Career Opportunities

Job Type: Regular

Time Type: Full time

Work Shift: Day (United States of America)

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

The Licensed Electrician will be working onsite at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, MA.

The schedule for this opening is Tuesday through Saturday, 6am - 2:30pm (*if interested, a 3rd shift schedule could be an option, working 10:30 pm to 6am).

This is a full time, 40/hr opening.

Job Description:

Provides general electrical maintenance, repair, and installation of building electrical systems equipment. Ensures scheduled maintenance tasks and repairs as part of the Maximo System.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Ensures the care and proper use of hand and power tools and building materials intended for the repair of valuable clinical, research, and plant equipment including piping, controls and the operation of institutional electrical systems.
• Performs the installation and maintenance of all electrical wiring, devices, and components common to building operations. Operates, installs, repairs, and maintains electrical equipment such as emergency generators, transformers, switchboards, controllers, circuit protection, motors, lighting, conduit systems, and other current carrying equipment.
• Utilizes blueprints and specifications. Locates and diagnoses electrical troubles. Estimates loads, requirements and materials for repairs and installations.
• Performs general building maintenance, repairs, moves, housekeeping, snow removal, or other work related to building operations, as determined by the manager.
• Utilizes computer software to oversee and maintain Prieumatic Tube System, Maximo System and other electrical monitoring equipment.

Required Qualifications:

• High School diploma or GED required.
• License JOUR - Electrician required.
• 3-5 years related work experience required.
• Graduate of a High school or technical school, and apprenticeship.
• Three to five years experience in industrial or institutional maintenance, or institutional construction. Familiarity with mechanical and electrical equipment associated with healthcare facilities, blueprint reading, and electrical materials estimating.
• Massachusetts Journeyman Electrician License.
• Basic familiarity with computers. Ability to navigate at a basic level within web-based applications.

Competencies:

• Decision Making: Ability to make decisions that are guided by general instructions and practices requiring some interpretation. May make recommendations for solving problems of moderate complexity and importance.
• Problem Solving: Ability to address problems that are varied, requiring analysis or interpretation of the situation using direct observation, knowledge and skills based on general precedents.
• Independence of Action: Ability to follow precedents and procedures. May set priorities and organize work within general guidelines. Seeks assistance when confronted with difficult and/or unpredictable situations. Work progress is monitored by supervisor/manager.
• Written Communications: Ability to summarize and communicate in English moderately complex information in varied written formats to internal and external customers.
• Oral Communications: Ability to comprehend and communicate complex verbal information in English to medical center staff, patients, families and external customers.
• Knowledge: Ability to demonstrate in-depth knowledge of concepts, practices and policies with the ability to use them in complex varied situations.
• Team Work: Ability to work collaboratively in small teams to improve the operations of immediate work group by offering ideas, identifying issues, and respecting team members.
• Customer Service: Ability to provide a high level of customer service to patients, visitors, staff and external customers in a professional, service-oriented, respectful manner using skills in active listening and problem solving. Ability to remain calm in stressful situations.

Physical Nature of the Job:

• Light work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force frequently to move objects. Some elements of the job are sedentary, but the employee will be required to stand for periods of time or move throughout the hospital campus.

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) and COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Learn more about this requirement.

More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled