Controls Electrician-2

Huhtamaki, Inc.; Town of Fulton (NY); On-site; USD 57,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Huhtamaki, Inc. in Fulton, NY is hiring a Controls Electrician to join the Electric Department. The role requires journeyman-level electrical work with five years experience or four years with a trained journeyman, and may accept technical training substitutions.

The position emphasizes repairing production machinery, wiring, and PLC programming/ladder logic. Safety, compliance, and ability to work overtime are essential.

Qualifications

• 5 years of professional electrician/maintenance experience or 4 years in electrical trade under a skilled journeyman
• Apprentice training may substitute for experience on a year-for-year basis
• Strong safety commitment with knowledge of electrical codes and arc flash protection

Responsibilities

• Repair electrical and electronic circuitry on production machinery
• Troubleshoot and repair AC & DC motor controls
• Read schematics and apply basic control logic for troubleshooting
• Program and ladder logic with PLC systems (Modicon, Allen Bradley)
• Use electrical test equipment proficiently
• Follow lock-out procedures and safety protocols

Skills

PLC knowledge

Electrical troubleshooting

Electrical test equipment

Lock-out procedures

Safety compliance

Education

Post-secondary education or trade certificate

Tools

Modicon PLCs

Allen-Bradley PLCs

Rexroth

RS Logic

Panel Builder 32

Job description

Enjoy a career, packaged with care, whilst helping protect food, people and the planetWe are a key global provider of sustainable packaging solutions. We’re on a mission to make all packaging recyclable, reusable, or compostable. Every day, we ensure the hygiene and safety of food and drink for people around the world. We are Huhtamaki.You could be part of our vision. Because it’s our talented people that make it happen.

Our people on the shop floor producing innovative, sustainable products. Our people in our offices delivering excellence for our customers every day. It’s every one of us working together. We offer a place where you can feel safe, be supported, and make an impact so we can all focus on the future together.Huhtamaki, a leading supplier of drinking cups, frozen dessert, and food packaging containers, has an immediate opening for a Controls Electrician in the Fulton, New York facility. We are looking for new members to join our Electric Department team who are aligned with our core values of commitment to excellence; customer service and accountability.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• The Controls Electrician is a skilled technical position at the journeyman level with five years of professional experience working as an electrician/maintenance; or alternatively those persons who have four years of full-time experience in the electrical trade under a skilled journeyman which would provide training equivalent to that given in an apprenticeship program.
• Apprentice training gained by the completion of technical courses in the electrical trade at a school or institute may be substituted for the above experience on a year-for-year basis.
• He or she will perform various technical skilled tasks: Repairing of electrical and electronic circuitry.
• Electrical repair of production machinery.
• Working knowledge of PLC’s (Modicon, Allen Bradley. RexRoth), Programming and Ladder Logic.
• Troubleshooting and repairing AC & DC motor controls.
• Knowledge of basic control logic and using schematics to troubleshoot Industrial code and wiring.
• RS Logic and Panel Builder 32 software programs.
• Proficient in the use of electrical test equipment.
• The Controls Electrician must demonstrate a strong safety commitment by applying a working knowledge of electrical codes, Lock-out procedures, and arc flash protection.
• Post-secondary education and/or a technical trade certificate a plus.
• Passing a written test and hands on evaluation will be required during the applicant screening process.

Wage rate: $41.20/hr to $46.35/h

Requirements and Experience

• This job requires standing for long periods of time; climbing steps, walking extensively during a shift; bending, kneeling, twisting, frequently; lifting various weighted objects frequently; ability to lift objects up to 50 pounds unaided as needed; climbing ladders and working at elevated heights as needed.
• Must be able to work shifts, overtime and weekends as necessary.
• Must have good communication skills both written and verbal; have basic computer skills; good eye/hand coordination; able to work in a wide range of ambient temperatures - inside buildings and outside work.