Electrician Level 1 SS - Night Shift

Simmons Foods•Gentry, AR

11d

About The Position

The Electrician is responsible for maintaining, repairing, and continuously improving packaging and process machinery and systems, including site auxiliary equipment, while ensuring safe and efficient operation. Preventing and eliminating breakdowns is a primary focus. The role troubleshoots equipment and pneumatic, hydraulic, and utility systems; prepares work orders in a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS); performs preventive maintenance on site equipment; and supports predictive maintenance where applicable. The Electrician reads and interprets technical bulletins, manuals, instructions, and blueprints. The position reports to the Maintenance Supervisor/Manager, provides a daily summary of work, and receives assignments from the maintenance planner as needed. The Electrician is an active member of the maintenance team, contributing to team development, communication, coordination, and continuous improvement. The role also supports Simmons operating systems and policies, communicates concerns and improvement ideas, and performs other duties as needed to support business objectives. The work requires spending the shift on one's feet and may involve extreme temperatures, cramped or enclosed spaces, elevated areas, wet or dirty conditions, and noise above 90 decibels. Required protective equipment includes steel-toed shoes, ear plugs, a hair net, a hard hat, and other PPE appropriate to the environment.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Working knowledge of applicable Electrical Code and safety requirements, including NFPA 70E.
Ability to make sound decisions and communicate effectively with colleagues and leadership.
Ability to respond calmly and with focus to daily production priorities.
Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team.
Ability to manually lift or move objects weighing up to 50 pounds.
Ability to work in extreme temperatures and remain on one's feet for the entire shift.
Ability to work in cramped, enclosed, elevated, wet, or dirty areas and in noise levels above 90 decibels.

Nice To Haves

2–3 years of industrial maintenance electrical experience or skills.
Experience in a food manufacturing organization.
Some college and/or graduation from a technical school.

Responsibilities

Maintain, repair, and continuously improve packaging and process machinery, systems, and site auxiliary equipment safely and efficiently.
Focus on preventing and eliminating equipment breakdowns.
Troubleshoot equipment, including pneumatic, hydraulic, and utility systems, using a logical approach.
Prepare work orders using a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS).
Perform preventive maintenance on site equipment and support predictive maintenance where applicable.
Read and understand technical bulletins, manuals, instructions, and blueprints.
Report to the Maintenance Supervisor/Manager and provide a daily summary of work.
Complete work assigned by the maintenance planner as needed.
Participate in team meetings and contribute to team development, communication, coordination, and implementation of team concepts, programs, and policies.
Support Simmons operating systems and communicate concerns and ideas for improvement.
Perform other duties as necessary in support of business objectives.