Electrician

SUMMARY:

The Electrician is responsible for ensuring the reliability and safety of our facility’s electrical infrastructure. This role involves inspecting, servicing, and repairing a variety of electrical systems, as well as performing routine preventive maintenance to minimize downtime. The technician will use a range of diagnostic tools to assess performance and identify issues, while keeping accurate maintenance records in our CMMS.

This role works alongside plumbers, HVAC techs, and MRTs, on any building maintenance issues. A core focus of this role is preventative maintenance, ensuring automated systems are proactively maintained to maximize uptime and extend equipment life across the facility. Uptime is critical; you'll be a key part of the team that keeps production running.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Inspect, troubleshoot, service, and repair electrical feeds, panels, breakers, circuits, switches, variable frequency drives (VFDs), and motor controls (single-phase and 3-phase systems up to 480V).
• Perform preventative and corrective maintenance on high-capacity commercial food production equipment, including conveyor dishwashers, blast chillers, walk-in freezers/coolers, combi-ovens, industrial mixers, and automated food packaging machinery.
• Run new conduit, pull wire, and install electrical enclosures, drops, disconnects, and lighting fixtures to support kitchen reconfigurations or equipment upgrades.
• Support facility emergency power infrastructure, including automatic transfer switches (ATS), backup diesel generator, staged load-shedding protocols, and emergency lighting systems.
• Ensure all electrical work complies with National Electrical Code (NEC), NFPA 70E arc flash safety standards, and OSHA lock-out/tag-out (LOTO) regulations.
• Log detailed records of labor hours, parts used, root-cause failure analyses, and asset status updates within the CMMS.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable requirements related to product and service quality, environmental standards, food safety, and health and safety regulations.
• Promote a safe and healthy work environment by preventing work-related injuries and illnesses, eliminating hazards, and reducing health and safety risks.
• Compliance with Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP)/General manufacturing practices (GMP) guidelines for personal hygiene and observe security precautions as mandated by unit management.
• Satisfactory and punctual attendance is expected.
• All other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

• High school diploma or GED required; technical/vocational certificate or associate degree in Industrial Maintenance, Electronics, or related field preferred but not required
• Food production, airline catering, or high-volume manufacturing environment background
• OSHA 10 or OSHA 30 certification

QUALIFICATIONS

• Licensure: Journeyman Electrician license (or state/local electrical equivalent).
• Experience: Minimum 3–5 years of industrial or commercial electrical experience; prior maintenance background in a commercial kitchen, food/beverage processing plant, or cold-storage environment preferred.
• Proficiency in reading single-line electrical diagrams, schematics, and mechanical blueprints.
• Strong working knowledge of 120V/208V/240V/480V single and three-phase systems.

PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential responsibilities of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential responsibilities.

 While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, walk, talk and/or hear. The employee is frequently required to use hands to handle or feel. The employee must also occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.  The employee is also required to frequently inspect the manufacturing floor and will be exposed to noise levels that may range from moderate to loud.