Electrical Technician

Electrical Technician

Richmond, VA

Direct Hire

Industrial Machinery Manufacturing

$34.00 - $39.00/hr.

40 hours/week

• The electrical technician position is responsible for performing highly diversified duties to install, troubleshoot, repair, and maintain industrial electrical systems, production equipment, and facility electrical infrastructure.
• These duties are to be conducted in accordance with safety, predictive, and productive maintenance systems and processes to support the achievement of business goals and objectives.

• Supportive, team-driven culture that values collaboration, transparency, and accountability.
• Opportunity to grow your career with a global workforce solutions leader serving multiple industries.
• People-first environment that encourages employees to bring their authentic selves to work.
• Strong focus on partnership, innovation, and delivering meaningful results for clients and candidates.

• This role offers the chance to join a company that prioritizes both people and performance-where your contributions directly impact client success while giving you room to grow and develop professionally.

• Acara is a premier recruiting and workforce solutions provider-we help companies compete for talent. With a legacy of experience in various industries worldwide, we partner with clients, listen to their needs, and customize visionary talent solutions that drive desired business outcomes. We leverage decades of experience to deliver contingent staffing, direct placement, executive search, and workforce services worldwide.

• Install, inspect, test, troubleshoot, repair, and maintain industrial electrical equipment and systems serving production machinery and plant facilities.
• Diagnose electrical faults involving motors, motor starters, contractors, relays, transformers, circuit protection, disconnects, power supplies, heating circuits, and related components.
• Troubleshoot and service single-phase and three-phase electrical systems, including motor and power distribution circuits.
• Use electrical test equipment such as digital multimeters, clamp meters, insulation resistance testers, and other diagnostic tools safely and effectively.
• Read and interpret electrical drawings, schematics, wiring diagrams, panel layouts, equipment manuals, and internal work orders to perform required service.
• Trace field wiring, identify conductors, verify terminations, and correct damaged, loose, or improperly installed electrical connections.
• Install and replace electrical devices and components, including conduit, wire, cable, junction boxes, switches, receptacles, lighting, motors, disconnects, and control-panel components.
• Diagnose and repair electrical issues associated with PLC-controlled equipment, HMIs, VFDs, sensors, and machine safety circuits while coordinating advanced controls support when needed.
• Identify and specify suitable replacement or alternative components when original parts become obsolete, ensuring appropriate electrical ratings and functional equivalence.
• Determine repair-versus-replace options and clearly communicate the advantages, risks, and limitations of each option.
• Perform Root Cause Failure Analysis to identify the true cause of a failure, correct the problem, and prevent recurrence.
• Perform regular preventive and predictive maintenance on electrical systems, production equipment, and plant facilities.
• Perform scheduled electrical repairs and component replacements during machine TPM outages.
• Document maintenance work, test results, repairs, wire changes, component replacements, and updates to electrical drawings or equipment…