Industrial Maintenance Electrician

Henkel Corporation; Bowling Green (KY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Henkel is seeking an Electrical Technician to join our Consumer Brands operation in Kentucky. You will diagnose and repair electrical and mechanical systems across process, packaging, utility, and facility equipment to minimize downtime and maximize reliability.

You will interpret control schematics, service motors and drives, and perform preventive maintenance while ensuring GMPs and safety standards are followed.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot electrical faults using prints, schematics, and panel drawings to isolate root causes.
• Check and verify discrete and analog I/O signals at field devices and terminal points to differentiate electrical from control-related issues.
• Troubleshoot and perform professional electrical and mechanical repairs on process, packaging, utility, and facility equipment to minimize downtime.
• Diagnose VFD faults by interpreting fault codes, verifying wiring, and replacing drives when required.
• Read and interpret control panel wiring diagrams, one lines, and I/O drawings to trace circuits and identify failures.
• Perform electrical functions including disassembly, cleaning, assembly, and troubleshooting of panels, switchgear, motors, VFDs, controllers, PLC hardware, instrumentation, and related components.
• Inspect and verify operation of field devices such as sensors, proxes, photoelectrics, and limit switches, replacing faulty components as needed.
• Replace and perform basic commissioning of motors, contactors, overloads, and other motor control components.
• Perform quality electrical and mechanical preventive maintenance to ensure equipment reliability and peak operating performance.
• Apply GMPs and proper cleaning and sanitization procedures when working on equipment or components that may contact product or raw materials.
• Ensure all equipment safeguards meet company, state, and federal regulations.
• Maintain accurate and up to date CMMS records for all equipment and maintenance activities.
• Collaborate with team members across functional areas to resolve equipment issues and maintain operations.
• Communicate effectively with Automation Technicians when faults extend beyond hardware into PLC programming or configuration, providing fault codes, observations, and completed wiring checks.
• Provide technical assistance to others and support electrical knowledge transfer and training within the team.
• Participate in identifying repeat problems, conducting systematic problem solving, determining true root causes, and supporting long term corrective actions.
• Use manuals, training resources, and internal policies to identify root causes and determine appropriate corrective actions.
• Review equipment manuals regularly to maintain proficiency with operational equipment and maintenance procedures.
• Keep maintenance and work areas clean, organized, and compliant with safety practices.
• Transport parts, mater

Job description

About this Position

At Henkel, you’ll be part of an organization that’s shaping thefuture through innovation, sustainability and collaboration. With our trustedbrands like Persil®, ‘all®, Loctite®, Snuggle®, and Schwarzkopf® and ourcutting-edge technologies, you’ll have countless opportunities to explore newpaths and grow.

This position is with our Consumer Brands business unit – where weempower our employees to bring the best Laundry & Home Care and Hairproducts to people around the world.

Dare to learn new skills, advance inyour career and make an impact at Henkel.

What you´ll do

• Troubleshoot electrical faults using prints, schematics, and panel drawings to isolate root causes.
• Check and verify discrete and analog I/O signals at field devices and terminal points to differentiate electrical from control-related issues.
• Troubleshoot and perform professional electrical and mechanical repairs on process, packaging, utility, and facility equipment to minimize downtime.
• Diagnose VFD faults by interpreting fault codes, verifying wiring and connections, and replacing drives when required.
• Read and interpret control panel wiring diagrams, one lines, and I/O drawings to trace circuits and identify failures.
• Perform electrical functions including disassembly, cleaning, assembly, and troubleshooting of panels, switchgear, motors, VFDs, controllers, PLC hardware, instrumentation, and related components.
• Inspect and verify operation of field devices such as sensors, proxes, photoelectrics, and limit switches, replacing faulty components as needed.
• Replace and perform basic commissioning of motors, contactors, overloads, and other motor control components.
• Perform quality electrical and mechanical preventive maintenance to ensure equipment reliability and peak operating performance.
• Apply GMPs and proper cleaning and sanitization procedures when working on equipment or components that may contact product or raw materials.
• Ensure all equipment safeguards meet company, state, and federal regulations.
• Maintain accurate and up to date CMMS records for all equipment and maintenance activities.
• Collaborate with team members across functional areas to resolve equipment issues and maintain operations.
• Communicate effectively with Automation Technicians when faults extend beyond hardware into PLC programming or configuration, providing fault codes, observations, and completed wiring checks.
• Provide technical assistance to others and support electrical knowledge transfer and training within the team.
• Participate in identifying repeat problems, conducting systematic problem solving, determining true root causes, and supporting long term corrective actions.
• Use manuals, training resources, and internal policies to identify root causes and determine appropriate corrective actions.
• Review equipment manuals regularly to maintain proficiency with operational equipment and maintenance procedures.
• Keep maintenance and work areas clean, organized, and compliant with safety practices.
• Transport parts, mater