Maintenance Electrician $25- $36 and hour

Job Description

Join a leading manufacturer and supplier of quality custom plastic profile extrusions. With over 70 years of business experience, this company is poised for significant growth and aims to double in size within the next decade. Serving diverse industries such as transportation, agriculture, energy, refrigeration, retail, commercial, and building, we are looking for skilled maintenance electricians to join our team.

Responsibilities

• Perform troubleshooting operations to diagnose and repair facilities, equipment, and machinery.

• Make setups and adjustments on production equipment.

• Repair equipment such as extruders, saws, polars, conveyors, vacuums, loaders, pumps, and gearboxes.

• Conduct reactive maintenance and a variety of maintenance, testing, inspection, and repair functions.

• Ensure the safe repair of equipment to prevent injury to employees or damage to equipment.

• Enter hours in a CMMS system daily and sign out inventory to work orders.

• Use a voltmeter and understand voltage, current, and resistance.

• Change motors and read wiring diagrams.

• Maintain gearboxes, bearings, seals, mechanical drives, and power transmission systems.

• Operate and maintain water pumps and gear pumps, including priming and seal replacement.

• Align motor couplings, sprockets, and pulleys.

• Work with taper locks, drive chains, and adjust chains using chain breaks and links.

• Test fuses and read electrical and mechanical blueprints.

• Perform pipefitting tasks such as gluing PVC and sweating copper and drain lines.

• Understand the operation of heat exchangers.

Essential Skills

• Proficiency in troubleshooting hydraulics, pneumatics, and blueprints.

• Experience in PLC troubleshooting and VFDs.

• Comfortable troubleshooting 480V three-phase motors.

• Proficiency in voltage reading and operating in control panels (rewiring, troubleshooting, disconnects, relays, limit switches).

• Ability to read ladder logic and meters.

• Knowledge of the difference between incremental and absolute encoders.

• Welding skills.

Why Work Here?

We offer comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, and a 401K plan. Enjoy a 10% shift differential on off shifts. Join a company with a strong growth trajectory and a commitment to innovation and quality.

Work Environment

Candidates will work in a moderately clean plastic manufacturing environment. Shifts available are 1st shift (6AM-6PM, 2-2-3 schedule) and 3rd shift (6PM-6AM, 2-2-3 schedule).

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $25.00 - $36.00

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision

• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital

• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available

• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)

• Short and long-term disability

• Health Spending Account (HSA)

• Transportation benefits

• Employee Assistance Program

• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Columbus,OH.

Application Deadline

This position will be accepting applications until Jan 9, 2025.

About Aerotek:

We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.

Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.