Electrical Technician

Insteel Wire Products; Hickman (KY); On-site; USD 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Growth opportunities

Job summary

Insteel Wire Products in Hickman, KY, seeks an experienced Electrical Technician to inspect, troubleshoot, repair, and maintain industrial systems on a fast-paced production line. You will read schematics, work with PLCs, VFDs, sensors, and control networks, lead root-cause analyses, and contribute to safety and continuous improvement efforts.

Applicants should have 6+ years of industrial electrical experience, formal technical training, and knowledge of NEC/NFPA 70E.

Qualifications

• Broad technical training with apprenticeship or applied trades background.
• Minimum 6 years electrical technician experience in an industrial setting.
• Strong understanding of control circuits, power distribution, and NEC/NFPA 70E.
• Experience with PLC programming and automation troubleshooting.
• Ability to read electrical schematics and create panel layouts.
• Familiarity with 480V systems and industrial networks is preferred.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and teamwork in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Visually inspect, test, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair electrical and mechanical systems.
• Perform basic repairs on auxiliary components and industrial equipment.
• Safely use electrical diagnostic tools to identify and resolve issues.
• Install, test, and troubleshoot motors, drives, and power distribution equipment.
• Read, interpret, create, and maintain electrical schematics and diagrams.
• Troubleshoot, repair, and maintain industrial control systems including PLCs and HMIs.
• Design, install, troubleshoot, and maintain electrical systems for production lines.
• Solder electrical components as required.
• Lead root-cause analyses to improve reliability and reduce downtime.
• Collaborate with maintenance, operations, quality, and engineering teams.
• Assist with commissioning, upgrades, and process improvements.
• Monitor production data to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Ensure compliance with safety standards and company policies.
• Participate in after-hours and on-call support as required.

Skills

Industrial electrical systems

PLC programming

Schematic reading

Electrical safety standards

Problem solving

Project management

Teamwork

Education

Broad technical training

Job description

What You’ll Do

• Visually inspect, test, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair electrical and mechanical systems, machinery, equipment, and associated components.
• Perform basic repairs on auxiliary components and industrial equipment.
• Safely use electrical diagnostic and testing equipment including multimeters, meggers, oscilloscopes, voltmeters, and related instruments to identify and resolve equipment issues.
• Install, remove, reconnect, test, and troubleshoot motors, drives, power distribution equipment, and related electrical components.
• Read, interpret, create, and maintain electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, technical documentation, electrical prints, and symbols.
• Troubleshoot, repair, and maintain industrial control systems including PLCs, HMIs, sensors, variable frequency drives (VFDs), motor drives, robotics, and other automation equipment.
• Design, install, troubleshoot, and maintain electrical systems supporting manufacturing equipment and production lines.
• Solder electrical and electronic components as required.
• Lead root-cause analysis of equipment failures and implement corrective and preventive actions to improve reliability and reduce downtime.
• Collaborate with maintenance, operations, quality, and engineering personnel to improve equipment performance, manufacturing efficiency, and process reliability.
• Assist with commissioning new equipment, upgrades, process improvements, and manufacturing projects.
• Monitor production and equipment performance data to identify opportunities for continuous improvement and increased efficiency.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, electrical codes, safety regulations, and industry standards.
• Participate in after-hours and on-call support as required.

What You Need

• Strong understanding of industrial electrical systems, control circuits, and power distribution.
• Experience with PLC programming (Allen‑Bradley, Siemens, etc.) and automation troubleshooting.
• Familiarity with VFDs, servo systems, industrial networks (EtherNet/IP, Profibus), and instrumentation.
• Comfortable with 480v electrical systems.
• Ability to read and create electrical schematics and panel layouts.
• Knowledge of NEC, NFPA 70E, OSHA, and relevant manufacturing safety standards.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and project‑management abilities.
• Effective communication and teamwork skills in a fast‑paced production environment.
• Broad Technical training (at least 2 years of higher education plus apprenticeship/applied trades training).Training requires knowledge in the use of shop mathematics together with the use of complicated drawings, specifications, charts, tables, PLC programs, DC drive motors, AC drive motors. Electronics technology, industrial electronics, and various types of precision measuring instruments is required.
• Minimum of 6 years electrical technician experience in an industrial setting is required.
• An equivalent combination of education and work-related experience may be acceptable.

Full-time | Growth opportunity

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