Master Electrician

OVERVIEW 

Responsible for leading projects, designing, installing, and troubleshooting complex electrical systems, managing teams, and ensuring all work complies with safety codes and regulations.

RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Design advanced electrical layouts for complex systems. This includes interpreting blueprints, schematics, and technical drawings to determine project scope and requirements.
• Makes timely decisions with respect to materials acquisitions, repairs, machinery operations and assigning work to cause the least amount of impact to production.
• Tracks and assigns emergency, scheduled and preventive maintenance work orders.
• Supervising and mentoring apprentices and journeyman electricians. Provide training, delegate tasks, and ensure that all electrical work performed by the crew meets safety and quality standards.
• Oversee the installation and repair of electrical wiring, fixtures, control systems, and other components.
• Leading and participating in continuous improvement teams.
• Trains Electrical team members on maintenance.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education and Experience

• High School or GED required. 
• Additional trade school or college mechanical skills classes preferred.
• State of Michigan Master electrical license.
• Prior experience in manufacturing preferred.

Skills and Knowledge

• Ability to read, interpret and follow written job instructions.
• Ability to follow and comply with quality standards.
• Ability to comprehend and comply with GMP rules and Food Safety guidelines.
• May be required to obtain and maintain valid hi-lo license.
• Ability to work as contributing member within the team.
• Ability to frequently lift/move material weighing up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to operate a PC (keyboard/mouse).

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Yes

BEHAVIORAL REQUIREMENTS

As part of a team-based work environment, must be able to demonstrate the following Job Competencies:

Job Competencies

• Reliability/Dependability – Responds to internal customer needs, questions, and concerns in accurate and timely manner.  Follows through on commitments, assignments, and tasks; is at work when scheduled; takes timely breaks/lunches; uses work time wisely.
• Safety Awareness – Demonstrates use of safe and proper work methods and follows established safety procedures.  Reports and corrects working conditions that may increase risk factors for injury.
• Technical Skills/Knowledge – Has necessary experience, skills, and knowledge to perform all aspects of job; rotates through all job responsibilities.  Maintains knowledge and skills to perform job effectively.
• Good Manufacturing Practices/Food Safety – Demonstrates Good Manufacturing Practices and proper Food Safety procedures when performing daily job functions.  Correctly wears required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in designated areas.   Recognizes areas for GMP and Food Safety procedure improvements and shares ideas with leadership.
• Work Standards – Has high standards of performance for self.  Takes responsibility for actions, results, and mistakes; is thorough, accurate, and reliable when performing and completing job tasks, demonstrates honesty and integrity in all aspects of work.
• Respects Diversity – Respects the Company’s diverse workforce, and behaves in a manner that does not cause harm to others based on age, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation or religious believes.
• Teamwork – Balances team and individual responsibilities; exhibits objectivity and openness to others’ views and welcomes feedback; uses feedback from others to continuously improve performance and working relationships; contributes to building a positive team spirit; puts success of team above own interests.
• Adaptability – Has ability to focus on the benefits of change and see it as positive; approaches change or newness in constructive, objective manner, views change as learning opportunity; able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.
• Positive Working Relationships – Listens to others without interrupting; keeps emotions under control; remains open to others’ ideas and tries new things; shares information and knowledge; demonstrates a high level of integrity and honesty.
• Focus – Maintains focus on tasks and does not stray from job assignments.
• Flexibility – Moves within own and/or other work areas (flexes) to support plant flow; works with sense of urgency to meet needs of customers.

ENVIRONMENT/PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Moderate exposure to wet work environment.
• Normal temperature ranges between 36° to 38 °.
• Lifts material/product weighing up to 30 pounds frequently (with assistance); lifts material/product weighing up to 50 pounds occasionally (with assistance).
• Stands, walks, uses hands/fingers to handle or feel, uses hands/arms to reach, sits, climbs, balances, stoops, kneels, crouches, and crawls while performing functions of position.
• Constant mental and visual alertness (including peripheral vision and depth perception) required to avoid serious injury to self and others and to perform quality functions of position.
• Color vision may be required to perform quality function of position.
• Eye, hearing, hair nets, bump hats, lab coats may be required.

DISCLAIMER

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification.   They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable persons with disabilities the ability to perform the essential responsibilities and results.