Job Description
The Electrical Technician supports the production process by troubleshooting, repairing, and maintaining electrical and control systems in a manufacturing environment, ensuring equipment safety, reliability, and efficiency.
Key Responsibilities
- Perform installation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of electrical and control systems on production and facility equipment.
- Inspect and maintain heavy equipment in compliance with OSHA and safety standards.
- Troubleshoot electrical issues related to PLC-controlled devices, motor control centers, VFDs, sensors, and electrical distribution equipment.
- Wire, repair, and replace wiring and electrical components in AC/DC circuits and equipment.
- Perform preventative, predictive, and corrective electrical maintenance on systems, drives, actuators, instrumentation, and telemetry equipment.
- Monitor production parameters and adjust equipment to ensure safe and efficient operation.
- Analyze production data to improve safety, uptime, quality, energy consumption, and operational metrics.
Requirements
- At least two 2 years manufacturing experience.
- Four 4 years of electrical experience.
- Demonstrated ability in using hand tools and power tools as required for troubleshooting, repairing and or replacing wiring, equipment, sensors, and fixtures.
- Must be proficient in basic computer knowledge.
- Ability to interpret, illustrate, and apply regulation codes and rules.
- Ability to interpret sketches, blueprints, shop drawings, and work orders.
- Ability to understand and follow written and verbal job descriptions.
- Excellent communication, critical thinking, analytical, problem solving interpersonal and team skills.
- Willing and able to adhere to safety rules and regulations, including wearing prescribed safety equipment.
- High School degree or equivalent, applicants in process of getting GED will be considered plus four 4 years of progressively responsible journey level electrical experience or completion of a technical training program and two 2 years of experience.
- Advanced degree certification in electrical engineering or controls a plus.
- Experience in a pellet mill or manufacturing environment.
- Must demonstrate electrical aptitude and troubleshooting.
- Proficient in mathematics and measurements.
- Willing and able to work in outdoor environments and occasionally in temperatures above 100 degrees and below 32 degrees.
- Willing and able to work in a hot, humid, cold and noisy industrial environment.
- Occasionally walk on slippery or uneven surfaces.
- Work at heights and in confined spaces.
- Willing and able to perform tasks such as lifting and pulling up to 50 pounds, walking, climbing, stooping, standing, pushing and or pulling for up to twelve 12 hours a day.
- Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA.
- Ability to work from heights and confined spaces.
- Able to climb multiple flights of steps, ramps, vertical ladders, scaffolds fixed or portable.
- Able to work around moving equipment and machinery.
- Perform work while wearing PPE including Arc Flash protection.
Benefits & Perks
Compensation/salary range not specified
Work schedule includes 12-hour shifts
Work environment includes outdoor conditions, hot, humid, cold, noisy industrial environments, heights, and confined spaces
Physical requirements include lifting up to 50 pounds, climbing, standing, walking, and working with PPE including Arc Flash protection
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