Maintenance Electrician / Controls

Maintenance Electrician/Controls

Full-time
Company Description: Founded in 1984, MAT Holdings, Inc. is a privately held $1.9 billion multi-national company with manufacturing operations, distribution centers and sourcing offices worldwide in the automotive, fencing, hardware, and power equipment sectors. Headquartered in Long Grove, Illinois, we have over 40 factories on three continents, including 2.1 million square feet of U.S. distribution and manufacturing space. We provide our customers with a full range of services including U.S. and overseas engineering, quality assurance, logistic and distribution support, strategic warehousing, bi-lingual sourcing, product development, and marketing. MAT is a family of companies and products providing employment opportunities with more than 14,000 employees in 12 countries.

About the role

This person will perform electrical and mechanical repairs on production and facility related equipment at the Springfield, MN facility. When needed, this person will be tasked to design and implement new or upgraded equipment controls. This person will report to the Maintenance Manager.

Responsibilities

• Perform electrical and mechanical repairs on equipment and facilities.
• Promote safe work practices by following company safety policies.
• Aid in building controls for new equipment, as well as adding or upgrading controls on existing equipment.
• Maintain a clean work area and promote company 5S policies.
• Identify root causes of maintenance downtime and implement corrective actions to prevent downtime.
• Order repair parts for maintenance repairs to equipment and facilities.
• Identify critical parts and make recommendations on additional spare parts inventory.

Qualifications

• Educational requirement: High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• Experience: 5+ years experience as an industrial maintenance electrician with advanced machine controls and design experience as well as power distribution systems.
• Skills: Troubleshooting electrical, mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic systems; advanced training & knowledge of Allen Bradley PLC platform, as well as human machine interfaces (HMI); working knowledge of National Electric Code; excellent interpersonal skills, including verbal, written, electronic, etc…; self-motivated and proven strong leadership skills; ability to identify problems and implement corrective actions to prevent equipment downtime; excellent problem solving and team motivational skills; ability to adjust to multiple demands, shifting work priorities, adversity, and changes; willingness to have a flexible work schedule that supports production and process improvements.

Physical Demands, Mental Requirements, and Work Environment

• Ability to sit for extended periods depending on the nature of the issues at hand.
• Occasional lifting of boxes and bending or crouching.
• Ability to hear accurately the spoken word with moderate office noise or plant noise.
• Ability to comprehend and follow instructions.
• Ability to maintain a work pace appropriate to a given workload.
• Ability to follow work rules and company policies.
• Ability to meet deadlines and effectively deal with office stress.
• Ability to relate to others beyond giving and receiving instructions.
• Ability to make generalizations, evaluations or decisions without immediate supervision.
• Maintain confidentiality of certain information.

Safety Requirements

• Ability to follow safety and security practices.

Benefits

Job Prerequisites: Ability to meet attendance standards, highly motivated, well-organized, maintain high personal standards of quality, demonstrate strong written and verbal communication skills, effectively communicate with management and direct reports, recognize communication gaps and appropriately address them, possess excellent problem solving and team motivational skills, be flexible and adaptable to changes in the work environment as well as managing competing demands, able to multi-task, prioritize and work with a large variety of individuals, including production personnel, maintenance personnel, manufacturing engineers, management and outside contractors.

Pay

$25/hour
Sign-On Bonus: $1,000.00

Schedule

Full-time