Your Opportunity as an Electrician

The Electrician performs a full range of maintenance/engineering assignments using independent judgment to make decisions requiring the application of procedures and practices to specific work situations.
 

Location: 2035 N Narragansett Ave, Chicago, IL 60639 (Hostess Manufacturing Plant)

Work Arrangements: 100% on-site, 2nd Shift: 2pm-10:30pm (Flexibility required.)  

Compensation Base Rate: $38.52/hr

Benefits: https://www.jmsmucker.com/careers/why-smucker/employee-benefits 

In this Role You Will:  

• Repair and maintain, in accordance with diagrams, sketches, operation manuals, and manufacturer’s specifications, machinery and mechanical equipment, such as, motors, pneumatic tools, conveyor systems, and production machines and equipment, using hand tools, power tools, and precision-measuring and testing instruments.

• Backs-up and restore PLC programs on Allen-Bradley and Schneider PLCs

• Troubleshoot Ethernet communications and device IP configuration

• Provide Electrical support on all bakery capital expenditure projects

• Dismantle devices to gain access to and remove defective parts, using hoists, cranes, hand tools, and power tools.

• Inspect used parts to determine changes in dimensional requirements, using rules, calipers, micrometers, and other measuring instruments.

• Adjust functional parts of devices and control instruments, using hand tools, levels, plumb bobs, and straightedges.

• Repair or replace defective parts, using hand tools and power tools.

• Start devices to test their performance.

• Perform bearing analysis and installation.

• Analyze electrical circuits, wiring diagrams and drawings, and installs, repairs, calibrates, services, or replace electrical devices and systems, and power generation devices to prevent overload using an amp probe, recording meter and various hand, power, and specialty tools.

• Perform preventive maintenance on uninterrupted power supply systems, generators, and air compressors to maintain system operation and reliability to ensure uninterrupted power and continuous air supply to critical facilities, equipment and systems using appropriate hand, power, and specialty tools (e.g., hydrometer, voltmeter, amp meter, digital keypad, etc.).

• Analyze electrical circuits, wiring diagrams and drawings, and installs, repairs, calibrates, services, or replace electrical devices and systems, and power generation devices to prevent overload using an amp probe, recording meter and various hand, power, and specialty tools.

• Other duties as defined.

The Right Role for You 

We are bold, kind, strive to do the right thing, we play to win, and we believe in a strong community that thrives together. Our culture is rooted in our Basic Beliefs, and we believe in supporting every employee by meeting their physical, emotional, and financial needs. 

What We are Looking For:  

Minimum Requirements: 

• Requires high school diploma, or equivalent. 

• 1-3 years of experience in a manufacturing environment.

• 1-3 years of industrial Electrical experience

• 2 years of PLC experience

• Ability to trouble shooting equipment to ensure optimum efficiency and product quality

• Effective Oral and Written Communication

• Personal Computer Skills - Literate with MS Excel, Word.

Additional skills and experience that we think would make someone successful in this role:  

• Additional post-secondary education is preferred (i.e.: Technical of Vocational education) in areas of industrial engineering.

• Ability to read electrical schematics

• Prefer previous safety training

• Previous work experience in industrial engineering preferred.

• Training in electrical, hydraulics, pneumatics

• Industrial electricity courses, welding, PLC, pneumatic or other mechanic courses extremely desirable.

Work Environment

This job operates in a manufacturing environment. The noise level in the work environment and manufacturing sites can be loud.

Physical Demands

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

• Climb stairs and ladders, standing on, and moving around on platforms, equipment and concrete floors

• Ability to occasionally squat, twist or bend at the knees and back, and work above shoulders (11-33%)

• Regularly required to use hands and arms for reaching/grasping /handling/ fine finger manipulation (67-100%)

• Maneuver in tight spaces

• Regularly required to stand, walk, and lift up to 25 lbs. (67-100%)

• Frequently lift objects up to 50 lbs. using proper lifting techniques (34 – 66%)

• Occasionally required to move items of 55-80 lbs. from one place to another and up to 100 pounds with assistance (11-33%).

• Must be able to wear required Personal Protective Equipment including safety glasses, hearing protection, and bump caps

• Operate a computer to input data, review data, and communicate via email

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