Electrical Maintenance Technician

Nippon Light Metal Georgia•Adairsville, GA

15h•Onsite

About The Position

The Electrical Maintenance Technician will oversee machinery installation, repairs, troubleshooting, and electrical wiring. This role involves reducing cycle time and improving usability through PLC programming. The technician will balance safety, quality, production, cost, and morale to achieve positive results. They will continuously learn, share, and implement corrections for organizational improvements, utilizing the 5S Pillars (Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardize, Sustain) to maintain a clean and organized workspace. Responsibilities include repairing or adjusting equipment, maintaining equipment logs, inspecting components for defects, performing preventive maintenance, testing faulty equipment using test equipment and PLC software, troubleshooting production equipment, studying blueprints and schematics, managing data backups, and analyzing repetitive issues for recurrence prevention. The role also involves load factor and insulated testing of electrical motors, inspecting electrical equipment (panels and generators), setting up and testing industrial equipment, operating equipment to demonstrate use or analyze malfunctions, and coordinating efforts with other workers. The position requires the ability to walk, sit, stand, use hands, reach, climb stairs, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, speak, hear, and occasionally lift up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities include close, distance, color, peripheral, depth perception, and auto focus.

Requirements

High school diploma/GED
Three (5) or more years of experience.
Basic knowledge of electrical circuits.
Knowledge of Microsoft Office products.
Ability to read electrical drawings.
Electrical system troubleshooting and maintenance skills.
Must be an effective learner.
Must be able to work alone and in teams.
Must be highly safety-oriented.
Ability to learn and identify tools and their proper uses.

Nice To Haves

Associate's degree or equivalent from a two-year college or technical school is preferred.
Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) – (Mitsubishi preferred)
Hydraulics and pneumatics
Variable frequency drives (VFDs)
Knowledge of electrical/electronic and controls
Installation work (wire pulling, conduit, termination of wires, etc.)
Robotics background preferred

Responsibilities

Oversee machinery installation, repairs, and troubleshooting.
Perform electrical wiring of machinery.
Reduce cycle time and improve usability through PLC programming.
Balance Safety, Quality, Production, Cost and Morale to achieve positive results across departments.
Continuously learn, share and implement corrections or changes to encourage organizational improvements.
Use the 5S Pillars to maintain a clean and organized workspace.
Repair or adjust equipment, machines, or defective components.
Maintain equipment logs that record performance problems, repairs, calibrations, or tests.
Inspect components of industrial equipment for accurate assembly and installation or for defects.
Perform scheduled preventive maintenance tasks.
Test faulty equipment to diagnose malfunctions, using test equipment and/or PLC software.
Troubleshoot production equipment.
Study blueprints, schematics, manuals, or other specifications to determine installation procedures.
Manage data back-up cyclically and monitor regarding each individual process.
Analyze repetitive trouble for recurrence prevention.
Perform load factor and insulated testing regarding individual electrical motor equipment.
Inspect electrical equipment's (electrical panel and generator).
Set up and test industrial equipment to ensure that it functions properly.
Operate equipment to demonstrate proper use or to analyze malfunctions.
Coordinate efforts with other workers involved in installing or maintaining equipment or components.