What are the responsibilities and job description for the Maintenance Electrician Hourly position at Pilgrim's?
Description
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 IsACondition, which means the safety of our team members comes first - always.
POSITION SUMMARY: Licensed Electrician/ or Journeyman’s Electrician.
Resume Required
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIESinclude the following. Other duties may be assigned
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 IsACondition, which means the safety of our team members comes first - always.
POSITION SUMMARY: Licensed Electrician/ or Journeyman’s Electrician.
Resume Required
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIESinclude the following. Other duties may be assigned
- Troubleshoot electrical systems throughout the plant.
- Help maintain electrical equipment through PM procedures.
- Assist in instituting new control systems.
- Research and develop better controls and electrical processes.
- Track and monitor reoccurring problems and provide solutions to correct those problems.
- Identify weaknesses in the equipment related to electrical systems and develop solutions.
- Understand the technical functionality on electrical equipment and be able to train operators and maintenance technicians on the operations and troubleshooting of equipment.
- Assist maintenance personnel in maintaining an efficient production operation and all other duties as assigned by supervisor.
- Observe & enforce all company personnel, quality, safety, and food safety policies.
- 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.
- Participates in process improvement and problem solving utilizing continuous improvement and rational thinking methodologies such as Six Sigma.
- Recognizes and acts on incidents and safety risks. Consistently practices, and enforces safe work habits and drives those habits throughout the organization.
- 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.