • Weekly pay via direct deposit
    • Paid Time Off (80 hours accrued during first year, increasing incrementally, with 200 hours (5 weeks) beginning on your 10th anniversary!)
    • 12 paid holidays per year
    • Veteran's Day off for all current and former military personnel
    • 16 hours of volunteer time off per year
    • 40 hours of paid sick time off per year
    • Paid parental and bereavement leave
    • 401k with company match (100% vested on day 1)
    • Quarterly luncheons and employee engagement activities (chili cook-off, cornhole tournament, etc)
    • Medical coverage with plans starting at just $5/week
    • Education Reimbursement Program
    • Company paid life insurance
    • Company paid short-term disability insurance
    • Optional voluntary coverages available