Electrician

ForestryWorks; Gloster (MS); On-site; USD 34,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Gloster Forest Products, LLC is seeking an Electrician to uphold plant electrical systems and maintenance, ensuring maximum uptime to meet production goals.

The role requires knowledge of instrumentation, electronics, lubrication, hydraulics, power transmission, mechanics, steam, welding and pneumatics within an industrial environment.

Qualifications

• 1 year of maintenance experience required.
• Knowledge of Allen Bradley PLC5 and Control Logix.
• Read blueprints, diagrams, and schematic drawings to repair equipment.
• Must be able to pass basic mechanical and hands-on tests.

Responsibilities

• Install, troubleshoot and repair equipment in compliance with plant codes, policies, and procedures.
• Respond to maintenance issues, mechanical and electrical, throughout the plant.
• Undertake preventative maintenance program for equipment.
• Read blueprints, diagrams, and schematic drawings to repair equipment.
• Verify and document repairs made.
• Work safely with proper PPE and on nights, weekends, and overtime as needed.

Skills

Maintenance experience

Allen Bradley PLC5

ControlLogix

Hand tools

Power tools

Mechanical knowledge

Hydraulic knowledge

Pneumatic knowledge

VFDs/PLCs/HMIs

High voltage

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

About Gloster Forest Products

Gloster Forest Products, LLC (GFP) is building a state-of-the-art lumber mill in Gloster, Mississippi.

The new mill will require over 1 million tons of timber annually to produce about 250 million board feet. The facility will be located on 65 acres (about the area of a large shopping mall) and represents a corporate investment of over $200 million, creating 131 jobs and supporting an additional 200 indirect jobs when operating at full capacity.

Family-owned and operated, GFP is dedicated to its employees who are passionate about delivering unmatched, high-quality lumber from a world-class lumber manufacturing facility.

Gloster Forest Products is slated to begin manufacturing lumber in May of 2024. For more information: www.Glosterfp.com/

POSITION: Electrician

This highly skilled role creates value by performing a variety of electrical systems and maintenance duties, while ensuring maximum facility uptime to meet production goals.

This position requires knowledge of and hands-on experience with the following technologies: instrumentation, electronics, lubrication, hydraulics, power transmission, mechanics, steam, welding and pneumatics.

Responsibilities:

• Install, troubleshoot and repair equipment in compliance with plant codes, policies, and procedures




• Respond to all maintenance issues, both mechanical and electrical, throughout the plant




• Undertake preventative maintenance program for equipment.




• Read blueprints, diagrams, and schematic drawings to repair equipment.




• Verify and document repairs made.




• Work in a safe manner using proper PPE.




• Work any shift, on-call, holidays, weekends, and overtime as needed

Required Skills:

• 1 years of previous maintenance experience

• Experience with Allen Bradley PLC5 and/or Control Logix




• Knowledge of and experience with hand and power tools




• Mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic knowledge and aptitude




• Experience in an industrial environment with VFDs, PLCs, MCCs, HMIs




• Experience with high voltage (600-23,000 volts)




• Competent with all type power transmission components and troubleshooting




• Be able to pass a basic mechanical assessment test




• Be able to pass a basic hands-on test




• High school diploma or GED Must be able to work nights, weekends, holidays as required

Environmental Conditions:

• Must be able to tolerate extreme hot, humid, cold, and outdoor conditions. Comfortable working in loud environment, around moving machinery, with vibrations and airborne particles (sawdust).