Maintenance Electrical Technician-1St Shift

Job Title:

Maintenance Electrical Technician

Reporting to:
Maintenance Electrical Superintendent

Duties and Responsibilities are but not limited to:

• Includes day to day repairs of electrical and/or electronic components on equipment in all areas of the plant.
• Daily calibration checks of (scales) - weighing equipment according to set standards.
• Perform repairs and preventive maintenance on (scales) - weighing equipment within the plant.
• Basic troubleshooting of (PLCs) - Programmable Logic Controllers and supporting systems – including; instrumentation, variable frequency drives, and motor control circuits.
• Support installation /replacement of equipment ( running conduit and pulling wire ) .
• Basic understanding of network cabling and video cameras.

Key Qualifications, Abilities, and

Skills:

• Electrical safety – LO TO and arc flash safety
• Must be able to use multi-meter and/or megger for troubleshooting
• Understanding of 3-phase power circuits - 480, 240, 208 VAC
• Understanding of 277 VAC for lighting
• Troubleshooting of 120 VAC and 24
  
  VDC control circuits
• B asic mechanical background
• Basic PLC knowledge preferred
• Must be able to read line diagrams, prints and /or schematics
• Basic computer skills
• Good written and oral communications skills
• Ability to keep record s of daily scale tests