Electrical Maintenance Technician (3rd Shift)

Tenneco•Manitowoc, WI

About The Position

The Electrical Maintenance Technician performs varied industrial electrical maintenance work, identifying efficient ways to complete assigned tasks and meeting required quality and proficiency standards. The role requires independent judgment, effective communication and organization, and the ability to maintain positive working relationships. The technician tests, calibrates, diagnoses, and repairs devices, generally with minimal supervision or assistance from a supervisor or Electrical Engineering within the Maintenance Group. Work includes maintaining facility structures and plant and shop electrical and electronic systems; repairing, installing, and modifying electrical, electromechanical, and electronic equipment and components; troubleshooting circuitry; and performing preventive maintenance. The technician reads and interprets prints and schematics, uses specialized imaging for infrared analysis, and may modify prototypes under the general direction of an Electrical Engineer. The employee must follow company safety procedures and be willing and able to operate powered industrial truck equipment such as scissor lifts. The work involves frequent lifting and carrying of objects weighing 40–75 pounds, prolonged standing, and varying amounts of bending, squatting, twisting, pushing, pulling, and grasping. Some facility areas may involve potentially hazardous materials requiring additional PPE. The employee may occasionally encounter extreme heat and work near moving mechanical parts, chemicals, coolants, oils, and electrical power. Safety glasses, hearing protection, and steel-toe shoes are required in designated areas.

Requirements

Three years of experience in the Industrial Electrical Technician field or certification in the Electrical Technician field from an accredited institution.
Knowledge gained through related training and practical experience as an Industrial Electrical Technician.
Ability to perform assigned work to acceptable quality and proficiency levels.
Ability to use shop math and basic precision measuring devices and knowledge of the trade.
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.
Ability to establish and maintain solid working relationships with others.
Ability to test, calibrate, diagnose, and repair various devices.
Good communication and organization skills.
Provide own hand tools and measuring devices common to the job requirements.
Willingness and ability to operate powered industrial truck equipment, such as scissor lifts.
Ability to meet the role's physical demands, including frequent lifting or carrying of 40–75 pounds and prolonged standing.
Ability to maintain a high level of mental concentration and emotional stability.

Responsibilities

Perform facility maintenance tasks to preserve or improve physical structures.
Repair and 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 on plant and shop electronic and electrical systems, devices, equipment, and components.
Test solid-state circuitry to locate 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.