Plant Electrician - Brookville, PA

Plant Electrician

Job description

TITLE:

PLANT ELECTRICIAN

DESCRIPTION:

Overall authority and responsibility for the maintenance, repair and installation of all plant electrical equipment and controls including but not limited to all control power, VFD’s, PLC’s, MDP’s, 1 – 300HP motors, etc.

• All plant electrical maintenance.
• All plant electrical installations.
• All control modification.
• Stores inventories.
• Necessary emergency repairs to electrical equipment to minimize production disruption.
• Perform repairs or maintenance as required in various areas from written maintenance requests.
• Supervise preventative electrical maintenance programs in all areas.
• Supervise spare parts and supplies inventories to ensure that materials are available in case of equipment breakdown.
• Planning and coordination of the electrical maintenance activities so that proper utilization of the facilities and personnel is attained and that the most critical needs are given priority.
• Involvement in the planning and installation of new facilities or modifications to existing facilities as pertains to electrical equipment and controls.
• Recording of time and materials for all repairs and projects.
• Installation of plant electrical equipment to include:
  Conduit, wiring, controls (process and motor), motors, gear motors. (120 through 460 volts)
• Maintain security of Company assets:
  Equipment. Tools. Inventories. Buildings.
• Authority and responsibility for all assigned personnel.
• Individual performance.
• Scheduling work assignments.
• Recording of activities of assigned personnel.
• Accountability for hours worked.
• Daily contact with assigned personnel to maintain a high level of performance.
• Training of personnel to develop electrical skills.
• Insist on safe work habits. Do not tolerate unsafe work practices. Responsible for the physical well being of assigned personnel.
• Develop and train an assistant.
• Housekeeping.
• All facilities to be maintained clean, neat, and orderly.
• All work areas to be picked up and cleaned when work is completed or at end of shift.
• Electrical Maintenance Program.
• Key function is to minimize production downtime.
• The maintenance program is to include inspection of electrical equipment in order to anticipate repair needs.
• The successful program requires good documentation. A checklist of inspection items is necessary to ensure that no component is overlooked.
• The PM program requires close supervision to ensure that inspections are carried out correctly.
• Basic maintenance information is available from equipment manufacturer maintenance guidelines, in addition to historical plant records.

Major equipment to be maintained:

• Motor Control Centers.
• Quarterly visual inspection.
• Annual GFI testing.
• Quarterly lock inspection and maintenance.
• Enclosure to be maintained in good condition; paint if required; door hinges to be lightly lubricated to keep operating free.
• Small motor starters.
• Annual contact inspection; replace as required.
• Monthly enclosure dust removal – vacuum.
• Large motor starters:
  • Chipper: monthly cleaning and inspection.
  • Brake adjustments- seasonal.
• Bandmill starters:
  • VFD’s
  • Semi-annual contact inspection.
  • Maintain adequate contact inventory for repairs.
• Soft starters:
  • Monthly cleaning of circuit boards to allow cool operation.
  • Brake adjustments- seasonal
• Wiring
• Quarterly inspection of distribution wiring, particularly Aluminum wire.
• Particular attention to connections (bugs), heating and oxidation can loosen connection.

Must posses strong troubleshooting skills in control voltage and 277/460.

Develop procedures for all equipment controls.

Troubleshooting training of authorized personnel to the limits of their authority (As outlined in the Plant Electrical Guidelines).

Responsible to train identified personnel in the installation and maintenance of electrical equipment.

All purchases to be reviewed by the Plant Maintenance Supervisor or Plant Superintendent. (Or Chief Operating Officer). Any purchase over the limit must be approved by the Plant Superintendent. All purchases must be documented by means of purchase orders, to be submitted to Plant Superintendent.

• Utilization of proper…