What are the responsibilities and job description for the Industrial Maintenance Electrician position at Lignetics, Inc.?
Maintenance Electrician
Brownsville, OR
Job Type: Full Time.
Shift: M-F, 8a - 4:30p, occasional OT.
Compensation: $40 - $41/hour.
Pre-employment background check and drug screen required.
Maintenance Electrician:
To ensure success as a maintenance electrician, you should have high-level problem-solving skills, extensive experience working with industrial electrical systems, and excellent communication skills. Ultimately, a top-class maintenance electrician ensures the smooth running of a building's electrical system and resolves issues quickly and efficiently.
Maintenance Electrician Responsibilities:
- Routinely inspecting electrical systems such as wiring, fixtures, and appliances.
- Identifying faults or hazards.
- Troubleshooting system failures.
- Reviewing blueprints to understand wiring placement.
- Testing of electrical systems with oscilloscopes, voltmeters, and ohmmeters.
- Conducting maintenance repairs on old or faulty fixtures.
- Responding to fault requests.
- Providing suggestions for equipment replacement.
- Writing electrical maintenance reports.
- Installation of electrical appliances/equipment.
- Adhering to safety and performance standards.
- Assist in mechanical maintenance when needed.
- Help in completing PM as scheduled.
- Completing assigned task given by Supervisor.
- Knowledge of PLC and drive system.
- Ability to interact with outside services.
Maintenance Electrician Requirements:
- Excellent communication skills.
- High school diploma or GED.
- Electrician qualification certificate.
- Proven work experience as a Maintenance Electrician.
- Familiarity with industrial electrical systems and the National Electrical Code.
- Excellent problem-solving skills.
- Ability to immediately understand and react to verbal safety commands, audio alarms, and written hazard alerts in English in a Manufacturing setting.
- Proficient in English to accurately read, interpret, and execute equipment lock-out/tag-out (LOTO) protocols and machine operation manuals.
- Sufficient English verbal skills to clearly and instantly report machine malfunctions, near-misses, or unsafe floor conditions to supervisors and team members.
- This role operates in the immediate vicinity of fast-moving, heavy automated equipment. Clear, real-time communication and strict adherence to English-language safety signage are mandatory for workplace safety.
- High degree of manual dexterity with good hand-eye coordination.
- Ability to grasp and hold objects.
- Capable of climbing ladders and working at various heights on platforms or lifts.
- Ability to walk for frequent extended periods, sometimes on uneven surfaces
- Frequent bending, stooping, squatting, kneeling, climbing ladders and lifting.
Maintenance Electrician Benefits:
- Employee referral bonus program.
- 2 weeks paid time off 2 floating holidays.
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance (FSA & HSA options).
- Educational assistance.
- Life insurance, short term & long-term disability.
- 401(k) with employer match & immediate vesting.
- Employee heating pellet program.
- Lignetics SWAG gear to include an annual pair of work boots & other PPE.
Salary : $40 - $41