Electrical Technician
Sterling, IL
Onsite
Permanent/Direct Hire
Full Benefits
$35 - $40 +/hour
Inspects, maintains, diagnoses, and repairs electrical and electronic equipment throughout the facility. Focuses on preventative maintenance, troubleshooting PLC/drive systems, overhead crane repairs, and minimizing downtime in a heavy manufacturing environment.
Responsibilities & Requirements
- Electrical Diagnostics & Repair: Diagnose, repair, assemble, and calibrate motors, generators, control panels, relays, circuit breakers, and electronic devices.
- Automation & Controls: Interpret electrical schematics and wiring diagrams, trace circuits, evaluate programming, and troubleshoot PLCs, analog circuits, and VFD controls.
- Crane & Mechanical Maintenance: Perform electrical and mechanical repairs on overhead cranes; utilize standard crane signals, rigging, and mobile equipment.
- Installation & Fabrication: Perform wiring, pipe bending, threading, welding, burning, and scaffolding erection as needed for equipment servicing.
- Documentation & Safety: Log CMMS equipment history data, maintain activity logs, mark up drawing revisions, and strictly follow safety policies, including Lockout/Tagout protocols.
- Work Demands: Provide own basic hand tools; stand for majority of 12-hour shifts; work in extreme temperatures; climb ladders/catwalks to inspect cranes; lift up to 50 lbs and carry up to 25 lbs.
Qualifications
- Experience: 5+ years of maintenance electrician experience, preferably in a heavy manufacturing setting.
- Controls & Automation: Knowledge of PLCs, analog circuits, sensor data sheets, communication protocols, basic networking, encoder technology, and AC/DC variable speed drives.
- Technical Mastery: Proficient in reading electrical schematics, using electrical/electronic testing equipment, portable calibrators, and power tools.
- Safety & Autonomy: Ability to work safely and effectively either independently or with cross-functional teams under minimal supervision.