Railroad Electrician

• Safely inspect, repair, and maintain all types of mechanical equipment and facilities including coal crushers, coal conveyors, locomotives, railroad switches, rail repairs, and draglines.

• Perform painting / carpentry / construction work; operate large motorized equipment, mobile cranes, forklifts and trucks.

• Requires ability to recognize inefficiencies / waste in mine operation and problem solving skills to eliminate it.

• All other duties as assigned

• Understands basic AC/DC Circuit Theory, Digital and Analog Circuit Theory

• Maintain and troubleshoot electrical power distributions systems up to 138KV.

• Maintain and troubleshoot electrical equipment on large earth-moving equipment and heavy equipment in lignite surface mining and reclamation activities.

• Maintain and troubleshoot facility and building electrical equipment including air conditioning systems Inspect, test, repair, and install electrical equipment such as leads, buses, breakers, batteries, AC & DC motors and generators, lighting, cranes, electrical switches.

• Perform MSHA electrical inspections and identify hazards.

• Properly conducts low, medium, and high voltage switching, clearing and grounding activities for all mine auxiliary equipment. This includes donning proper arc flash gear.

• Safely operate heavy equipment and machinery to move Power cable in mining areas including pits, spoils, pre-strip and reclamation areas.

• Work near large earth moving equipment such as dozers, draglines, loaders, and haulers. Terrain may be rough, wet, dusty and steep.

• Coordinate and lead work efforts in conjunction with crew members as well as other work groups in the mine.

• Ability to recognize inefficiencies, safety hazards and waste in mine operation and have general problem solving and root cause analysis skills.

• Builds cable and raceway systems and bends and installs conduit.

• Pulls and routes control and power cables through raceways, cable trays and conduits. • Terminates cables and checks for continuity and accuracy.

• Perform some welding and other mechanical functions.