Maintenance Electrical Technician

Maintenance Electrical Technician – Direct Hire | Superior Skilled Trades
📍 Location: Bear, Delaware
💰 Pay Range: $40–$50/hour
🕒 Shift: Rotating — One week 6:00 AM–2:00 PM, next week 2:00 PM–10:00 PM
📅 On Call: Required holidays and weekends as needed
Weekly Hours: Full-time, 40+ hours with overtime opportunities

Company Overview
Superior Skilled Trades is partnered with a premier manufacturing company that operates high-speed production and packaging equipment. The company values quality, safety, and continuous improvement, offering robust training, competitive benefits, and opportunities for advancement in electrical and mechanical maintenance roles.

Position Overview
This is a Direct Hire Opportunity. As a Maintenance Electrical Technician, you will troubleshoot, repair, and maintain electrical and mechanical systems on critical production and packaging equipment. You will provide expert technical support for motors, drives, PLCs, and major electrical components while helping ensure efficient, reliable operations. This role offers hands-on, diverse work and opportunities to grow your technical skillset and career.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform preventive maintenance on engines, motors, pneumatic tools, conveyor systems, and production machines.

• Troubleshoot electrical and mechanical malfunctions using diagrams, manuals, precision measuring instruments, and engineering specifications.

• Troubleshoot PLCs, network systems, and automation controls, with experience on Allen-Bradley and Siemens platforms.

• Inspect, dismantle, and repair defective parts; fabricate parts as needed.

• Measure and adjust functional components with hand tools, calipers, micrometers, levels, plumb bobs, and other instruments.

• Monitor and reduce equipment downtime by coaching production staff on preventive maintenance techniques.

• Maintain inventory of equipment, parts, and supplies; generate purchase requisitions.

• Prepare detailed maintenance reports documenting trends, issues, and corrective actions.

• Stay current with technical knowledge through workshops, publications, and networking.

• Promote a safe, clean working environment by complying with procedures and using required PPE.

• Perform additional duties as assigned by management.

Qualifications

• Electrical Journeyman Certification required; desire to attain Master Electrician certification.

• 5+ years of industrial electrical/mechanical maintenance experience preferred.

• Expertise with motors, drives, control systems, PLCs, and networked automation systems, especially Allen-Bradley or Siemens.

• Strong troubleshooting, mechanical aptitude, and problem-solving skills.

• Knowledge of electrical safety practices, power tools, and preventive maintenance.

• Ability to read blueprints, schematics, and technical manuals.

• Excellent attention to detail and effective communication skills.

• Supervisory experience is a plus.

Benefits

• Health, vision, and dental insurance

• Paid vacation and holidays

• 401(k) with company match

• Ongoing training and career advancement opportunities

• Quarterly bonus

Physical Requirements

• Ability to stand, walk, sit, reach, stoop, kneel, crouch, and climb.

• Occasionally lift/move up to 50 lbs.

• Visual acuity including close, distance, peripheral, and color vision; depth perception and focus adjustment.