1st Shift-Sr. Maintenance Electrician- Steel

Senior Maintenance Electrician – Steel (1st Shift)

Health Insurance from Day 1: no waiting period, your medical, dental, and vision coverage starts immediately.
Award-Winning Workplace:
Recognized with the 2024 and 2025 Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award for our commitment to our colleagues.
Generous Paid Time Off:
Enjoy up to 80 hours of PTO plus paid holidays to rest, recharge, and do what matters most.
Retirement and Financial Security:
Take advantage of our 401(k) and comprehensive disability coverage.
Invest in Your Future:
We offer tuition reimbursement for college courses and professional certifications to help you grow.

Shift: 5:30 AM – 2:00 PM

• Ensure reliability of machinery and equipment by completing preventive maintenance on machinery and systems.
• Perform mechanical, electrical, PLC, pneumatic, and hydraulic troubleshooting and repair of equipment.
• Read and interpret equipment manuals, diagrams, sketches, engineering specifications, and work orders to perform required maintenance and service.
• Use hand tools and measuring instruments to determine changes in dimensional requirements of parts.
• Assemble, install, adjust, and calibrate mechanical and electrical machinery and equipment.
• Dismantle, repair, rebuild, and replace equipment and parts as needed.
• Adhere to all plant safety policies.
• Participate in plant-wide safety, housekeeping, Operational Excellence, and Lean Manufacturing programs.
• Provide assistance and guidance to junior maintenance colleagues.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Execute preventive maintenance on machines and electrical cabinets, including cleaning, tightening terminals, replacing damaged devices, organizing cables, ensuring proper grounding, replacing sensors, and replacing control/power cables.
• Manage work orders on the eMaint platform and report all executed tasks on the machines.
• Diagnose and troubleshoot programmable logic controller (PLC) input/output card issues.
• Execute predictive maintenance on main power cabinets using a thermographic camera.
• Troubleshoot electrical faults on machines and electrical devices.
• Perform root cause analysis for major breakdowns on machines.
• Replace and configure servo drives, variable frequency drives (VFDs), and human-machine interfaces (HMIs).
• Replace and troubleshoot 480
  
  VAC motors and 120
  
  VAC motors.
• Replace and troubleshoot servo motors.

Typically possesses a high school diploma, a college degree, or technical training such as Industrial Maintenance Technician, Industrial Maintenance Electrician, Automation Technician, Instrumentation Technician, or Mechatronics Technician. Requires 5+ years of recent experience in an industrial/manufacturing maintenance position.

• Select and operate appropriate hand, power, and specialty tools and diagnostic equipment to complete job tasks.
• Operational knowledge of automated industrial machinery, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems.
• Read and interpret electrical and mechanical drawings and work orders.
• Strong problem‑solving skills and effective communication of issues and solutions.
• Familiarity with PNP and NPN sensors, analog and digital control signals.
• Handle multiple priorities in a fast‑paced environment.
• Logical reasoning.
• Troubleshoot, disassemble, and reassemble manufacturing equipment.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Work effectively under limited supervision.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite and other relevant software.
• Familiar with NFPA
  70 Electrical codes.
• Proficient in electrical print interpretation, replacement, and troubleshooting of devices.
• Experience calculating and replacing main circuit breakers.
• Familiar with arc‑flash and arc‑blast concepts.
• Use machine manuals/drawings to execute preventive maintenance and order parts.
• Familiar with at least one PLC troubleshooting/programming software such as RSLogix
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• Familiar with Profibus, Ethernet, and PROFINET networks.
• Experience troubleshooting automatic machines.
• Work under pressure.
• Proficiency in written and spoken English; bilingual English/Spanish is a plus.
• Knowledge of maintenance concepts (corrective, predictive, preventive).
• Experience with CMMS software.

The pay for this position is $41.33 per hour. The position may also be eligible for a short‑term incentive.

Greif offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, paid time off, and other competitive benefits effective day one.

We offer a competitive salary, excellent benefits and opportunity for growth. Greif is an equal opportunity employer. We will not discriminate against any applicant or employee on the basis of sex, race, religion, age, national origin, color, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic. For more information, read Greif’s Equal Opportunity Policy at