Electrician - Journeyman

Position Overview

Electrician – Journeyman

Wage: $41.04 per hour

• Inspect, construct, install, alter, repair, store, lubricate, and maintain all electrical equipment pertaining to production, buildings, and power transmissions.
• Maintain compliance with ISO quality system responsibilities.
• Work from blueprints, sketches, samples, and written or verbal instructions to disassemble, assemble, install, adjust, or repair machinery and equipment.
• Perform mechanical work on screening, pulping, pumping, forming, pressing, drying, cutting, processing, painting, warehousing, shipping, dust collecting, packaging, and waste disposal equipment, together with related measuring controls, meters, drives, and supporting structures.
• Disassemble, assemble, install, adjust or repair pumps, conveyors, gear reducers, drive units, agitators, vacuum pumps, compressors, hydraulic cylinders, hydraulic showers, fans, heaters, chains, chain dogs, and hold-downs.
• Recognize and correct/report unusual or unsafe conditions.
• Keep work area, equipment and department clean, safe and orderly.
• Receive instruction and work assignments from Supervisor, or as determined by personal inspection.
• Layout work and plan accordingly; obtain necessary layouts, sketches, tools, equipment and materials.
• Operate field, shop and mobile equipment necessary to efficiently complete the job to specifications required by the equipment, company standards and/or operating requirements.
• Use torches for cutting and heating in performance duties.
• Perform, work with, and/or assist other Electrical personnel or operators necessary to complete job assignments.
• Instruct and train apprentices and helpers.
• Identify and store salvageable equipment and materials.
• May be assigned to perform tasks, either with or without the assistance of operations employees and with or without tools, provided the employee possesses the necessary skills to perform the job safely.
• Identify opportunities for automation to support continuous process improvement and plant safety initiatives.
• Proficiency with communication protocols.
• Initiate, track, and complete plant electrical project work.
• Assist in developing the skills of others and general electrical support, as needed.

• Minimum of 3 to 5 years electrician experience, preferred in a manufacturing environment.

• Starting salary for position: $41.04 per hour.
• Paid Vacation: 2 weeks per calendar year. Pro‑rata vacation during the initial year of hire based upon start date within the calendar year.
• Paid Holidays.
• Within the first 30 days of employment, an employee (and their dependents) is eligible to enroll in certain benefit coverages – medical, dental, and vision – and are automatically enrolled in life, AD&D, and disability coverages.
• Upon hire, an employee is automatically enrolled in the 401(k) plan. The plan offers both pre‑tax and Roth contribution options along with employer‑provided matching contributions.
• Disclaimer: The Compensation and Benefits information in this posting represents PCA’s good faith and reasonable estimate of what it may pay for this position. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

PCA is an Equal Opportunity Employer.