Herbert Speach

Industrial Electrician Ii @Philadelphia Water Department

Philadelphia, PA, US

Repairs and maintains battery powered industrial lift trucks, electrical gates, cranes and hoists, other electrical equipment including programmable logic controllers (PLC) for electrical equipment.Bends and installs conduit using a hickey and hydraulic benders.May provide guidance and instructions to lower level electricians.Maintains, troubleshoots, and repairs a wide variety of industrial plant motors including one, two, and three phase motors such as those used to run pumps, compressors and valves; troubleshoots and repairs adjustable frequency drive motor and D.C. drive motors; adjusts frequency drives; breaks apart end bells and rotor; cleans, bakes, and tests stator; removes and replaces worn bearings and brushes; disassembles starters; cleans contacts, relays timers and potentiometers; calibrates trip settings on breakers and overloads; repairs limit switches; relamps towers and roofs.Utilizes CRT terminals to assist in diagnosing system problems; troubleshoots around and through multiplexers and other digital and electronic equipment; determines if problem is electrical, electronic or mechanical in nature, including power systems (UPS).Repairs and maintains plant lighting systems; installs high pressure sodium lighting systems, including circuiting and timers. Inspects and repairs the electrical inputs to and outputs from the gasoline, natural gas, or diesel-powered emergency generators; installs and repairs plant alarm and security camera systems including fire alarm system.May work on electrical equipment in wet wells thirty feet below ground, in towers two hundred feet in the air, and in overhead cranes and lifts.Designs and fabricates electrical equipment to solve problems or enhance the electrical systems; installs it into the system with engineering approval.