Electrical Technician

Pay Rate: $40 - $48/hr, W2
Location: Chester, PA
Duration: 6 Months with the possibility to extend
Work Mode: Onsite

Responsibilities:

• Support the planning and execution of daily, weekly, and shutdown activities.
• Read blueprints, schematics, drawings, and related technical literature as required.
• Learn window-based computer systems and company-specific systems like SAP.
• Actively participate in a High-Performance Work Team environment, sharing knowledge and skills with all other team members.
• Participate in failure analysis and equipment/systems troubleshooting and identify patterns of failures and ways to design out failures.
• Participate in shutdown planning and two-week planning processes, including work and parts preparation.
• Troubleshoot industrial electrical equipment, including analog and digital systems.
• Lead and execute repairs on high-speed rotating equipment.
• Work with and occasionally lead others (operators, maintenance technicians, contractors, suppliers).

Requirements:

• Be 18 years or older and authorized to work in the United States.
• Have basic computer knowledge, mechanical aptitude, and good math skills.
• Able to read and write basic English.
• Pass post-offer/pre-hire Physical Abilities Test (PAT).
• Follow all site and asset safety practices and procedures and must value working safely.
• Have a state and/or US Department of Education accredited high school diploma, GED Grade 12 certificate.
• Have either a 2-year related technical degree and 3 years of industrial electrical work experience or 5 years of industrial electrical work experience.
• Able to work on elevated work platforms, catwalks, scaffolding, etc. and enter confined spaces.
• Understand predictive/preventative maintenance concepts and demonstrate willingness to learn and continue education.

Preferred Skills:

• 3 years of work experience in a manufacturing field or equivalent.
• Experience with high-speed manufacturing and converting equipment.
• Knowledge of SAP.
• Knowledge of Variable Speed and Motion Drive Systems and AC Motors, especially Allen Bradley PowerFlex and ABB Drive systems.
• Knowledge of Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) systems, especially Allen-Bradley Controllogix (RSLogix5000).
• Knowledge of Human-Machine Interfaces (HMIs), especially Panelviews. FactoryTalk programming and understanding of Virtual Workstation environments are a plus.
• Knowledge of Allen-Bradley PLC (GuardLogix) and non-PLC based safety systems (MSR/GSR/SIS).
• Knowledge of Operational Technology (OT) Network Systems, especially Ethernet and ModBus-based systems.
• Knowledge of Digital Sensors (proximity, photoeye, load) and camera vision systems.
• Knowledge of Electrical Construction, Maintenance, and Safety Fundamentals, including NEC and NFPA70E Codes.
• Knowledge of Distributed Control Systems (DCS), especially Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View systems.
• Knowledge of Instrumentation Field Devices, including pressure, flow, level, and temperature transmitters and switches.
• Knowledge of Low Voltage (600V and less) Motor Control Centers (MCCs) and Panelboard experience is strongly preferred.
• High voltage electrical distribution power system experience (13.2kV to 69kV) is a plus.