Maintenance Electrician

We take great strides to ensure our employees have the resources to live well, be healthy, continue learning, develop skills, grow professionally and serve our local communities. We invite you to apply for a career with us.Residency in or relocation to Louisiana is preferred for all positions.Applicants must be authorized to work for Louisiana Blue in the United States without employer-sponsored immigration support. Louisiana Blue will not provide current or future employment-based immigration sponsorship or other immigration support for this opportunity, including H-1B, L-1, O-1, H-1B1, E-3, TN, or J-1 sponsorship or F-1 OPT/STEM OPT/CPT support. Applicants who would require such sponsorship or employer support during their employment should not pursue this opportunity.POSITION PURPOSEResponsible for maintenance of all electrical equipment.NATURE AND SCOPEThis role does not manage peopleThis role reports to this job: MANAGER, FACILITIESNecessary Contacts: In order to effectively fulfill this position the incumbent must be in contact with: All levels of BCBSLA personnel. Any vendor for equipment/maintenance services and outside contractors.QUALIFICATIONSEducationHigh School Diploma or equivalent requiredWork Experience8 years of electrical experience to include 5 years experience in a commercial industrial field. requiredPrevious supervisory experience preferredSkills and AbilitiesThe ability to follow electrical code and blueprints using hand tools and voltage tester.Knowledge of fire panels, codes and security panels requiredKnowledge of 120, 220, 480 and 277 voltages requiredMust often work on special projects that are scheduled after normal business hours and on weekendsLicenses and CertificationsElectrician’s license issued by the State of Louisiana preferredACCOUNTABILITIES AND ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONSCoordinates activities of Electrician Assistants engaged in construction, maintenance and repair of electric power to ensure prioritization of work orders, and avoid duplicate job tickets.Creates and implements maintenance schedule on all electrical equipment to help prevent electrical failure and shortages due to poor maintenance.Plans, installs, troubleshoot, repair, and inspect equipment and fixtures, according to blueprints, schematic drawings and sketches to ensure the continuous daily electrical operations within company specifications and local electrical codes.Fulfill “ad hoc” project duties as assigned to address any “emergency” tasks that could interfere with successful daily electrical operations.Plans, installs, troubleshoot, repair, and inspect data and network wiring, to ensure the continuous daily operations.Additional Accountabilities and Essential FunctionsThe Physical Demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the Accountabilities and Essential Functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable an individual with disabilities to perform the essential functionsPerform other job-related duties as assigned, within your scope of responsibilities.Job duties are performed in a normal and clean office environment with normal noise levels.Work is predominately done while standing or sitting.The ability to comprehend, document, calculate, visualize, and analyze are required.An Equal Opportunity EmployerAll internal employees please apply through Workday Careers.PLEASE USE A WEB BROWSER OTHER THAN INTERNET EXPLORER IF YOU ENCOUNTER ISSUES (CHROME, FIREFOX, SAFARI)Additional InformationPlease be sure to monitor your email frequently for communications you may receive during the recruiting process. Due to the high volume of applications we receive, only those most qualified will be contacted. To monitor the status of your application, please visit the \"My Applications\" section in the Candidate Home section of your Workday account.If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete an application, please contact View email address on click.appcast.io for assistance.In support of our mission to improve the health and lives of Louisianians, we encourage the good health of its employees and visitors. We want to ensure that our employees have a work environment that will optimize personal health and well-being. Due to the acknowledged hazards from exposure to environmental tobacco smoke, and in order to promote good health, our company properties are smoke and tobacco free.We perform background and pre-employment drug screening after an offer has been extended and prior to hire for all positions. As part of this process records may be verified and information checked with agencies including but not limited to the Social Security Administration, criminal courts, federal, state, and county repositories of criminal records, Department of Motor Vehicles and credit bureaus. Pursuant with sec 1033 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, individuals who have been convicted of a felony crime involving dishonesty or breach of trust are prohibited from working in the insurance industry unless they obtain written consent from their state insurance commissioner.Additionally, we are a Drug Free Workplace. A pre-employment drug screen will be required and any offer is contingent upon satisfactory drug testing results. #J-18808-Ljbffr Bcbsla