Industrial Electrician

LG•Clarksville, TN

9d•Onsite

About The Position

LG Chem Advance Materials, Inc. (LGCTA) is seeking an Industrial Electrician for its Clarksville, Tennessee team. This full-time, onsite 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 is 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 failure, and production downtime. The position requires work across electrical safety and work control, distribution maintenance, troubleshooting and restoration, switching and system operations, reliability, documentation, and coordination with other teams. Work may involve multiple shifts, weekends, supplemental hours, on-call rotation, and off-hours response to plant issues. The physical and environmental conditions include varied postures and movement, lifting up to 40 pounds, exposure to electrical and mechanical hazards and other industrial conditions, and use of appropriate PPE.

Requirements

High school diploma or recognized equivalent.
Basic electrical theory, tools, safe-work practices, calculations, and measurement interpretation.
Ability to use hand tools and basic test equipment after training and to read procedures, labels, safety information, and basic electrical drawings.
Demonstrated knowledge of industrial electrical distribution systems and equipment, including switchgear, transformers, circuit breakers, motor control centers, electrical panels, protective devices, and related power-distribution components.
Ability to read and interpret one-line diagrams, electrical schematics, equipment manuals, and technical specifications.
Ability to troubleshoot electrical distribution systems, identify equipment or system abnormalities, interpret technical information, analyze electrical issues using available data and diagnostic tools, and determine appropriate corrective actions while considering safety, operational impact, and reliability.
Ability to perform and support preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance and identify developing equipment issues and recommended repairs, replacements, or improvements.
Clear communication, teamwork, and ability to meet shift, overtime, attendance, and emergency-response requirements.
Ability to work multiple shifts, including weekends, work supplemental hours when asked, participate in on-call rotation, and respond off hours and weekends to plant issues.
Ability to sit, stand, walk, kneel, crouch, stoop, squat, crawl, twist, climb, and lift 40 pounds.
Ability to work in environments involving heat, noise, outdoor conditions, vibration, confined work spaces, chemicals, explosive materials, mechanical hazards, and electrical hazards.
Ability to wear PPE and other garments as needed, 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 using a PC and Microsoft Office, 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 PPE; 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 electrical 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 testing, along with approved insulation-resistance, continuity, winding-resistance, voltage, current, phase-rotation, grounding, and power-quality measurements.
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 qualification and written authorization; review switching instructions, one-line diagrams, equipment identification, load conditions, and contingency plans; execute approved sequences and verify final system configuration.
Install or remove protective grounds only when qualified and authorized; support planned outages, shutdowns, commissioning, and emergency restoration.
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.
Meet shift, overtime, attendance, and emergency-response requirements; participate in on-call rotation and respond off hours and weekends to troubleshoot plant issues.