Senior Electrical Technician

Location: Hayward, CA · Schedule: Day Shift · Hourly rate: $51 to $60 DOE

About the Role

At CHC, you aren't just an employee—you are an owner. We manufacture custom packaged mechanical systems, pumping skids, and complex HVAC controls. If you excel at reading schematics, wiring custom control panels, troubleshooting VFDs/PLCs, and bringing complex equipment to life, we want you on our fabrication team.

Why Experienced Electricians Choose CHC

• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP): Build true long-term wealth through employee stock ownership. As CHC grows, your financial stake grows with it.
• Robust Compensation & Paid Time Off: Enjoy a highly competitive pay structure alongside a generous PTO policy and paid company holidays so you can balance hard work with personal time.
• Continuous Training & Tuition Reimbursement: We invest directly in your professional development with continuous skills training and tuition reimbursement programs to keep you ahead in industrial automation and electrical trades.

Responsibilities

• System Fabrication & Wiring: Wire, layout, and conduit-pipe three-phase motors, motor starters, VFDs, PLC-based control systems, and industrial control panels to NEC standards.
• Testing & Commissioning: Energize custom skid packages, perform equipment startup, flow/operational testing, and verify Sequences of Operation.
• Troubleshooting & Diagnostics: Independently diagnose and resolve electrical, controls, instrumentation, and industrial communication issues before shipment.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with engineering, fabrication technicians, and project managers to review schematics, complete quality control documentation, and ensure projects hit deadlines safely.

Requirements

• Experience: 5–6+ years of commercial or industrial electrical experience with pumping systems, hydronic systems, HVAC equipment, or packaged mechanic systems.
• Journeyman Electrician certification or equivalent trade apprenticeship preferred.
• Technical Skills: Hands-on experience wiring and troubleshooting 3-phase motors, VFDs, control valves, PLCs, and instrumentation.
• Familiar with performing equipment startup, commissioning and operational testing.
• Schematics & Codes: Demonstrated ability to read and interpret complex electrical wiring diagrams, control schematics, panel layouts, and P&IDs while adhering strictly to NEC codes.
• Equipment Safety: Comfortable operating standard fabrication tools, conduit benders, and equipment (forklifts/cranes) safely.
• Clean driving record required.