Electrician

World class lumber manufacturing facility based in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Vicksburg Forest Products is now embarking on its next phase of growth with significant upgrades throughout the mill along with the addition of a high-speed chip-n-saw line, taking the mill to a production capacity of 180 million board feet annually.

This highly skilled role creates value by performing a variety of electrical systems and maintenance duties, while ensuring maximum facility uptime to meet production goals. This position requires knowledge of and hands-on-experience with the following technologies: instrumentation, electronics, lubrication, hydraulics, power transmission, mechanics, steam, welding and pneumatics.

Responsibilities:

• Install, troubleshoot, and repair equipment in compliance with plant codes, policies, and procedures.
• Respond to all maintenance issues, both mechanical and electrical, throughout the plant.
• Undertake preventative maintenance program for equipment.
• Read blueprints, diagrams, and schematic drawings to repair equipment.
• Verify and document repairs made.
• Work in a safe manner using proper PPE.
• Work any shift, on-call, holidays, weekends, and overtime as needed.

Required Skills:

• 1 years of previous maintenance experience.
• Experience with Allen Bradley PLC5 and/or Control Logix.
• Knowledge of and experience with hand and power tools.
• Mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic knowledge and aptitude.
• Experience in an industrial environment with VFDs, PLCs, MCCs, HMIs.
• Experience with high voltage (600-23,000 volts).
• Competent with all type power transmission components and troubleshooting
• Be able to pass a basic mechanical assessment test.
• Be able to pass a basic hands-on test.
• High school diploma or GED Must be able to work nights, weekends, holidays as required.

Environmental Conditions:

• Must be able to tolerate extreme hot, humid, cold, and outdoor conditions. Comfortable working in loud environment, around moving machinery, with vibrations and airborne particles (sawdust).