Maintenance E&I Technician 1st Shift

Temperpack; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 56,826 - 80,934; Full time

Job summary

TemperPack in Richmond, VA is seeking a Maintenance E&I Technician to keep production equipment running, perform preventive maintenance, and troubleshoot electrical/instrumentation issues in collaboration with the Maintenance Manager and Engineering teams. The role emphasizes safety and logs/documentation to support downtime planning.

Requires a 4-year degree and experience with PLCs, electrical codes, lockout/tagout, and calibration of instrumentation.

Qualifications

• HS diploma or GED required; Technical or Vocational School preferred.
• Experience with extrusion or lamination machines and industrial process equipment.
• Familiar with PLC ladder logic and editing.

Responsibilities

• Install, maintain, and repair industrial control systems and power distribution, including motors and VSDs.
• Perform preventative maintenance and calibrations on electrical, instrumentation, and process equipment.
• Maintain instrumentation such as analytical, flow, pressure, and level transmitters.
• Keep accurate equipment files, maintenance/inventory logs, manuals, blueprints, and revision archives.
• Operate and maintain hand tools, light and heavy equipment.
• Read and understand manuals, blueprints, and schematics.
• Install, service, troubleshoot, and repair equipment; ensure proper operation and safety.
• Install and maintain electrical circuits, repair motors/generators, fix robotics and program controllers.
• Carry out equipment isolation, planned/unplanned maintenance, inspections, fault diagnosis, calibration, and testing of electrical equipment, instrumentation, and control systems.
• Understand how to program and troubleshoot PLCs and observe LOTO.

Skills

PLC ladder logic

Electrical safety

Motor control

Instrumentation calibration

Read schematics

Preventive maintenance

Documentation

Education

4 Year Degree

Tools

PLC software

Electrical testing tools

Job description

Job DetailsJob Location: TEMPERPACK VA - RICHMOND, VA 23222Position Type: Full TimeEducation Level: 4 Year DegreeTravel Percentage: NoneJob Shift: DayJob Description:

We are seeking a Maintenance E&I Technician who will ensure that our production and manufacturing assets are fully utilized and maintained daily while adhering to proper safety rules and regulations. The incumbent will be asked to perform routine maintenance on sophisticated equipment. The E&I Technician will work with the Maintenance Manager and Engineering to plan and schedule equipment downtime, along with documenting logs and machine failures. Compensation and benefits are competitive and commensurate with experience level.

Job Title: Maintenance E&I Technician

Supervisor’s Title: Maintenance Manager

Department: Maintenance

About TemperPack

TemperPack is a rapidly growing company based in Richmond, Virginia and with locations in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Lansing, Michigan. We design and manufacture innovative, sustainable packaging components for cold-chain shipping of food and pharmaceutical products. The markets we serve have an urgent need for disruptive, sustainable alternatives to replace the wide array of non-sustainable packaging materials conventionally used in the cold-chain such as Styrofoam coolers. Our aspiration is to provide packaging solutions that customers and end-consumers feel great about using.

Essential Job Functions:

• Install, maintain, and repair industrial control systems and power distribution systems including electric motors, motor control devices, and variable speed drives.
• Responsible for preventative maintenance and calibrations for all electrical, instrumentation, and process equipment.
• Maitain instrumentation including analytical, flow, pressure, and level transmitters.
• Maitain accurate equipment files such as maintenance and inventory logs, manuals, blueprints, and program revision archives.
• Operate and perform maintenance of hand tools, light, and heavy equipment.
• Read and understand manuals, blueprints, and schematics.
• Responsible for installing equipment, servicing it, troubleshooting problems and making repairs when necessary.
• Responsible for installing and maintaining electrical circuits, repairing motors and generators, fixing robotics and programming controllers.
• Responsible for carrying out equipment isolation, planned and unplanned maintenance, inspections, fault diagnosis, calibration and testing electrical equipment, instrumentation, and control systems.
• Understands how to program and troubleshoot PLCs.
• Clearly understands LOTO.
• Must be able to perform preventative maintenance on a wide variety of electrical systems, equipment, and components including but limited to, transformers, switchgear, bus bars, high and low voltage motors and panel wiring.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• High-level efficiency of hand tools, power tools, drill presses, grinders, etc.
• Knowledge of safe working practices with rotating and high voltage machinery.
• General understanding of OSHA requirements including lock-out/tag-out, confined spaces, SDS, etc.
• Working knowledge of motor control circuits.
• Understand local, state, and national electrical codes.
• Ability to disassemble and assemble gearboxes and pumps.
• Ability to identify and measure critical tolerances or dimensions.
• Ability to know when gearboxes and pumps need alignment.
• Ability to work cohesively with other team members, and to contribute positively to the work environment.

QualificationsExperience:

• Experience with extrusion or lamination machines or comparable manufacturing processes.
• Experience with industrial process equipment and instrumentation.
• Familiar with PLC ladder logic and editing.

Education and Certifications:

• HS diploma or GED required, Technical or Vocation School, preferred

Physical Requirements:

• Be on your feet for 10-12 hours
• Able to lift 40 pounds unassisted.
• Able to reach, bend, kneel and climb while performing repetitive tasks
• Ability to work in hot and cold environments
• Able to correctly wear PPE for entire shifts
• Able to react and respond quickly to noises, smells, visual hazards, and alerts

The maximum full-time hourly pay for this role are listed below, by location. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations and refers to the amount TemperPack is willing to pay at the time of this posting.

Richmond, VA: Hourly pay up to $50 for the Maintenance E&I Technician

Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location, and the actual annualized salary amount offered to any candidate at the time of hire will be reflected solely in the candidate’s offer letter.

Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States on a permanent and ongoing basis. This position is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Important Notice:

At this time, our company will not be engaging with external agencies or third-party vendors for recruitment services. We appreciate the interest of recruitment agencies, but kindly request that they refrain from contacting us regarding potential candidates. We are excited to build our internal recruitment capabilities and establish direct relationships with potential hires.

TemperPack provides Equal Employment Opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or status as a covered veteran/reservist, and any other class of protected individuals, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Our company uses E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, please visitwww.E-Verify.gov.