Maintenance Electrical Technician

Maintenance Electrical Technician - Vitamin Manufacturer

Full-Time

Work Schedule: 6:00 am - 2:30 pm (Mon-Fri)

Hourly rate: $28.00 - $38.00

Paragon Laboratories is a leading contract manufacturer of Dietary Supplements in tablet, capsule, and powder forms. You will find that we offer an exciting work environment that welcomes your ideas for growth. For over 50 years, Paragon’s top-notch formulators and manufacturing personnel have been improving lives by delivering quality nutritional supplements. We are located in Torrance, California, are an Equal Opportunity Employer, and seek an experienced Maintenance Electrical Technician for immediate hire. This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing company and industry leader which distributes globally.

Job Purpose

• To perform equipment and electrical repairs on production equipment.
  
  

Duties/Responsibilities

• Work in a team or autonomously to complete work orders and provide maintenance/electrical support.
• Perform Preventive Maintenance (PM) and Predictive Maintenance (PdM) to increase equipment reliability and uptime.
• Performs repairs and installations on all plant air conditioning systems.
• Completes electrical maintenance as assigned.
• Solve and maintain PLC and variable speed drive-controlled high-speed production equipment and batch processes.
• Performs equipment inspections to ensure proper operation and safety.
• Communicates repair functions with production supervisors.
• Identifies and communicates safety hazards and quality deficiencies to maintenance management.
• Adhere to plant safety and 5S requirements; Complete assigned work efficiently and per Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Knows and complies with all safety and quality policies and procedures.
• Maintains continuity among work teams by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs.
• Maintain the power distribution of plant equipment.
• Interpret schematics and equipment manuals.
• Ensures operation of machinery and mechanical equipment by completing preventive electrical maintenance requirements for engines, motors, pneumatic tools, conveyor systems, and production machines; following diagrams, sketches, operations manuals, manufacturer's instructions, and engineering specifications; troubleshooting malfunctions.
• Troubleshooting skills, locating sources of problems by observing mechanical devices in operation; listening for electrical problems; using precision measuring and testing instruments.
• Removes defective parts by dismantling devices; using hoists, cranes, and hand and power tools; examining the form and texture of parts.
• Inspect, solve, repair, and maintain mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems
• Adjusts functional parts of devices and control instruments by using hand tools, levels, plumb bobs, and straightedges.
• Controls downtime by informing production workers of routine preventive maintenance techniques and monitoring compliance.
  
  

Qualifications

• A high degree of technical aptitude and skill to learn the function and repair of plant production equipment.
• Self-starter able to take direction and problem-solve to repair and maintain plant production equipment and systems.
• Good written and verbal skills with basic math skills (add, subtract, multiply, divide).
• Ability to fix and re-wire high-speed and/or highly automated equipment such as AC/DC motors, VFDs, PLCs, servo motors, and PLC I/O modules.
• Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics.
• Strong computer skills required; Microsoft Office Excel proficiency as well as Computerized Maintenance Management Systems experience preferred.
  
  

Education

• High School or equivalent preferred.
• Formal training in one or more of the following: General Industrial Maintenance, Hydraulics, Industrial Electrical Systems, PLC Programming, Industrial Refrigeration, Compressors, Pneumatic.
  
  

Experience

• Three (3) years experience in a production/manufacturing environment working in an Electrical Maintenance capacity.
• Mechanical and Electrical experience needed for stationary machinery.
  
  

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