Electrician - General Maintenance

Summary:

Plant electrician is responsible for repairing, maintaining, and installing all plant electrical, electronic, and instrumentation equipment. Additionally, this role is required to carry other general maintenance duties to support plant need. This job requires the mentality to make general repairs to equipment involving the knowledge of mechanical or electrical principles. The ideal candidate must perform at the highest level of safety, quality, and efficiency.

Responsibilities & Duties:

• Perform troubleshooting duties, which involve checking, testing, and inspecting to determine the root cause of the issue. Make necessary repairs or adjustments to correct defects. With the aid of blueprints, wiring diagrams, schematics, sketches, or verbal instructions perform the installation of, repair to, and maintenance of all plant electrical, electronic, and instrumentation equipment.
• Perform preventative maintenance and safety inspections and walk through on each shift and make log entries each shift.
• Troubleshoot, alter, and start up PLC-based systems.
• Use software to check out storeroom parts and enter maintenance work orders.
• Diligently practice good safety and housekeeping techniques in accordance with shop rules. Must have general knowledge of NFPA 70E
• Required to work on voltage levels up to and including 480 AC and around high voltage equipment.
• Performs preventive and corrective maintenance of mechanical and electrical equipment in plant.
• Performs work required for the repair, maintenance, lubrication, installation, and modernization of machinery systems for buildings, equipment and grounds.

• Clean and rebuild mechanical components such as gearbox stands and related machinery.
• Perform electrical tasks with the ability to read blueprints, terminate cable, install and troubleshoot from drawings, and must be sufficient in rough-in work.
• Read and interpret maps, instructional manuals, specifications, blueprints and written instructions.
• Operate and work from mechanical personnel lifts.
• Ability to use the tools of the trade in which the work is to be performed. Use and knowledge of testing equipment. Use of all hand tools common to electrical & mechanical trades. Employees will supply necessary hand tools and testing equipment to perform duties of Electrical Maintenance position.
• Other duties as assigned by management.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be possible to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Technical certificate (preferred).
• 2 years industrial electrical maintenance experience.
• Ability to use the tools of the trade in which the work is to be performed. Use and knowledge of testing equipment. Use of all hand tools common to electrical & mechanical trades. Employees will supply necessary hand tools and testing equipment to perform duties of Electrical Maintenance position.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.  Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole number, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.  Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situation.
• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be possible to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • Must be able to bend, stoop, squat, crawl, climb, kneel, balance, push, pull and reach overhead.
  • Possess good vision (normal or corrected).
  • Close mental or visual application required for performing work involving close tolerances or controlling machines and processes at rapid pace requiring close coordination or fine adjustment.
  • Work from all type of ladders up to 14’ and be capable of carrying up to a 12’ stepladder by oneself.
  • Work in restricted areas (Ex: switchgear room, manholes, utility tunnels)
  • Always wear personal protective equipment (safety glasses and hearing protection when required).
  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk; use hand to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. 
  • The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. 
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be possible to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and fumes or airborne particles.  The employee is frequently exposed to risk of electrical shock and outside weather conditions.   The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; high, precarious places; extreme heat and vibration.  The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Added caution and safety are necessary at all times because of work with tools and equipment.

Alertness and careful attention is required to avoid injury to self and to others. Safety precautions are extremely important around high voltage equipment.

NOTE:  All exposures listed above are normal of those which are associated with a manufacturing plant environment.