Student Electrician - 1st Shift

About the role

About Pierce, an Oshkosh company At Pierce Manufacturing, we build trucks that protect people and communities around the world. To our team, there is no room for anything less than providing the absolute best.

Since 1913, building truck bodies on Model T Ford chassis in an old converted church has evolved to creating highly customized, carefully designed and engineering pumpers, aerials, tankers and rescue units that have no equal. Today, you'll find more than 30,000 Pierce apparatuses on the road that are making a difference in people's lives, every day. To us, every step in the process of building our trucks is personal.

From innovation and expertise, to the customization and service. Our trucks are designed to perform under the toughest conditions. JOB SUMMARY: The Student Electrician is responsible for installing and connecting various electrical wiring systems on heavy trucks. The electrician is also responsible for ensuring electrical systems are operating correctly for each unit.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Install and connect various electric wiring systems. Install rough electric conduct and boxes according to blueprints. Pull wires and harnesses through chassis or body. Mount standard and optional equipment and all necessary electrical wiring. Conduct functional tests of electrical systems. Correct or adjust any identified problems.

Maintain a safe and clean work environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations. Demonstrate effective interpersonal communication skills. Regular attendance required. All other duties and responsibilities that are assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Detailed physical job analysis available upon request.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Sense of sound is required.
• Sense of balance is required.
• Limb and finger dexterity is required.
• Ability to stand for extended periods of time.

• Ability to perform twisting, turning, bending, climbing, pushing, and pulling motions.
• Ability to lift at least 35lbs.
• Ability to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)-steel-toe shoes, safety glasses, vest.
• WORKING CONDITIONS: Working conditions will be inside and outside where temperatures will vary from extreme heat to extreme cold for extended periods of time.
• This position is regularly exposed to vibration and loud noises.

If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability for any part of the recruitment process, please contact our talent acquisition team by email. To the extent that information is provided or collected regarding categories as provided by law it will in no way affect the decision regarding an employment application.

Oshkosh Corporation will not discharge or in any manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.

However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with Oshkosh Corporation's legal duty to furnish information.

Certain positions with Oshkosh Corporation require access to controlled goods and technologies subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations or the Export Administration Regulations. Applicants for these positions may need to be "U.S. Persons," as defined in these regulations. Generally, a "U.S. Person" is a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or an individual who has been admitted as a refugee or granted asylum.