Electrical Maintenance Technician (1st Shift)

Tenneco•Manitowoc, WI

About The Position

Performs a variety of electrical maintenance activities, identifying efficient ways to complete assigned work and meeting acceptable quality and proficiency standards. The technician exercises judgment, maintains effective working relationships, and works with minimal supervision or assistance from a supervisor or Electrical Engineering within the Maintenance Group. Duties include testing, calibrating, diagnosing, and repairing electrical, electronic, and electromechanical devices and equipment.

Requirements

Knowledge gained through related training and practical experience as an Industrial Electrical Technician.
Three years of experience in the Industrial Electrical Technician field or certification in the Electrical Technician field from an accredited institution.
Ability to use shop mathematics and basic precision measuring devices.
Knowledge of the trade and ability to read and interpret electrical prints and drawings.
Ability to identify and recommend efficient paths of action to complete assigned work.
Ability to exercise supervised judgment and maintain solid working relationships with others.
Ability to test, calibrate, diagnose, and repair various devices.
Good communication and organizational skills.
Ability to perform assigned work to acceptable quality and proficiency levels.

Responsibilities

Perform facilities maintenance to preserve or improve the physical structure.
Repair or replace defective parts in motors, controllers, switchboards, switches, conductors, and other electrical fixtures.
Install, maintain, and repair electromechanical, electrical, and electronic components of machinery and equipment, including transformers and hydraulic and pneumatic devices.
Perform preventive repair and maintenance of plant and shop electronic and electrical systems, devices, equipment, and components.
Test solid-state circuitry to identify defective parts in digital and analog equipment and replace defective parts.
Apply electrical theory or related knowledge to test and modify operational or developmental electrical control circuitry.
Use specialized digital cameras and thermographic imaging to perform infrared analysis and examination of facility equipment.
Design and modify motor power control equipment circuits, and read and interpret blueprints, wiring diagrams, and schematics.
Plan and lay out work orders or work from instructions, sketches, blueprints, and drawings.
Ensure accurate and appropriate completion of preventive electrical technician duties.
Modify electrical prototypes to correct operational deviations under the general direction of an Electrical Engineer.
Operate powered industrial truck equipment, including scissor lifts.
Implement company safety procedures.
Perform other duties as assigned.