Maintenance Electrician Level 2

Precision Castparts; Langhorne (Bucks County); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Precision Castparts is seeking a Level Two Maintenance Electrician in Langhorne, PA, to monitor and operate a wide range of electrical controlled equipment including furnaces, presses, and machining equipment. The role requires understanding PLC control signals and basic troubleshooting, with 2–5 years of experience.

You will work under minimal supervision, perform wiring/layout tasks, and contribute to equipment reliability across plant departments, power house, and offices.

Qualifications

• GED or high school diploma preferred.
• 1–2 years experience as maintenance electrician.
• Ability to read drawings and specifications.

Responsibilities

• Work safely under PPE and functional safety guidelines.
• Layout, install, repair and maintain a wide variety of electrical equipment and wiring.
• Disassemble motors, repair brushes, clean and reassemble components.
• Install motors for machine tools and connect for proper rotation.
• Diagnose faults and remedy trouble, service amplifiers.
• Investigate power loss at substation when breakers trip.
• Tear down units, diagnose, repair or replace parts and reassemble.

Skills

Reading & writing English

Advanced communication

Diagnostics & troubleshooting

Electrical theory & controls

Reasoning & problem solving

Manual dexterity

Education

GED or HS diploma

Tools

Precision instruments

Job description

Level Two: Under minimal supervision, level two maintenance electrician monitor and operate a wide range of electrical controlled equipment such as furnaces, presses, and machining equipment. Level two electrician understand concepts of analog signals for PLC control systems and perform basic troubleshooting tasks demonstrating more advanced knowledge of electrical controls for equipment such as hydraulic presses, hydraulic power units, and furnace control systems. 2-5 YOE

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Work safely under functional safety guidelines such as PPE and equipment interaction.
• Layout, install and repair and maintain a wide variety of complex electrical equipment and wiring used in various plant departments, power house and offices such as motors, switchboards, lighting and power circuits, starters, elevators, cranes, trucks and transformers.
• Disassemble motors; clean, repair, replace or adjust brushes and holders, slip ring commutators, sleeve and ball bearings, undercut mica between commutator bars and reassemble.
• Make connections for proper field, forward and reverse rotation motors, series with DC motors and synchronize squirrel-cage and induction AC motors.Install small motors, lighting fixtures; repair or replace brushes, defective light switches; fans, solder connections, polish armature shafts and other related operations.
• Install and wire motors for various machine tools such as engine lathes, turret lathes, automatic screw machines, milling machines and drill presses.
• Detect faulty operation or defective material, diagnose and remedy trouble. Service and replace amplifiers.
• Investigate reason for power loss at substation when breakers kick-out.
• Tear down ordinary units, determine extent of troubles, repair or replace defective parts or wiring, and reassemble.

Required Skills

• The ability to read and write English.
• Advanced communications such as training other employees, posting, preparing, interpreting, using and checking reports, records and comparable data
• Basic shop mathematics together with the use of complicated drawings, specifciations, charts and tables
• Use of precision measuring instruments (e.g. comparator, contour gages, inspection laser, layout fistures, layout gages, ohm meter, optical comparator, oscilloscope, profilometer, roundness gages, super-micrometer, torque transducer)
• Uses considerable judgement to plan or perform unusual or difficult work when only general methods and procedures are available
• Coordinate a high degree of manual dexterity with close visual attention
• Uses judgement to plan or perform work within limitations of standard methods and procedures

Required Experience

• Typically 1-2

Level Of Education

• GED or High School diploma preferred but not required.

Working Conditions

• Constant exposure to indoor manufacturing environment
• Constant exposure to moderate noise
• Working conditions may include small spaces, dust, fumes, odors, hot / cold temperatures, inside / outside noise vibration, standing on concrete for long hours and wet or uneven surfaces.
• Must be able to work any shift including overtime, weekends and holidays if scheduled.

Working Conditions/Physical Requirements

N-Never, O-Occasionally (<20%), F-Frequently (20%-80%), C-constantly (>80%)

Exposure To Adverse Working Conditions

• Noise, Noxious Orders, Temperatures

F

• Hazardous Materials

Physical Conditions

• Close Eye Work (computers, typing, reading, writing)

F

• Sedentary (continuous sitting)

O

Light Work (standing, walking, lifting

C

• Moderate Work (lifting 15-30 pounds, prolonged use of small hand instruments or tools)

F

• Moderately Heavy Work (lifting, moving, loading up to 35 pounds)

O

• Heavy/Hard Work (above average strength & stamina)

Travel Requirements

• None