Industrial Electrician

LG • Clarksville, TN

1d • Onsite

About The Position

LG Chem Advance Materials, Inc. (LGCTA) is seeking an Industrial Electrician to work full-time at its Clarksville, Tennessee facility. This individual-contributor role reports to the Production Manager and works alongside the Electrical Distribution team. The electrician performs skilled installation, inspection, maintenance, testing, troubleshooting, repair, switching support, and restoration of facility electrical distribution systems. Equipment must be maintained according to approved procedures, engineering requirements, manufacturer recommendations, and electrical safety standards. The role also coaches developing technicians, supports outages and projects, and identifies improvements that reduce risk, equipment failures, and production downtime.

The position is based full-time in Clarksville and is not remote. The work includes supporting multiple shifts, weekends, supplemental hours, emergency response, and an on-call rotation. The work environment may include heat, noise, outdoor conditions, vibration, confined spaces, chemicals, explosive materials, mechanical hazards, and electrical hazards. Reasonable accommodations are available to applicants and employees.

Requirements

• High school diploma or recognized equivalent.
• Knowledge of basic electrical theory, tools, safe-work practices, calculations, and measurement interpretation.
• Ability, after training, to use hand tools and basic test equipment and to read procedures, labels, safety information, and basic electrical drawings.
• Ability to communicate clearly, work as part of a team, and meet shift, overtime, attendance, and emergency-response requirements.
• Ability to work multiple shifts, including weekends, and to work supplemental hours when requested.
• Ability to respond outside regular hours and on weekends to troubleshoot plant issues.
• Ability to sit, stand, walk, kneel, crouch, stoop, squat, crawl, twist, climb, and lift up to 40 pounds.
• Ability to wear personal protective equipment and other required garments, which may include safety shoes, safety glasses, masks, full-body gowns, hair nets, gloves, and hearing protection.

Nice To Haves

• Associate degree or technical diploma in Electrical Technology, Industrial Electricity, Electrical Engineering Technology, Industrial Maintenance, Military Training, Mechatronics, or a related technical field.
• Completion of an electrical apprenticeship, trade school, or recognized electrical certification program may be considered in lieu of an associate degree.
• Experience with three-phase power, motor controls, transformers, panelboards, MCCs, LAMP System, or advanced manufacturing.
• Experience in semiconductor, automotive, or battery industries.
• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills.
• Proficiency with a PC and Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.

Responsibilities

• Apply site electrical safety, energy-control, permit, and work-planning requirements.
• Lead or participate in pre-job briefs, hazard analyses, and risk assessments.
• Establish electrically safe work conditions; select and inspect rated tools, instruments, grounding equipment, barriers, and personal protective equipment.
• Interpret incident-energy labels and approach boundaries, verify absence of voltage using the approved live-dead-live method, and stop work when field conditions invalidate the plan.
• Inspect, maintain, test, troubleshoot, and repair assigned low-voltage and authorized medium-voltage systems.
• Service switchgear, switchboards, breakers, transformers, MCCs, panelboards, grounding and bonding systems, protective devices, batteries, chargers, UPS systems, generators, transfer equipment, VFDs, and auxiliary systems.
• Perform breaker inspections and functional tests, as well as approved electrical measurements and tests.
• Support infrared, partial-discharge, oil, relay, and specialized predictive testing when qualified.
• Diagnose complex faults using drawings, system knowledge, instruments, fault indications, alarms, and equipment history.
• Respond to interruptions and safely restore facility and production loads.
• Troubleshoot motors, control power, starters, contactors, overloads, VFDs, and PLC input/output signals without unauthorized programming changes.
• Communicate temporary repairs, system limitations, bypassed functions, and residual risks.
• Perform switching only within documented qualifications and written authorization; review instructions, diagrams, equipment identification, load conditions, and contingency plans.
• Execute approved switching sequences using clear communication and install or remove protective grounds only when qualified and authorized.
• Support planned outages, shutdowns, commissioning, and emergency restoration, and verify final system configuration.
• Execute preventive and predictive maintenance, analyze repeat failures and condition data, participate in root-cause analysis, and develop corrective actions.
• Support equipment replacement, capital projects, commissioning, field verification, redlines, settings, and acceptance testing.
• Complete work orders, switching records, test reports, deficiency reports, and shift handovers.
• Coach entry-level technicians and coordinate with Operations, Engineering, EHS, contractors, and vendors.
• Respond outside regular hours and on weekends to troubleshoot plant issues and participate in the on-call rotation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED