Senior Electrical Technician - Plant Maintenance & Troubleshooting

Inteplast Group; Lolita (TX); On-site; USD 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Inteplast Group in Texas is seeking a Sr. 1 Electrical Technician to support maintenance operations within the plant. The role requires reading blueprints, diagnosing electrical issues, and ensuring safe, compliant work practices.

The position emphasizes preventive maintenance, coordination of small workgroups, and accurate documentation of test data while adhering to safety rules. Strong communication and reliability are essential.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Vocational education desirable.
• Previous maintenance experience required.
• Ability to read and interpret blueprints and schematics.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Attend reliably and愿 to work non-standard hours as necessary.
• Capable of managing job-related stress and fostering productive workplace interactions.

Responsibilities

• Must have regular, reliable attendance, and willing to work outside the regular schedule as required.
• Willing to handle job stress and interact with others in the workplace
• Consistently demonstrates safe work habits
• Adhere to all company rules and policies
• Has complete understanding of the plant and department safety rules
• Demonstrates good housekeeping by ensuring his or her assigned area is kept clean.
• Works efficiently with other employees in order to meet plant and department goals in safety, quality, production and housekeeping
• Follows oral and written instructions from higher management
• Works and cooperates with other departments within the plant
• Attends scheduled department safety and training meetings
• Ability to receive constructive suggestions
• Ability to troubleshoot equipment, i.e. FMC bag machine and winder, kiefel extruder and winder, amplast unwinder, ktron resin system.
• Comply with all written and verbal safety rules using personnel protective equipment as required by department and plant safety programs.
• Plan and carry-out tasks to accepted national and local standards and codes.
• Identify and correct, in a timely manner, problems in all areas of the plant including production equipment, material handling equipment, etc. to within accepted codes.
• Ability to coordinate and lead small work groups to complete assigned tasks.
• Check voltage with volt meter.
• Check amperes with amprobe.
• Read electrical and construction schematics pertaining to electrical
• Understand electrical diagrams
• Troubleshoot electrical motors.
• Install bearings and deals in electrical motors of all sizes.
• Replace electrical motors (AC and DC)
• Check out and troubleshoot DC drives
• Do PMS on electrical equipment
• Troubleshoot and replace heater bands
• Replace and repair if possible heat controls.
• Troubleshoot replays, starters, circuit breakers and replace when needed.
• Be able to bend rigid or EMT pipe
• Check and replace fuses.
• Read dial and venire calipers
• Be able to read metric and standard measurements
• Check and repair or replace when necessary thermocouples
• Must know about resin systems
• Must know how to download and reload computers.
• Must be able to set up and run a job without being supervised.
• Must be able to install starters, wiring, etc. in panels.
• Must be able to repair faulty wiring.
• Must know all wires sizes and voltage and amp ratings.
• Identify and understand the function of equipment
• Provide timely preventive maintenance support and records all test data
• Ability to properly fill out necessary paperwork associated with work orders, historical

Skills

Blueprints & schematics

Safety awareness

Reading & interpreting electrical docs

Attention to attendance

Clear communication

Stress management

Team collaboration

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Volt meter

Amprobe

Dial calipers

Vernier calipers

Thermocouples

Job description

Inteplast Group in Texas is seeking a Sr. 1 Electrical Technician to support maintenance operations within the plant. The role requires reading blueprints, diagnosing electrical issues, and ensuring safe, compliant work practices.

The position emphasizes preventive maintenance, coordination of small workgroups, and accurate documentation of test data while adhering to safety rules. Strong communication and reliability are essential.