Maintenance Electrician- 1st Shift

744 Crane ChemPharma & Energy Corp; Kentucky; On-site; USD 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Retirement plan

Job summary

Crane Company is seeking a skilled maintenance technician to perform diversified installation, repair, and preventive maintenance on plant machinery and equipment. Responsibilities include reading blueprints and manuals, wiring PLC panels, and diagnosing faults to restore operations quickly.

The role requires strong hands-on skills with various tools, rigorous adherence to safety, and the ability to work from heights and in tight spaces as needed.

Qualifications

• Blueprint reading skills to interpret engineering drawings and specifications.
• Basic math including fractions and decimals for material calculations.
• Ability to read measuring instruments (tape, gauges, micrometers, calipers).
• Electrical Maintenance Certification or equivalent experience.
• Analytical troubleshooting and complex electrical installation/repair including PLC wiring.

Responsibilities

• Interpret drawings and manuals to install, adjust, repair, and perform general maintenance tasks.
• Dismantle units and replace defective parts; reassemble and test.
• Operate and maintain a range of machine tools and equipment.
• Move, rig, level, and align machines and equipment.
• Perform plumbing, carpentry, welding and related maintenance tasks.

Skills

Blueprint reading

Math skills

Measuring instruments reading

Electrical troubleshooting

PLC programming

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Electrical Maintenance Certification

Tools

Ohm meter

Ammeter

Job description

Position Summary

Responsible for performing diversified installation and repair operations as assigned to maintain the physical plant machinery, equipment, and auxiliaries in proper operating condition.

Principle Duties (includes, but is not limited to):

• Must work from drawings, sketches, machine operation/maintenance manuals, and oral instructions to install, adjust, repair, and perform assigned general maintenance duties.
• Dismantle units, repair and/or replace defective parts or mechanisms, reassemble, and prove out.
• Must adjust or repair a broad range of machine tools such as vertical and horizontal mills, engine lathes, drill presses, lift trucks, bridge cranes, air compressor and controls, air or electric powered hand tools, air and hydraulic connectors and various other related equipment.
• Move, rig, level, align and secure machines, equipment, and auxiliaries.
• Install various attachments such as pumps, ducts, motors, tanks, guards, brackets, and other related accessories.
• Cut, bend and thread pipe for tubing.
• Hang pipe, string up wire and cable.
• Working above floor heights is often necessary.
• Perform ordinary plumbing and pipe fitting with some limitation to maintain air, water, oil, and steam lines.
• Perform ordinary carpentry and masonry operations as required.
• Perform ordinary arc and oxyacetylene welding and brazing as related to maintenance requirements.
• Perform preventative maintenance as needed and as directed by Maintenance Manager.
• Detect fault operation, diagnose malfunctions, and provide remedy or report to proper supervisor.
• Maintain equipment and workplace in a neat and orderly condition.
• Periodically inspect conditions of plant operating machines and equipment for preventative maintenance purposes.
• Detect faulty operations, diagnose malfunctions, and provide remedy or report to proper supervisor.
• Ability to use measuring and testing instruments such as ohm meter and amp meter.
• Maintain work area and equipment in a neat and orderly condition.

Essential Qualifications / Experience:

• High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent.
• Must be able to lift parts weighing up to 50 lbs without assistance, any parts weighing over 50lbs requires a team lift.
• Must have basic blueprint reading skills to interpret engineering drawings and specifications necessary to perform job.
• Must have basic math skills including addition / subtraction of fractions and decimal values for determining material, manufacturing, and inspection requirements.
• Must have ability to read measuring instruments not limited to but including tape measure, thickness gage, micrometres, and callipers.
• Must have Electrical Maintenance Certification or equivalent experience.
• Must be able to perform analytical troubleshooting and do complex electrical installation, repair and assembly of electronic equipment, PLC Programming control panels and wiring.

Preferred Qualifications/Experience

• Five or more year’s maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience in pneumatics, hydraulic machine repair and Total Production Maintenance in a manufacturing environment.
• Hazardous Waste Handler Awareness and satellite accumulation (including but not limited to) caps, labelling, dating.
• Periodically removing satellite waste containers and deliver to less than central accumulation area.
• Annual RCRA Training including Emergency Coordinator (secondary) refresher, Contingency Plan training, RCR hazardous waste training.

EOE/Women/Minorities/Veterans/Disabled

This description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work being performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Crane Company. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, general identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. At Crane, we believe that attracting and retaining the highest quality people is the best insurance of success. Our goal is to recruit talented people and train them within a culture that calls for performance with trust and respect. Join us. The unique backgrounds and differences of our associates make us stronger, more capable, and more successful.

Benefits and Compensation

• Beyond an associate’s base compensation, we reward and reinforce wellbeing with a compelling package of both cash and non-cash benefits, including comprehensive health, wellness incentives, assistance with retirement savings, paid time off, paid holidays, and tuition reimbursement — as well as performance-based bonus programs for certain positions.

Crane prioritizes career development for our associates. All associates receive an annual development plan that includes a mixture of on-the-job coaching and formal training experiences to support individual development needs. We firmly believe in associate growth that supports career progression and we will proactively support your ongoing career development.