Overview
Position Overview
Shaw Industries is looking for an Electrician V to train and mentor reliability electricians 1-3, ensuring they have the necessary skills to perform their duties effectively. Involves design, installation, repair and maintenance of electrical systems.
Job Title
Reliability Electrician V
Company
Shaw Industries is a leader in flooring and other surface solutions designed for residential housing, commercial spaces and outdoor environments. Shaw Industries Group, Inc. is headquartered in Dalton, Georgia and a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. with more than $6 billion in annual sales and 18,000 associates worldwide.
Position Purpose
To maintain and ensure capacity of equipment assets in assigned areas of responsibility that impact optimal efficiencies at lowest reasonable cost.
Position Expectations
Expectations
- Execution of assigned tasks and duties with focus on safe work practices.
- High quality, precision work with a customer service orientation in support of “Great Products & Service.”
- Adherence to standards and best practice application acquired through training and work experience.
- Sharing maintenance knowledge and application skills through mentoring Reliability Electrician levels II-IV, while continuing to grow in knowledge of maintenance practices and equipment performance, understanding their impact on manufacturing processes and business objectives.
- Provide feedback on job assignment needs and improvement opportunities with peers and leadership.
Position Duties & Tasks
Maintenance and electrical systems
- Maintain manufacturing process and support equipment to highest, reasonable performance levels to include electrical systems including, but not limited to: Electrical system components - MCC’s, inverters, motors, etc.; Control systems - PLC’s, robotics, and other associated automation equipment.
Troubleshooting and repairs
- Perform advanced troubleshooting and lead repairs of equipment causing or contributing to safety, quality, downtime/productivity opportunities and issues.
- Differentiate between cause types when troubleshooting among product, process, mechanical, and electrical contributors.
- Communicate findings and lead design and implementation of correction steps.
- Verify, provide feedback, and update electrical schematics appropriately and in a timely manner.
Maintenance planning
- Execute and assist in development of proactive maintenance plans, including planned jobs on assigned equipment to include: Preventive Maintenance (PM) – inspection & measurement of equipment components for proper function applying specifications, drawings, and written instruction on pre-defined schedules; Condition Maintenance (CM) – repair and replacement of components identified as requiring attention through PM & PdM activities based on detailed job plans, including development of detailed job plans and ensuring any necessary updates to schematics are completed.
Projects and mentoring
- Execute assigned or scheduled work orders in support of projects and process improvement (PI) efforts identified as critical to business objectives.
- Includes design, setup, and programming of complex PLC and other operational equipment involved in product manufacturing.
- Mentor Reliability Electrician II’s-IV’s in development of needed skills, assisting those resources with oversight and management of projects and other work assignments linked to manufacturing systems.
Critical Knowledge & Skills
- Safety practices - LOTO, Confined Space, PPE, Hot Work, PIT, Fall Protection, Hoisting & Rigging
- Calculator and Computer application – work order documentation, parts requisitioning
- Measurement units, techniques and application of appropriate tools including Process Calibrators, oscilloscope, IR camera, data loggers, and data archival and analysis
- Math skills including arithmetic and application of formulas such as current, voltage, etc.; conversion of measurement units
- Ability to read and interpret mechanical and electrical schematics/prints, updating electrical prints/schematics assigned for modification
- Identification and proper use of tools, focused on selection of the right tool for work assignment application
- Working knowledge of the National Electric Code (NEC)
- Advanced understanding of e-stop systems
- Advanced troubleshooting of electrical components such as PLC’s, AC & DC drives, relay logic, single loop controllers, pneumatics & hydraulics
- Ability to create advanced PLC systems and programs for process and operational control
Competencies
- Work Standards
- Solve Problems
- Build Customer Satisfaction
- Collaborate
Shaw Benefits Include
- Medical, dental, vision insurance
- Life insurance and disability coverage
- Tuition reimbursement
- Employee assistance program
- Health savings account
- Paid Time Off
- Parental Leave
- 401K and Retirement Plans
- Product discounts for employees
- Adoption assistance
- Shaw Family Health Center (Dalton, GA, and Cartersville, GA, locations)
- And much more.
Work Shift
Shift
8 Hr non-rotating shift, Hrs fall to in punch day, Observed Calendar, shift starts AM.
Equal Opportunity
Shaw Industries is an equal opportunity employer as to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.