Position Summary

Responsible for the installation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of electrical systems and equipment within the plant.

Position Responsibilities

• Performs highly diversified duties to install and maintain production machines and the plant facility’s equipment.

• Provide emergency/unscheduled repairs of production equipment during production and perform maintenance repairs of production equipment.

• Perform mechanical skills including, but not limited to, mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, troubleshooting and repair of production machines.

• Read and interpret equipment manuals and work orders to perform required maintenance and service.

• Diagnose problems, replace or repair parts, test and adjust

• Perform regular preventative maintenance on machines, equipment, and plant facilities.

• Use a variety of hand and power tools, electric meters and material handling equipment in performing duties.

• Detect faulty operations, defective material and report those and any unusual situations with proper supervision.

• Comply with safety regulations and maintain clean and orderly work areas.
• Always adhere to plant safety rules
• Read blueprints and apply layout and precision measurement skills to prepare work
• Machine parts to rebuild/ replace mechanical components and to construct new components
• Repair/ replace belts, pulleys, bearings, gears, couplings, and shafts
• Lubricate bearings, gears, couplings and rotating parts, align couplings and shafts
• Troubleshoot and repair pneumatic and hydraulic systems and components
• Troubleshoot AC/DC circuits
• Connect motors, starters, push buttons, relays and timers in motor control circuits and troubleshoot the control circuits
• Run conduit and electric wire to distribute power to point of use
• Troubleshoot electric power distribution (low voltage) systems
• Program and troubleshoot PLC controls, program and troubleshoot NC/CNC controls
• Work in teams to solve problems and make improvements to machine and production processes
• Perform preventative maintenance

Essential Skills and Experience

• High school diploma or GED
• Technical school or apprenticeship
• Industrial Electrician experience: 2 years +
• Must be self-motivated and be able to work with a sense of urgency with little supervision
• Should have experience working with and troubleshooting Electrical, pneumatics, and hydraulic systems.
• Experience with AC/DC control systems and troubleshooting
• Basic PLC knowledge
• Basic Fabrication skills
• Experience running conduit and wire
• Experience and knowledge with Variable Frequency Drives

Preferred Relevant Skills and Experience

• Troubleshooting and Programing PLC
• Experience with analog sensors, flow controls, and DC drives
• NEC code knowledge
• Experience using boom and scissor lift

Positions reporting to this person

• Will provide instructions to equipment operators and others as required

Physical Demands and Work Environment

• Physical Demands- Employee stands frequently with task requiring stooping, bending, kneeling, crawling, and climbing to completed task. Lifting to 50 pounds occasionally is required.
• Work Environment- While performing the duties of this job employee may be exposed to extreme temperatures and changes. Job locations can extend to temperatures of below 40 degrees to above 95 degrees. Noise levels are moderate to loud conditions all over the plant and employees are required to wear hearing protection.

General Sign-Off: The employee is expected to adhere to all company policies and to act as a role model in the adherence to policies. The company reserves the right to modify, interpret, or apply this job description in any way the company desires. This job description in no way implies that these are the only duties, including essential duties, to be performed by the employee occupying this position. This job description is not an employment contract, implied or otherwise. The employment relationship remains “AT- WILL.” Qualified employees who, because of a physical or mental impairment that significantly limits a major life activity, require a reasonable accommodation to perform the essential functions of this position should notify their Manager or Human Resources.

Food Safety Sign-Off: All team members at Crider Foods must adhere to our food safety requirements and must report food safety problems to management. All attempts should be made to ensure that the written and digital records are documented at the time the activity is performed, legible, clear, concise and suitably authorized (not falsified) by those undertaking monitoring (documented work tasks). This position may be responsible for the inspection and verification of records.

“We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law”.