Electrician

Alto Ingredients, Inc•Pekin, IL

12d•$35 - $38•Onsite

About The Position

Alto Ingredients, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALTO) is a leading producer and distributor of specialty alcohols, renewable fuels and essential ingredients. Leveraging the unique qualities of its facilities, the company serves customers in a wide range of consumer and commercial products in the Health, Home & Beauty; Food & Beverage; Industry & Agriculture; Essential Ingredients; and Renewable Fuels markets. Our Pekin campus produces products destined for Health, Home& Beauty; Food and Beverage; Industry & Agriculture; Essential Ingredients; and Renewable Fuels markets. All personnel are responsible for the safety of these products, which includes participation in training, following cGMP and feed/food safety requirements in the facility, and following procedures per instruction of management. The purpose of this role is to provide electrical plant maintenance to the facility and all process equipment to ensure continued ethanol production.

Requirements

High School diploma or equivalent
4-year apprenticeship program or equivalent experience
Armed Services Training/OJT/Critical Controls Operation
Instrument / Electrician Journeyman or equivalent
Plant electrical/instrumentation experience – 2 year minimum
Associate degree in Electronics or Electronics Technology field
Excellent organizational skills
Detailed oriented and multi-tasking is a must
Able to work in a team environment
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Self-motivated, needing minimal supervision
Able to walk, stand and move around the plant facility freely.
Able to climb stairs and ladders to check equipment and gauges and to work on equipment.
Able to use hands to handle, feel objects; use tools, work with controls and gauges; must be able to reach.
Able to kneel, crouch, stoop, crawl around equipment to do work.
Able to hear equipment and determine problems.
Work in hot and cold weather conditions.
Sit at a desk for part of the day to write reports.
Must have good vision and be able to see clearly in close and distant situations; and distinguish colors.
Able to communicate with others by phone and in person, in noisy conditions.
Able to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds alone.

Nice To Haves

Manufacturing plant maintenance and repair experience preferred

Responsibilities

Installation, troubleshooting, calibration, and repair of industrial power generation and distribution equipment, low medium voltage.
Maintenance of transformers, circuit breakers, and protective relays.
Maintenance of motors and motor control circuits.
Maintenance of variable frequency drives.
Maintenance of boiler and burner controls.
Maintenance of pneumatic and electronic process instrumentation; flows, pressure, and temperature measurement, pneumatic relays.
Troubleshooting of control systems and PLCs.
Maintenance of electronic and pneumatic control valves.
Performing vibration and thermographic image analysis.
Responsible for electrical, wiring maintenance and repair decisions affecting equipment for plant operations.
Maintains the electrical functioning of pumps, valves, conveying systems, air compressors and such.
Receives wiring diagrams, specifications and instructions from supervisor covering emergency and scheduled repairs, installation, and electrical inspection work to be performed.
Analyzes circuits, wiring diagrams and drawings to install, repair, calibrate, service or replace electronic devices and systems.
Performs work requiring a thorough knowledge of electrical theory and principles, statutory codes, properties of material and principles of operation of electrical equipment.
Starts up and shuts down equipment in accordance with company safety procedures for machine activation and shutdown and in line with OSHA requirements.
Services electronic equipment by checking, testing, and replacing faulty components, circuits, printed circuit boards, and similar electronic devices.
Fabricates parts if not commercially available, using machine and hand tools common to the trade.
Determines need for, analyzes, and makes necessary running adjustments, repairs and overhauls.
Notifies supervisor of potentially dangerous electrical equipment noted and corrective actions to take.
Ensures a safe, healthy work environment by following all safety, health and environmental policies, procedures and regulations per the Company’s IIPP, job safe practices and other related programs.
Stays current on all required Safety, Zen QMS and IT training.
Performs a variety of electrical, mechanical repairs, maintenance, and other duties as assigned.