Electrician

Job Title: Electrician

Location: Boardman, OR

Classification: Non-Exempt

Build your career with Alto Ingredients! Earn a competitive salary, benefits including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance and 401k with a company dollar-for-dollar match up to 6%, a stipend for fitness center expenses, a generous paid time off (PTO) program, and service awards for career longevity. Alto Ingredients values the communities where we work and live and offers an extra 8 hours of paid leave for employees who volunteer their time and talents in their community.

Environment: Alto Ingredients, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALTO) is a leading producer and distributor of specialty alcohols, renewable fuels and essential ingredients. Leveraging the unique qualities of its facilities, the company serves customers in a wide range of consumer and commercial products in the Health, Home & Beauty; Food & Beverage; Industry & Agriculture; Essential Ingredients; and Renewable Fuels markets. For more information, please visit www.altoingredients.com.

Our Pekin campus produces products destined for Health, Home& Beauty; Food and Beverage; Industry & Agriculture; Essential Ingredients; and Renewable Fuels markets. All personnel are responsible for the safety of these products, which includes participation in training, following cGMP and feed/food safety requirements in the facility, and following procedures per instruction of management.

Job Purpose: This position is responsible for providing electrical and mechanical plant maintenance to the facility and all process equipment to ensure continued ethanol production.

The following is a list of major duties and responsibilities for this position along with certain supportive duties. It is not all-inclusive. Other duties and responsibilities may be added as needed and in addition, management may modify this job description as needed.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for electrical, wiring maintenance and repair decisions affecting equipment for plant operations.
• Maintains the mechanical and electrical functioning of pumps, valves, conveying systems, air compressors and such.
• Receives wiring diagrams, specifications and instructions from supervisor covering emergency and scheduled repairs, installation, and electrical inspection work to be performed.
• Analyzes circuits, wiring diagrams and drawings to install, repair, calibrate, service or replace electronic devices and systems.
• Performs work requiring a thorough knowledge of electrical theory and principles, statutory codes, properties of materials and principles of operation of electrical equipment. Starts up and shuts down equipment in accordance with company safety procedures for machine activation and shutdown and in line with OSHA requirements.
• Services electronic equipment by checking, testing, and replacing faulty components, circuits, printed circuit boards, and similar electronic devices.
• Fabricates parts if not commercially available, using machine and hand tools common to the trade.
• Determines need for, analyzes, and makes necessary running adjustments, repairs and overhauls.
• Notifies supervisor of potentially dangerous electrical equipment noted and corrective actions to take.
• Ensure a safe, healthy work environment by following all safety, health and environmental policies, procedures, and regulations per the Company’s IIPP, job safe practices and other related programs.
• Performs a variety of electrical, mechanical repairs, maintenance, and other duties as assigned.

Education, Experience and Qualifications:

• High School diploma or equivalent
• 4-year apprenticeship program or equivalent to obtain journeyman license
• Minimum prior and type of experience
• 4 years electrical experience/Oregon State electrical license
• General Journeyman License
• Manufacturing plant maintenance and repair experience preferred.
• Limited Maintenance Electrician
• Excellent organizational skills
• Detailed oriented and multi-tasking is a must.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to learn data entry.
• Valid Oregon driver’s license

Physical Requirements:

• Able to walk, stand and move around the plant facility freely.
• Able to climb stairs and ladders to check equipment and gauges and to work on equipment.
• Able to use hands to handle, feel objects; use tools, work with controls and gauges; must be able to reach.
• Able to kneel, crouch, stoop, crawl around equipment to do work.
• Able to hear equipment and determine problems.
• Work in hot and cold weather conditions.
• Sit at a desk for part of the day to write reports.
• Must have good vision and be able to see clearly in close and distant situations; and distinguish colors.
• Able to communicate with others by phone and in person, in noisy conditions.
• Able to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds alone.

Criminal background check and drug screen required.

Alto Ingredients, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.