Electrician (Knoxville Metropolitan Area)

Our Journeyman Electricians are skilled professionals that can fabricate, assemble, and install commercial electrical components in jobs across East Tennessee. Our Journeymen work alongside and train helpers and apprentices with minimal direct supervision. Skilled Journeymen can grow as far as their talents will take them. Journeymen can pursue their craft as individuals, but we promote from within wherever we can. This is a place to continue to pursue your career growth as Foremen, Project Engineer, and other career development opportunities.

Benefits:

• Two Blue Cross/Blue Shield Medical Plans (non-tobacco) offered at no premium cost to all employees.
• Company paid short-term disability and voluntary long-term disability.
• Full array of other benefits including Vision, Dental and optional insurance coverage.
• 8 Paid holidays.
• Paid time off (PTO) program - begin accruing hours as of Day 1.
• 401(k) Plan with multiple investment options.
• Company provided Employee Assistance Program.
• Employee discount programs.
• Company-paid and voluntary life insurance.

Principle Duties and Responsibilities:

• Install, connect, test, and maintain electrical systems for a variety of purposes in large-scale commercial construction projects, with a rigorous attention to safety and compliance with standards.
• Apply knowledge gained in apprenticeship instruction to real-world job responsibilities including blueprint reading, electrical theory, electronics, mathematics, and electrical code requirements.
• Place conduit inside designated partitions, walls, or other concealed areas.
• Fasten small metal or plastic boxes to walls, that will house electrical switches and outlets.
• Pull insulated wires or cables through the conduit to complete circuits between boxes.
• Connect wire to circuit breakers, transformers, or other components. Join the wires in boxes with various specially designed connectors.
• Use testing equipment to check the circuits for proper connections, ensuring electrical compatibility and safety of components.

Experience, Training, and/or Certification:

• High School Graduate or General Education Degree (GED) preferred.
• Demonstrated experience and ability in commercial electrical settings.

Additional Requirements:

• Punctuality and reliability are the most important skills you need to bring to this job.
• Work as a part of a team, under close supervision.
• Perform basic mathematics accurately and thoroughly.
• Function capably in extremes of heat, cold and bad weather, indoors and outdoors.
• Climb and work comfortably at heights on lifts and ladders.
• Physically fit to stand and walk throughout the workday, reach outward constantly, and often lift/carry up to 60 lbs.
• Work efficiently in small spaces.
• Work reaching above shoulders, crawling, squatting, kneeling, bending.
• Exercise fine motor control, with excellent hand-eye coordination.
• Consistently operate within Company Values and standards.

Comfort Systems USA Shoffner is the region's leader in HVACR, Electrical, and Plumbing services. We have a well-established reputation for quality work done by quality people and are one of the top 3 largest mechanical contractors in the nation and the value leader in the market.