Industrial Electrical Systems Technician - Preventive Maintenance Lead

Job Description

Job Description

Do you thrive on solving tough electrical problems?

Are PLC faults, motor starters, and conduit bends your comfort zone? If so, you’ll feel at home in this Electrician A role, where you’ll keep motors, process pumps and controls, programmable logic controllers, and building/material-handling systems operating at their best.

About the role

Based 100% onsite in Ogden, UT, you will report to the Maintenance Supervisor and take ownership of constructing, installing, maintaining, repairing, and troubleshooting plant electrical systems. This position offers a $5,000 sign-on bonus for well-qualified candidates.

Daily impact

• Maintain, test, and repair electrical circuits and equipment to safeguard compatibility and component safety.
• Install and service facility electrical to NEC standards, ensuring high-quality, code-compliant work.
• Execute preventive maintenance on equipment, facilities, and systems; keep meticulous PM records.
• Diagnose faults and repair or replace defective components promptly; notify the supervisor of any irregularities according to procedure.
• Measure, cut, bend, and pull wire and conduit; perform clean terminations and splices.
• Repair and replace switches, fuses, contactors, controls, motors, breakers, and related hardware.

Collaboration and leadership

• Follow oral and written instructions from the Maintenance Supervisor.
• Coordinate with the central maintenance shop to align priorities and resources.
• Assist fellow maintenance technicians and engineers; train other craftspersons as assigned.
• Periodically lead and direct lower-classified crafts personnel to complete work safely and efficiently.

Tools and environment

• Use electrical testing instruments, manual and power hand tools, tube benders, splicing tools, and wire-pulling equipment.
• Work with wire, contactors, switches, motors, breakers, fuses, and other electrical hardware.
• Operate within an industrial environment that includes process equipment and chemicals.

Safety and housekeeping

• Adhere to all safety rules and plant procedures.
• Maintain a clean, organized work area; return tools, unused materials, and reference documents to designated locations.

What you’ll bring

• High school diploma or GED required; relevant trade/technical education in industrial electrical maintenance may count toward the experience requirement.
• Five (5) years of electrical craft experience, including a minimum of three (3) years in industrial electrical maintenance.