Maintenance Electrician Lead

EMD Electronics; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 48,000 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off (PTO)

Retirement contributions

Job summary

EMD Electronics in Dallas, TX is seeking an Electrician for reliable maintenance of plant electrical systems, wiring, control panels, and related equipment. The role emphasizes preventive maintenance, safety, and coordination with operations.

The ideal candidate holds a Texas Journeyman Electrician license, 2+ years of electrical maintenance experience, and can read electrical drawings. The position is on-site with union involvement and offers competitive pay and benefits.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED is required.
• Valid Texas Journeyman Electrician License is required.
• 2+ years of electrical maintenance experience is required.

Responsibilities

• Respond to routine and unscheduled maintenance requests to ensure plant operations.
• Operate, test, install, repair, and maintain facility equipment and electrical systems.
• Investigate equipment failures and participate in preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
• Maintain maintenance logs and ensure compliance with safety policies.
• Work with operations and other trades to improve equipment reliability and reduce downtime.
• This is a union position.

Skills

Electrical maintenance

Read electrical drawings

Preventive maintenance

Safety compliance

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Texas Journeyman Electrician License

Tools

Outlook

SharePoint

SAP

Job description

Work Your Magic with us! Start your next chapter and join EMD Electronics.

Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more? We know you’ve got big plans – so do we! Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people’s lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet. That's why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us.

Everything we do in EMD Electronics is to help us deliver on our purpose of being the company behind the companies, advancing digital living. We are dedicated to being the trusted supplier of high-tech materials, services and specialty chemicals for the electronics, automotive and cosmetics industries. We foster a global collaborative organization made up of individuals who have the passion to win, obsess about the customer, are relentlessly curious and act with urgency. Together, we push the boundaries of science to make more possible for our customers.

This role does not offer sponsorship for work authorization. External applicants must be eligible to work in the US.

Your Role

Support reliable, safe plant operations by responding to routine and unscheduled maintenance requests and by operating, testing, installing, repairing, and maintaining facility equipment, systems, utilities, and electrical systems, including low-voltage control systems. Investigate equipment failures, contribute to preventive and predictive maintenance programs, maintain required documentation, and partner with operations and other trades to improve equipment reliability, reduce downtime, and meet production goals. This is a union position.

• Examine, install, replace, or repair electrical wiring, receptacles, switch boxes, conduits, lighting fixtures, and other electrical components in accordance with applicable National Electrical Code requirements.
• Test basic electrical and electronic devices, components, and equipment for continuity, current, voltage, and resistance using basic test instruments such as a volt-ohm meter.
• Perform corrective and preventive maintenance on a variety of plant equipment, systems, and facility machinery.
• Install, troubleshoot, and repair control systems and related hardware, including motor circuits, stop‑start circuits, motor holding circuits, and protective devices.
• Read and interpret basic electrical drawings and follow safe work permits, plant and department safety processes, and applicable work practices.
• Maintain accurate maintenance logs and other documentation supporting compliance with applicable policies, standards, codes, and regulations.

Who You Are

Minimum Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Valid Texas Journeyman Electrician License.
• 2+ years of electrical maintenance experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of alternating‑current motors and related applications, including 120/240‑volt single‑phase and 480‑volt three‑phase systems, thermal overloads, and overcurrent and undercurrent protection.
• Knowledge of power distribution equipment, including motor control centers, power panels, transformers, metering, and switchgear.
• Familiarity with hydraulics, pneumatics, centrifugal pumps, rigging and material handling, scaffolds and ladders, powered lift trucks, shop machines, and hand tools.
• Familiarity with filling, packaging, and material handling systems, as well as basic furnace operations involving gas and electric heat.
• Experience using Outlook, SharePoint, or SAP applications for maintenance documentation and work coordination.
• Experience supporting preventive and predictive maintenance, root‑cause investigations, continuous improvement, equipment reliability, welding, or fabrication activities.

Pay Range for this position: $35.00 - $56.00

The offer range represents the anticipated low and high end of the base pay compensation for this position. The actual compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, level of experience, education, skills, and other job‑related factors. Position may be eligible for sales or performance‑based bonuses. Benefits offered by the Company include health insurance, paid time off (PTO), retirement contributions, and other perquisites.

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What we offer:

We are curious minds that come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe that this variety drives excellence and innovation, strengthening our ability to lead in science and technology. We are committed to creating access and opportunities for all to develop and grow at your own pace. Join us in building a culture of inclusion and belonging that impacts millions and empowers everyone to work their magic and champion human progress!