Maintenance Electrician Hourly

Maintenance Electrician Hourly

Location: Natchitoches, Louisiana
Date Posted: December 4, 2025
Category: Maintenance

DESCRIPTION:

Pilgrim’s is the second largest chicken producer in the world, with operations in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Mexico and the U.K. Pilgrim’s processes, prepares, packages and delivers fresh, further-processed and value-added poultry products for sale to customers in more than 100 countries, employs more than 50,000 people and contracts with more than 5,200 family farmers. Pilgrim’s is headquartered in beautiful Greeley, Colorado, at the JBS USA corporate office.

At Pilgrim’s, Safety Is A Condition, which means the safety of our team members comes first - always.

POSITION SUMMARY:  Licensed Electrician/ or Journeyman’s Electrician. 

RESUME REQUIRED

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned 

1. Troubleshoot electrical systems throughout the plant.
2. Help maintain electrical equipment through PM procedures.
3. Assist in instituting new control systems.
4. Research and develop better controls and electrical processes.
5. Track and monitor reoccurring problems and provide solutions to correct those problems.
6. Identify weaknesses in the equipment related to electrical systems and develop solutions.
7. Understand the technical functionality on electrical equipment and be able to train operators and maintenance technicians on the operations and troubleshooting of equipment.
8. Assist maintenance personnel in maintaining an efficient production operation and all other duties as assigned by supervisor.

EXPECTATIONS – All Team Members 

1. Observe & enforce all company personnel, quality, safety, and food safety policies.
2. Maintains a positive work atmosphere by acting and communicating in a manner so that you work effectively and cooperatively with customers, clients, coworkers, and leadership teams.
3. Participates in process improvement and problem solving utilizing continuous improvement and rational thinking methodologies such as Six Sigma.
4. Recognizes and acts on incidents and safety risks.  Consistently practices, and enforces safe work habits and drives those habits throughout the organization. 

 EDUCATIONAL/EXPERIENCE EXPECTATIONS:

• Industrial Electrician License/or Journeyman’s Electrician’s License with industrial electrical experience, extensive schematic reading capability.
• Any and all other electrical certifications to include technical college and/or manufacturing certifications 

• Preferred 3-5 years of documented experience.