Bulk Material Handling PLC & Drives Electrician

CONSOL Energy; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Monthly bonus

Quarterly bonus

Great benefits

Flexible schedule

Job summary

CONSOL Energy is seeking an experienced industrial electrician to maintain, troubleshoot, and improve the electrical backbone of a high-throughput coal terminal. You will keep belt lines, machinery, and controls safe, compliant, and productive.

Role requires 3+ years in industrial electrical work, reading blueprints, and PLC/ladder logic proficiency. Expect overtime, night/weekend rotations, and a strong safety culture aligned with OSHA standards.

Qualifications

• 3+ years’ experience as an industrial electrician in manufacturing.
• Fluency in reading electrical blueprints/schematics and technical documents.
• Knowledge of industrial electrical codes, regulations, and safety standards.
• Strong analytical troubleshooting and communication skills.
• Experience with PLCs and ladder logic.
• Comfort working at heights, outdoors, and in confined spaces.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a TWIC.
• Available for overtime and rotating shifts (nights, holidays, weekends).
• Journeyman or Master Electrician license preferred.

Responsibilities

• Install, maintain, diagnose, and repair electrical systems for industrial machinery and conveyor systems.
• Build/repair control panels; execute power distribution work at 220/480V; administer preventive maintenance programs.
• Service AC/DC motors and drives, PLC controls, and sensors (limit and proximity).
• Apply electrical codes and reference manuals, schematics, diagrams, and blueprints; troubleshoot with ladder logic.
• Conduct safety inspections and enforce OSHA practices: LOTO, confined space, fall protection, hot work, mobile equipment operation, and PPE.
• Reduce downtime through rapid root-cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Cross-train and operate, when needed, loaders, dozers, locomotives, and cranes.
• Safely operate equipment supporting rail-to-vessel coal transshipment.

Skills

Electrical troubleshooting

Reading schematics

PLC control

Ladder logic

Safety compliance

Education

Journeyman or Master Electrician license

Tools

PLC

Job description

• Monthly and quarterly bonus opportunities

Why this role

• Competitive wages
• Monthly and quarterly bonus opportunities
• Great benefits
• Flexible schedule
  

Role snapshot

Maintain, troubleshoot, and improve the electrical backbone of a high-throughput coal terminal—keeping belt lines, machinery, and controls safe, compliant, and productive.

Core values

Live the Core Values of Core Natural Resources: Safety, Sustainability, and Continuous Improvement.

Your impact

• Install, maintain, diagnose, and repair electrical systems for industrial machinery and conveyor systems.
• Build/repair control panels; execute power distribution work at 220/480V; administer preventive maintenance programs.
• Service AC/DC motors and drives, PLC controls, and sensors (limit and proximity).
• Apply electrical codes and reference manuals, schematics, diagrams, and blueprints; troubleshoot with ladder logic.
• Conduct safety inspections and enforce OSHA practices: LOTO, confined space, fall protection, hot work, mobile equipment operation, and PPE.
• Reduce downtime through rapid root-cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Cross-train and operate, when needed, loaders, dozers, locomotives, and cranes.
• Safely operate equipment supporting rail-to-vessel coal transshipment.

Must haves

• 3+ years’ experience as an industrial electrician in manufacturing.
• Fluency in reading electrical blueprints/schematics and technical documents.
• Knowledge of industrial electrical codes, regulations, and safety standards.
• Strong analytical troubleshooting and communication skills.
• Experience with PLCs and ladder logic.
• Comfort working at heights, outdoors, and in confined spaces.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a TWIC.
• Available for overtime and rotating shifts (nights, holidays, weekends).
• Journeyman or Master Electrician license preferred.

Preferred proficiencies

• PLC troubleshooting
• Creating preventive maintenance plans
• Heavy equipment repair
• Electrical troubleshooting
• Background in a manufacturing environment

Tech you’ll use

• Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)