Lead Electrician

Weyerhaeuser Dodson is seeking an experienced Electrical Lead to provide frontline leadership for electrical maintenance and reliability across the mill. This role is a full-time hourly position that is responsible for coordinating and executing electrical work while ensuring alignment with safety standards, electrical standards, maintenance objectives, and reliability goals.

The Electrical Lead serves as a central point of contact for electrical resources, electrical maintenance planning, and shutdown execution, while driving accountability, ownership, and follow-through across the electrical team.

Why You’ll Love Working Here

Safety First Culture – We prioritize your well-being every day.
Career Growth – Opportunities to learn, grow, and advance.
Outstanding Benefits – Full medical, dental, and vision coverage.
Retirement: Employees are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan, which includes a paid company match in addition to our annual contribution equal to 5% of your eligible pay (unless you are enrolled in the defined benefit pension plan).
Retirement: Employees are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan, which includes a paid company match in addition to our annual contribution equal to 5% of your eligible pay.

Key Responsibilities
• Lead, coach, and direct electrical associates to ensure safe and effective execution of work. Foster a strong safety culture and reinforce safe behaviors in the field
• Serve as a role model for safety, ensuring adherence to all electrical safety standards and procedures. Lead by example in hazard recognition, risk assessment, and safe work execution
• Ensure work is executed in accordance with LOTO, NFPA 70E, and company safety programs
• Build team capability through training, mentorship, and continuous feedback
• Promote accountability, ownership, and clear communication across the team
• Support the planning and scheduling of electrical maintenance work using the work order flow process 
• Prioritize work activities to support production and minimize downtime
• Coordinate electrical resources for outages, shutdowns, and daily operations
• Ensure timely completion and quality execution of preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance work
• Support development and implementation of proactive maintenance strategies 
• Partner with operations and process control to improve equipment reliability
• Identify and eliminate root causes of recurring equipment issues (participation in RCA & RFCA)
• Support LEAN, reliability, and process improvement initiatives
• Troubleshoot and support repair of electrical systems, including motors, drives, field devices, valves, system set points, and PLCs.
• Ensure compliance with electrical codes, standards, and mill practices
• Coordinate with engineering and process control on system improvements and modifications
• Act as liaison between maintenance, operations, and technical teams