Job Description
Electrical Maintenance Technician – Value Added / Case Ready
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Troubleshoot, maintain, and repair electrical systems on meat processing and packaging equipment
- Support and maintain equipment such as Multivac packaging machines, conveyors, band saws, slicers, skinners and vacuum systems
- Diagnose and correct electrical issues quickly to minimize production downtime on value-added operations
- Perform preventive and predictive maintenance on motors, VFDs, PLCs, sensors, control panels, and automated production lines
- Install, test, and calibrate electrical components and instrumentation in a washdown, food-grade environment
- Read and interpret electrical schematics, ladder logic diagrams, and OEM manuals (Multivac, band saws, slicers, skinners, packaging systems, etc.)
- Work closely with production and sanitation teams to ensure equipment reliability and food safety compliance
- Ensure all work meets USDA, OSHA, and JBS safety standards, including lockout/tagout (LOTO) procedures
- Maintain accurate maintenance records and communicate recurring equipment issues to leadership
Requirements:
- Strong troubleshooting experience with industrial electrical systems (480V, 3-phase power, PLCs, VFDs, HMI systems)
- Working knowledge of food processing and packaging equipment (Multivac, Band saws, slicers, packaging, etc.)
- Ability to troubleshoot electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and mechanical systems in a cold/wet environment
- Experience with sanitary design equipment and washdown procedures
- Proficiency with electrical testing tools (multimeter, megger, amp clamp, etc.)
- Must be able to work weekends, overtime, and emergency call-ins as production demands require
- Ability to follow strict safety, food safety, and quality standards
Experience:
- Minimum of 2–3 years of electrical maintenance experience in a meat processing or food manufacturing facility
- Experience working with automated packaging equipment and production lines strongly preferred
- Technical certification, trade school, or journeyman electrical experience is a plus
EOE, including disability/vets
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Tolleson, AZ |
| Industry | Manufacturing - Other |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Year Founded | 2009 |
About Company
Pilgrim's is the second-largest chicken producer in the world, with operations in the United States, Mexico and Puerto Rico. Our corporate headquarters is in Greeley, Colorado. We employ approximately 38,000 people and have the capacity to process more than 36 million birds per week for a total of more than 9.5 billion pounds of live chicken annually.Pilgrim's products are sold to foodservice, retail and frozen entrée customers. The company's primary distribution is through retailers, foodservice distributors and restaurants throughout the United States and Puerto Rico and in the Northern and Central regions of Mexico. We currently operate in 12 U.S. states, Puerto Rico and Mexico. These states include Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. Pilgrim's Pride is a part of the JBS USA family. JBS S.A., the world's largest protein company, owns 75.5% of our outstanding common stock. Click here for more information on the JBS family of proteins.
Skills
- Bandsawunmatched
- Electrical Engineeringunmatched
- Electricityunmatched
- Equipment Maintenance/Repairunmatched
- Food Productionunmatched
- Food Safetyunmatched
- Human Machine Interface (HMI)unmatched
- Hydraulic Engineeringunmatched
- Identify Issuesunmatched
- Ladder Logicunmatched
- Leadershipunmatched
- Maintenance - Electricalunmatched
- Maintenance Servicesunmatched
- OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer)unmatched
- OSHAunmatched
- Preventative Maintenanceunmatched
- Programmable Logic Controller (PLC)unmatched
- Quality Metricsunmatched
- Record Keepingunmatched
- Safety Complianceunmatched
- Safety Standardsunmatched
- Sanitationunmatched
- Schematicsunmatched
- Test Toolsunmatched
- Three Phase Powerunmatched
- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)unmatched
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