Maintenance Electrician

Maintenance Electrician Job Description As a Maintenance Electrician, you will play a crucial role in diagnosing and troubleshooting complex electrical systems. Your expertise in industrial electrical systems, including 480v and up, PLCs, VFDs, and automated systems, will be essential in ensuring smooth operations. You will be responsible for repairing and troubleshooting VFDs, PLCs, testing motors with associated controls, and diagnosing protective devices such as breakers, fuses, overloads, and control relays. The role requires experience with instrumentation or the willingness to learn these systems. Responsibilities Fill out and review work permits in conjunction with operation personnel prior to starting a job. Ensure all lockout-tagout procedures are followed. Locate equipment problems and discuss potential causes. Recommend practical solutions to technical problems. Diagnose problems and repair VFDs, PLCs, motors with associated controls, protective devices, breakers, fuses, overloads, relays, conduit & cable, transmitter calibration controllers, switches, and metrology. Repair damages and defects to equipment as per technical instructions and discuss solutions. Consult additional technical information such as drawings and manuals if necessary. Perform planned preventive and predictive maintenance tasks within schedule. Participate in setting up and reviewing site SHE requirements, procedures, and instructions by engaging in the SHE culture on site. Essential Skills Proficiency in troubleshooting and maintenance of high voltage industrial electrical systems. Experience with wiring, repair, and preventive maintenance. Strong understanding of schematics, VFDs, motors, and 480v electrical troubleshooting. Experience with PLCs, mechanical, electronics, and installation. Additional Skills & Qualifications High School diploma or equivalent. At least 2 years of industrial electrical work experience, preferably in a manufacturing environment. Why Work Here? Enjoy the opportunity for career progression through a documented training portal. Benefit from a generous PTO policy starting at 18 days. Receive merit-based raises as you achieve training progress. Work Environment Work in a multi-plant site that operates various technologies including fermentation house, spray drying and spray chill processes, beadleting processes, and vitamin granulations. The work schedule is Monday to Friday, 7 am to 3:30 pm, with required on-call duty every 10 weeks. Job Type & Location This is a Permanent position based out of BELVIDERE, NJ. Pay and Benefits The pay range for this position is $70720.00 - $79040.00/yr. opportunity to participate in DSM's comprehensive Health & Welfare benefits program offered to all eligible DSM US employees on your start date. You must enroll in these benefits within your first 30 days of employment. Information about DSM's benefits is available to you at any time on mydsmbenefits.com and a benefits overview document has been included for your review. In addition to the above, you have the opportunity to participate in DSM's 401(k) retirement plan. DSM contributes an amount equal to 4% of your total eligible pay to your 401(k) plan, regardless of whether you participate. If you contribute to the plan, DSM will also match 100% of the first 4% of total eligible pay that you contribute. DSM will automatically enroll you in the plan at 4% of pay which will be deducted and contributed toward the plan unless you decline or make another election. You will receive a welcome package from the 401(k) vendor soon after joining DSM. Your pay and contributions are subject to plan and IRS limits as outlined in the Summary Plan Description. Your Paid Time Off (PTO) accrues on a pay period basis, with a maximum of 18 days per year, for the first five years of employment. Thereafter, your accrual rate increases based on your service in accordance with the PTO policy. Please see attached policy document for further details. Workplace Type This is a fully onsite position in Hackettstown,NJ. Application Deadline This position is anticipated to close on Jun 13, 2025. About Aerotek: We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry - from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies' construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow. Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.