John Deere Waterloo Works: Electrical Machine Maintenance

John Deere GmbH & Co. KG; Waterloo (IA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base pay

Performance bonuses

Retirement benefits

Healthcare

Paid holidays

Tuition assistance

Wellbeing programs

Discount programs

Job summary

John Deere Waterloo Works is seeking an Electrical Machine Maintenance professional to lay out, install, and maintain complex electrical circuits and equipment. The role emphasizes safety, quality, and teamwork across a demanding manufacturing environment.

The candidate will diagnose electrical issues, troubleshoot PLCs, CNC controllers, and robotics, and support colleagues with minimal supervision, ensuring reliable production and compliance with industry standards.

Qualifications

• Must have electrical safety knowledge and code familiarity.

Responsibilities

• Lay out, install, modify, and maintain complex electrical circuits and equipment.
• Diagnose and remedy electrical problems with focus on safety and quality.
• Troubleshoot PLC, CNC controllers, and robotics; support team with minimal supervision.

Skills

Electrical knowledge

PLC troubleshooting

CNC controllers

Robotics familiarity

Safety compliance

Electrical schematics

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Journeyperson card / Electronics degree

Industrial electrician license or military training

Tools

PLC skills

CNC controllers

Robotics systems

Job description

John Deere Waterloo Works: Electrical Machine Maintenance

At John Deere, we run so life can leap forward. This powerful purpose is our promise to humankind that we will dream, design, and deliver breakthrough products that sustain our world for generations to come. The world is counting on us to feed billions of people and build vital infrastructures in villages, towns and megacities. And we live up to the legacy our founder forged in a one-room blacksmith's shop nearly two centuries ago by creating a culture that brings out the best in all of us. A culture where great ideas thrive because every voice is heard.

As an Electrical Machine Maintenance employeewith John Deere Waterloo Works, you will:

Lay out, install, modify, and maintain complex electrical circuits and electronic equipment. In addition, you will diagnose and remedy electrical problems while focusing on safety, quality, and teamwork.

Job details are dependent on duties assigned but in general consist of the following:

• Work from intricate wiring diagrams and schematic drawings involving the use of standard electrical symbols for power, control, and measurement. In addition, work from prints, sketches, and verbal instructions.
• Plan work sequence and select materials and tools needed for given task.
• Establish primary and secondary distribution centers, balance loads, and wire circuits having many units and connections.
• Locate and correct electrical issues of various nature including working on high voltage circuits which may require the use of rigging, ladders and building structure.
• Install and/or maintain motors, generators, lights, electronic equipment, transformers, switches, lightning arrestors, welding equipment, power and light lines, control panels, automatic controls, switchboards, etc.
• Troubleshoot and repair PLC, HDMI, CNC controllers, AC/DC motors, servos, robotics, etc.
• Assist and support other team members and work with minimal supervision.
• Clean work area and perform other miscellaneous duties inherent to the job.
• Work shifts (choice of shift based on seniority).

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• Must have at least one of the following:
  • High School Diploma or G.E.D.
  • National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC)
  • At least 3 years of manufacturing work experience
• Electrical journeyperson's card or degree in electronics / electrical engineering or related certificate from a post-secondary educational institution or a state industrial electrician's license or at least 2 years of industrial electrical maintenance experience (or equivalent Military experience and training).
• Thorough knowledge of both national and local electrical safety codes.
• Ability to perform manual tasks related to described job duties for duration of work shift - with or without reasonable accommodation; including but not limited to frequent standing, walking, bending, and lifting.
• Ability and willingness to work potential overtime (including weekends).

What Makes You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications):

• Journeyperson card, or a post-secondary degree (2 or 4 years), in related technical field.
• At least 5 years electrical maintenance experience
• At least 2 years ofexperience troubleshooting CNC machine tools, automated manufacturing equipment, and building automation systems.
• At least 2 years ofexperience with AC/DC drives, servo systems, and motion control.
• At least 2 years ofexperience utilizing PLC skills including ladder logic experience and online diagnostics.

Why Work at John Deere? Why Work anywhere else?

If you strive to do great work, excel in creative environments, thrive in teams, and live for problem solving - this is the place for you.

At John Deere, your ideas, experiences, and values matter.

Please see below for a summary of the value of your John Deere career and total rewards available to you to support you and your well-being.

• Highly competitive base pay and performance bonuses
• Savings & Retirement benefits
• Wellbeing - Physical and Mental Healthcare
• Paid Holidays & Competitive Vacation Packages
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Tuition Assistance
• Fitness subsidies and on-site gyms at specific Deere locations
• Charitable contribution match
• Rebate Program & numerous discount programs for personal use

John Deere is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with disability.

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