Industrial Electrician / Technician

Schneider Electric; Cedar Rapids (IA); On-site; USD 61,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits from day one

401k with company match

Overtime opportunities

Well-Being benefits

PTO & 13 holidays

Climate controlled facility

Starting pay $47.00/hour

3rd shift +$2/hour differential

Job summary

Schneider Electric is seeking an Electrical Technician to support our Cedar Rapids production team by maintaining facilities, labs, and equipment while performing preventative maintenance. The role involves installing, troubleshooting, and repairing PLCs, drives, motors, instrumentation, and automation systems, along with documenting work in SAP.

You will work across facility, production, IT, and lab environments, applying safety standards, reviewing blueprints/NEC, and leveraging SAP for

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Two years post-secondary electrical/electronic training required.
• Three years industrial electrical/electronic experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Play an active role in our safety culture.
• Install, troubleshoot, and repair PLCs, drives, motors, instrumentation, control wiring, and electronics.
• Troubleshoot, repair, and maintain electrical components in presses, furnaces, dust collectors, conveyors, robots, and sorting machines.
• Provide electrical support for facility, production, IT, and Lab.
• Perform preventative maintenance and document in SAP.
• Diagnose and modify automated control systems hardware & software.

Skills

PLC & drives

Troubleshooting

Safety compliance

Blueprints & NEC

SAP

Robotics

HMI systems

Vision systems

Control wiring

Windows & Office

Education

High school diploma or GED

Two years electrical training

Three years industrial experience (preferred)

Tools

SAP

Windows

Microsoft Office

Teams

Cognex In-Sight

Keyence XG-X Vision Terminal

Keyence IV-Navigator

Job description

An Electrical Technician provides critical support to our production team by maintaining our facilities, laboratories, production machines, production equipment and consistently performing preventative maintenance.

What will you do?

Perform a wide variety of duties, including but not limited to:

• Play an active role in our safety culture.
• Installation, troubleshooting, and repair of PLC’s, AC/DC Drives, AC/DC motors, instrumentation, control wiring, and electronics.
• Troubleshoot, repair, and maintain electrical components in contact presses, combustion furnaces, dust collectors, exhaust systems, robotic equipment, AI equipment, conveyor systems, scales, and sorting machines.
• Provide electrical support for the facility, production, IT department, and Lab.
• Perform preventative maintenance and enter details and documentation in SAP.
• Diagnose, troubleshoot, repair and/or make modification to automated control systems hardware & software.

What qualifications will make you successful?

Education requirements

• High school diploma or GED
• Two (2) years post high school Electrical/Electronic training from a Department of Education accredited school (college) or Department of Labor accredited training organization (apprenticeship) required.
• Three (3) years industrial electric/electronic experience preferred.

Skills necessary

• Ability to understand complex electrical/electronic equipment, circuits, standards, automation, process controls, and robotic systems.
• Ability to understand control wiring, blueprints, NEC, NFPA, ARC Flash, and OSHA regulations
• Able to work safely individually and with others at elevated heights indoors and outdoors.
• Ability to operate Windows, Microsoft Office, Teams, SAP, and other application software.
• Ability to understand, troubleshoot, and make modifications to various PLC programs.
• Ability to adjust and troubleshoot vision/camera systems (Cognex In-Sight, Keyence XG-X Vision Terminal, and Keyence IV-Navigator software).
• Experience with industrial robots.
• Ability to understand, troubleshoot, and make modifications to HMI’s.

What’s in it for me?

• Robust benefits package to include benefits eligibility first day of employment.
• 401k with company match.
• Opportunity for overtime, but not required.
• Well-Being benefits.
• PTO and 13 paid holidays.
• Climate controlled facility.
• Starting pay $47.00/hour.
• 3rd shift hours (which adds $2/hour as shift differential): 11:00 pm - 7:00 am.
  • (after completion of training on 1st shift).

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