Electrical Technician IV

Electrical Technician IV
Chester, PA
6 Months with the possibility to extend
Pay Range: 30 - 45/hr, W 2

This position could be temp-to-hire for the right person, and ideally that would be the goal.
The site is a union site, so candidates (if interested in being hired on) need to be comfortable with that.

** IF hired on, please make it VERY clear to candidates the shift pattern would change being a full-time employee.
** Full-time employees on this crew work: 12-hour rotating shifts, including nights, weekends, holidays and overtime.

Description:
In this role, you will:

• Support the planning and execution of daily/weekly/and shutdown activities

• Read blueprints, schematics, drawings and related technical literature as required

• Learn window-based computer systems and Client specific systems like SAP

• Actively participate in a High-Performance Work Team environment, sharing knowledge and skills with all other team members

• Actively participate in failure analysis and equipment/systems troubleshooting and identify patterns of failures and ways to design out failures

• Participate in shutdown planning and two-week planning processes, including work and parts preparation

• Troubleshoot industrial electrical equipment, including analog and digital systems.
o Good solid general electrical troubleshooting and maintenance fundamentals for 600V and less industrial electrical systems are a must.

• Be willing and have the electrical aptitude to lead and execute repairs on high-speed rotating equipment

• Work with and on occasion, lead others (operators, maintenance technicians, contractors, suppliers)

To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:

• Be 18 years or older and authorized to work in the Client States.

• Have basic computer knowledge, mechanical aptitude and good math skills

• Able to read and write basic English

• Can pass post-offer / pre-hire Physical Abilities Test (PAT)

• Follow all site and asset safety practices and procedures and must value working safely

• Have a state and/or US Department of Education accredited high school diploma, GED Grade 12 certificate.

• Have either a 2-year related technical degree and 3+ years of industrial electrical work experience or 5+ years of industrial electrical work experience

• Able to work on elevated work platforms, catwalks, scaffolding, etc. and enter confined spaces

• Understand predictive/preventative maintenance concepts and demonstrate willingness to learn and continue education

At least one of the following is required:

• Related two-year technical degree

• Completed Apprenticeship

• Equivalent military MOS

• Minimum 5 years of trade/work experience in a related manufacturing field or equivalent

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3+ years of work experience in a manufacturing field or equivalent

• Experience with high-speed manufacturing and converting equipment

• Knowledge of SAP

• Knowledge of Variable Speed and Motion Drive Systems and AC Motors, especially Allen Bradley Power Flex and ABB Drive systems Knowledge of Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) systems, especially Allen-Bradley Controllogix (RSLogix
5000). Knowledge of Modicon and G&L PLC system programming is a plus

• Knowledge of Human-Machine Interfaces (HMIs), especially Panel views. Factory Talk programming and understanding of Virtual Workstation environments are a plus.

• Knowledge of Allen-Bradley PLC (Guard Logix) and non-PLC based safety systems (MSR/GSR/SIS)

• Knowledge of Operational Technology (OT) Network Systems, especially Ethernet and Mod Bus- based systems

• Knowledge of Digital Sensors (proximity, photoeye, load) and camera vision systems

• Knowledge of Electrical Construction, Maintenance, and Safety Fundamentals, including NEC and NFPA
70E Codes

• Knowledge of Distributed Control Systems (DCS), especially Client TDC 3000 and Rockwell Automation Factory Talk View systems

• Knowledge of Instrumentation Field Devices, including pressure, flow, level, and temperature transmitters and switches

• Knowledge of Low Voltage (600V and less) Motor Control Centers (MCCs) and Panel board experience is strongly preferred.
oKnowledge of Medium Voltage MCCs (2300V) is a plus.

• High voltage electrical distribution power system experience (13.2kV to 69kV), including oil circuit breakers, transformers, switch gear breakers, and high voltage switches is a plus.