Job Description
A division of Huntington Ingalls Industries
Who We Are

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Fleet Support Sustainment Division (FSS). As a Electrician at HII you will provide task support by gathering, analyzing, and interpreting data, identify system and component location based on ships structure, and understand the use of precision measuring tools at the Newport News Shipyard!

What You Will Do

• Installs, operates, maintains, repairs and modifies equipment.
• Performs a variety of maintenance and technical support on products such as equipment, integrated systems and subsystems, and software at customer and/or field locations.
• Analyzes and evaluates products and related performance.
• Troubleshoots and diagnoses malfunctions to eliminate problem in minimum time.
• Installs, upgrades and removes products ensuring coordinative engineering field change.
• Maintains effective customer communications and relations.
• May provide onsite training of customer support personnel. Applies understanding of production and processes to assignments.
• Performs a variety of complicated tasks.
• May assist in the development and use technical documents including controlled work packages, formal work processes and procedures, test documents, reports and task or trip reports.
• Performs duties outside of specialty in order to complete installation or work assignment.

• Obtain a Confidential Clearance
• High School education, or Trade School or equivalent, and 2 years of related experience.
• Prefer technical/professional certifications. Must provide own hand tools as designated per trades specialty.
• Must be able to read and understand the use of precision measuring tools.
• Must be able to interpret schematics, blueprints and drawings.
• Must be able to identify system and component location based on ships structure.
• Must have knowledge in the use of meters and test equipment. • Must have knowledge in motor controllers and control circuits.

• Experience in blueprints, drawings, and schematics
• Experience in working on ship structures
• Technical / professional certifications

• Must be able to lift, carry and transport heavy equipment and boxes. The exact weight requirements will be determined by the specific job, but no less than 30 lbs.
• Able to work on and climb ladders, work in extreme temperature environments, aboard ships, in shipyards, under industrial conditions and in confined spaces.
• Able to perform other duties as required which may involve high heat, humidity, noise and dirty conditions, working aloft or over the sides of vessels.
• May ride ships at sea for extended periods.
• May require wearing a respirator.