Industrial Maintenance Electrician - Lumber (Maintenance & Trades)

Full Time

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  Arkansas, Arkansas, United States

Job#170224EL Industrial Maintenance Electrician - Sawmill - Arkansas
Location: Arkansas
Industry: Lumber

Education Required: High school diploma. 

Years Experience Required: 4 years minimum industrial maintenance electrician experience in a sawmill or wood products plant.. This is a shift job. 

Job Details:

Maintain and install electrical systems at the sawmill on days or shifts. Licensed Journeyman electrician preferred. 

Working Relationships
·         This position reports to the electrical supervisor.
Job Task     
·         Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
·         Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
·         Develops work request as required.
·         Disassembles machinery and equipment to remove parts and make repairs.
·         Electrical equipment selection for installation and replacement.
·         Examines parts for defects, such as breakage or excessive wear.
·         Fabricates replacement parts.
·         Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
·         Install and maintain electrical systems to provide power and controls to machines, equipment, lighting, and facilities. This includes lying out and wiring control panels, installing rigid conduit power distribution centers, and controls to conform to specifications and schematic drawings.
·         Must be able to work rotating shifts in a team environment and work overtime when requested.
·         Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.
·         Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
·         Removes and installs electrical equipment.
·         Repairs, replaces, adjusts, and aligns components of machinery and equipment.
·         Test-runs repaired machinery and equipment to verify adequacy of repairs.
People Skills     
·         Accept responsibility for actions of self and department.
·         Deal with issues in a constructive manner.
·         Honest and open communication skills.
·         Maintain open communications with others.
·         Show up on time per shift schedule.
·         Team player.
·         Work with people in a fair and consistent manner.
Written Skills   
·         Document machine history.
·         Read and understand complex written materials.
·         Supply details to work orders and work request.
·         Supply machine history details.
Verbal Skills      
·         Effective communication skills.
·         Strong listening skills.
Numerical Skills              
·         Ability to use basic and intermediate electrical computations and problem solving.
·         Be able to think conceptually and abstractly.
·         Electrical measuring and calculations skills.
·         Strong mechanical and math aptitude. Must have had algebra in high school or college.
Problem Solving Skills  
·         Capability to look at the larger picture.
·         Confers with operators, observes, tests, and evaluates operation of machinery and equipment to diagnose cause of malfunction.
·         Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.
·         Develop contingencies for problems that arise while understanding the consequences of the options.
·         Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
·         Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
·         Promote team work.
·         Root cause failure analysis procedures.
·         Troubleshooting and analyzing difficult machinery and process issues.
·         Troubleshooting and debugging of electrical control systems.
Technical Skills, Training & Experience
·         5 years in industrial electrical maintenance.
·         A strong mechanical aptitude with hydraulics and pneumatics experience essential.
·         Analog and digital instrumentation installation, troubleshooting and tuning.
·         Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
·         Basic OSHA and NEC code requirements understanding.
·         CMMS and work order system understanding.
·         Computer and typing skills - 20WPM minimum typing skills.
·         Control graphics and PLC programming and troubleshooting and installation.
·         HAZCOM procedures understanding.
·         Perform emergency electrical repairs to assure the least loss of productive time during the repair period.
·         Planning and scheduling basics for job completion.
·         Reading and interpreting electrical schematics, ladder logic, engineering, drawings, and sketches.
·         Service and troubleshoot 3-phase ac motors and controls.
·         Service and troubleshoot power systems up to 15kV.
·         Test-run repaired machinery and equipment to verify adequacy of repairs.
·         Understand product quality standards.
·         Understanding of plywood machine operations and maintenance requirements.
·         VFD and DC drive installation, programming, and troubleshooting.

Compensation

Wage: $18-25/hour depending on experience.No relocation fees paid.