Maintenance Electrician

• Albert Lea, MN
• 1st shift
• $37-$42/hour

We are working with an established food manufacturing company based in Albert Lea, MN. They are recruiting for a Maintenance Electrican / Master Electrician to join their team on the 1st Shift (Days) in return for an hourly rate of between $37-$42/hour along with excellent employment benefits which include 401K, Healthcare, Vision and Dental, PTO, and Life Insurance.

• Applicants must have a Master Electrician license for the state of Minnesota.

Duties and responsibilities as a Maintenance Electrican / Master Electrician include:

• Manage and maintain controls/PLC including instrumentation maintenance of facility equipment such as boilers, air compressors, chillers, waste water treatment plant, HVAC, dock doors, lighting, main tank farm, rail car unloading, ammonia refrigeration system. Ensure all wiring is done to NEC code.
• Create and support preventative maintenance strategies and activities for electrical and automation systems. Maintain all electrical/automation/plc/hmi programs with backup. Install and wire new devices as needed to stay ahead of obsolescence.
• Train, assist and support troubleshooting of electrical components, instrumentation and control issues to minimize downtime due to equipment failure. Replace failed devices, pull new wire as needed and install updated components as required.
• Develop and implement cost saving opportunities with provided resources to improve reliability of plant equipment control systems.
• Impart PLC and control systems technical knowledge to Mx through in house training to enhance the technical and troubleshooting skills of the personnel.
• Design and develop new control methodologies to increase efficiencies or production. Develop and apply PLC and HMI programming changes to plant systems during troubleshooting activities and projects to increase efficiency.
• Assist in planning and completion of maintenance and facility based special projects managing the complete electrical process and contractors to ensure consistency across the plant.

Qualifications & Experience required:

• Mast Electrician license for the state of Minnesota required
• Minimum (8) years of high level experience in computer languages, basic programming, and/or instrumentation fields.
• Troubleshooting and working experience with Allen Bradley and Siemens software.
• RSLogix 5000, Factory Talk, View ME/Drive Executive; Drive Monitor; Keyence Camera recognition systems for tracking product with barcode or image markings, Ink Jet Systems.
• Experience with Robotics, Human Machine Interface Touch Screens , Schematic Layouts & Fault Recovery Procedures and Programmable Logic Controllers.
• Drive Controllers & Motors, Facilities & Machine Wiring.

This position is commutable from; Albert Lea, Rochester, Owatonna, Northwood, Mankato, Minneapolis, Iowa, Fort Dodge, Charles City, Cresco and Lake Mills.

Relevant Job Titles: Maintenance Electrician, Electrical Technician, Electrical Maintenance Technician, Electrical Engineer, Journeyman Electrician, Electrical Engineer, Master Electrician, Electrical Journeyman, Journeyman, Electrical Superintendent, Electrical Supervisor

How To Apply

• Contact: Tom Tisdell
• 215-999-6430

All applicants must live in the USA and be eligible to work and live in the USA. Please note, our client is unable to offer Sponsorship or Visa support for this role.

Due to the sheer volume of applications, we will only contact successful applications. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within 10 working days, please deem your application as unsuccessful.

Axion Recruitment is working as a recruitment agency in relation to this vacancy.