Job Description
Job Title: Maintenance Electrician-Journeyman
Location: Milwaukee, WI 53233
Shift: M-F: 6am – 4:30pm
Pay: $29.00–$44.00/hour
Hire Type: Direct Hire
Benefits: A comprehensive benefits package is offered, including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, paid holidays, and a 401(k) plan.
Overview: Sterling Engineering is partnering with a leading manufacturer to hire a Maintenance Electrician Journeyman. This hands-on role is responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting, upgrading, and installing electrical systems and industrial equipment throughout a manufacturing facility. The ideal candidate has strong industrial electrical experience, a Journeyman Electrician license, and the ability to diagnose and repair a wide variety of production equipment while supporting continuous plant operations.
Responsibilities:
- Install, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair industrial electrical systems and manufacturing equipment.
- Plan and install wiring, conduit, and power distribution for 480V three-phase, 240V, and single-phase electrical systems.
- Diagnose and repair motors, transformers, control panels, electrical components, and automated equipment.
- Perform preventative maintenance on production machinery and facility electrical systems.
- Read and interpret electrical schematics, blueprints, equipment manuals, and work orders.
- Support equipment installations, relocations, and facility improvement projects.
- Troubleshoot electrical issues on conveyors, CNC equipment, robots, welders, and other manufacturing machinery.
- Maintain accurate maintenance records and work orders within the computerized maintenance management system (CMMS).
- Order replacement parts and coordinate with vendors as needed.
- Follow all safety procedures including Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), confined space, PPE, forklift, and electrical safety requirements.
- Partner with production teams to support Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) initiatives.
Qualifications:
- Journeyman Electrician License or Industrial Journeyman License required.
- Associate degree from a technical school or equivalent experience preferred.
- 2–5 years of industrial electrical maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Experience troubleshooting 480V three-phase electrical systems and power distribution.
- Ability to read electrical schematics, blueprints, and technical documentation.
- Experience performing electrical calculations for transformers, conductors, breakers, and fusing.
- Working knowledge of Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs).
- Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, and preventative maintenance skills.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
Preferred Skills:
- PLC troubleshooting and programming experience.
- Welding, cutting, brazing, or metal fabrication experience.
- Experience with hydraulic and pneumatic systems.
- CNC machinery or machining center maintenance.
- HVAC, refrigeration, air compressor, or compressed air system experience.
- Experience with plasma or laser cutting equipment.
- Forklift, scissor lift, or mobile equipment operation experience.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Milwaukee, WI |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Salary | $29–$44 Per Hour |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1969 |
| Website | http://www.sterling-engineering.com |
About Company
Sterling Engineering has been a trusted partner for engineering, project management, and staffing solutions for over five decades. We provide exceptional engineering/technical recruitment and engineering project services to clients nationwide:
- Engineering & Technical Recruitment - With our focus on engineering, technical, and IT, Sterling has the in-depth knowledge, industry expertise, and robust employee pipeline it takes to rapidly find talent for even the most difficult to fill positions. Sterling’s extensive recruitment methodology allows us to engage the most talented employees in the marketplace. We offer exciting work and career-building opportunities for our candidates, along with expert support at every step of the process.
- Engineering Project Services – Our experienced, multi-disciplined team of project managers, engineers, and designers, led by licensed Professional Engineers (PE), provide project management, engineering, design, and Commissioning, Qualification, and Validation (CQV) to manufacturing, OEM, and R&D customers. We work on complex, highly technical projects across a number of industry sectors, and our ability to scale and seamlessly integrate at multiple levels of your organization is what differentiates us.
Sterling offers a unique combination of engineering solutions and Best of Staffing level service to help our clients and talent achieve their goals.