Electrician Lead

Overview

ELECTRICIAN LEAD

LOCATION:                    MALAGA – MAINTENANCE – ARVIN, CA.

SHIFT:                            SWING 1:00 P.M. – 09:30 P.M.

REPORTS TO:               ELECTRICAL SUPERVISOR

About the Opportunity:

Grimmway Produce Group is seeking an Electrician Lead responsible for leading and coordinating electrical installation, maintenance, shutdown, and troubleshooting activities across maintenance, construction, production, engineering, and facility projects. Whether you are a current GPG team member looking to grow your career or a professional seeking a rewarding opportunity in agriculture, this position offers the chance to contribute to one of the world’s largest carrot and organic vegetable grower, packer, and shippers. At GPG, we take pride in delivering fresh, healthy, and safe products to communities while caring for the earth’s natural resources and investing in our family of employees—come grow with us! 

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Additional Info

What You Will Need:

• High school diploma or GED.
• Minimum of six years progressively responsible industrial electrical experience, including independently performing advanced electrical work plus coordinating installations, maintenance, shutdowns or emergency repairs. Equivalent combinations of related education, training, and experience may be considered.
• Demonstrated ability to perform the advanced electrical work represented by the Electrician III minimum qualifications and technical competencies, including advanced troubleshooting of electrical, motor-control, PLC-controlled, instrumentation, automation, and industrial power-distribution systems.
• Demonstrated experience planning, scheduling, and coordinating electrical installations, maintenance activities, equipment connections, shutdown work, or facility projects.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex troubleshooting involving electrical, motor-control, instrumentation, automation, mechanical, and production-system interactions.
• Experience coordinating employees, tools, materials, parts, vendors, and other resources during planned work and emergency response.
• Ability to read, interpret, and apply electrical drawings, one-line diagrams, control schematics, ladder logic, equipment documentation, engineering specifications, and project plans.
• Working knowledge of the National Electrical Code, NFPA 70E principles, lockout/tagout requirements, arc-flash precautions, and safe electrical work practices.
• Ability to verify that completed work conforms to approved drawings, specifications, company standards, operational requirements, and applicable codes.
• Ability to estimate labor, materials, tools, equipment, and time required for electrical installations, repairs, and projects and use those estimates to support work planning and scheduling.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate technical requirements, work status, safety concerns, resource needs, and expected completion times to employees, supervisors, operations, maintenance, engineering, and other stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience providing technical direction and hands-on coaching to electricians or other maintenance employees during assigned electrical work, troubleshooting, installations, shutdowns, or projects.
• Ability to prepare and maintain accurate schedules, work orders, inspection records, project documentation, and as-built information.
• Ability to read and understand English-language safety instructions, electrical codes, technical documentation, and work orders; communicate in English with operators and coworkers when needed for safe troubleshooting and coordination; and write required maintenance records and reports in English, at the level needed to perform these job duties.
• Must have a valid driver’s license and maintain a driving record that meets company policy, insurance, and DMV requirements.
• Employment is contingent upon successful competition of a pre-employment screening consistent with applicable state and federal law.

What will set you apart:

• Experience leading large-scale or complex electrical installations, major planned shutdowns, facility projects, or emergency-response activities involving multiple employees, departments, contractors, or technical disciplines.
• Advanced experience with PLC/HMI programming, industrial networks, controls integration, instrumentation, or automation-system commissioning beyond the troubleshooting requirements of the position.
• California General Electrician Certification or completion of a recognized electrical apprenticeship program.
• Completion of formal leadership, project-management, technical-coaching, or train-the-trainer development.
• Associate degree, certificate, or advanced technical coursework in industrial electricity, electrical technology, instrumentation, automation, mechatronics, or a related field.
• OSHA 30-Hour General Industry training.
• Experience using a computerized maintenance-management system to plan and document work.
• Bilingual English and Spanish.

Benefits

Starting Wage: The starting wage for this position is $37.95 per hour. Final compensation may be higher and will be determined based on the candidate’s relevant experience, qualifications, skills, and other job-related factors.

Filling Deadline:             October 13^th, 2026 (Internal Employees)

• Subsidized benefits package including Medical and Dental coverage
• Generous vision reimbursement allowance for each covered family member per calendar year
• 401(k) plan
• Paid Time Off/Paid Sick and Safe Time
• Employer-paid life insurance
• Discounted gym memberships with InShape health clubs
• Discounted tickets to major theme parks throughout California