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3rd Shift-Sr. Maintenance Electrician- Fibre

Greif
La Porte, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 3 Jul 2025

About the role

Greif offers a great working environment and the opportunity to make an immediate impact at a company where your ideas are always welcome.

Job Requisition #:

031424 3rd Shift-Sr. Maintenance Electrician- Fibre (Open)

Job Description:

Greif is a leading supplier of industrial packaging products and services, growing from its beginnings in Cleveland, Ohio, to a global footprint across more than 30 countries and 200-plus locations.

OUR VISION:

Being the best customer service company in the world.

OUR PURPOSE:

Creating packaging solutions for life’s essentials.

ROLE OVERVIEW:

Performs preventive maintenance and repairs on manufacturing and electrical equipment and systems according to established procedures.

WHY GREIF?

  • Health Insurance from Day 1: no waiting period, your medical, dental, and vision coverage starts immediately.

  • Award-Winning Workplace: Recognized with the 2024 Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award for our commitment to our colleagues.

  • Generous Paid Time Off: Enjoy up to 80 hours of PTO plus paid holidays to rest, recharge, and do what matters most.

  • Retirement and Financial Security: Take advantage of our 401(k) and comprehensive disability coverage

  • Invest in Your Future: We offer tuition reimbursement for college courses and professional certifications to help you grow.

3rd Shift:

9:00 pm - 5:30 am

Key Responsibilities 

  • Ensures reliability of machinery and equipment by completing preventive maintenance on machinery and systems.

  • Performs tasks including, but not limited to, mechanical, electrical, PLC, pneumatic and hydraulic troubleshooting and repair of equipment.

  • Reads and interprets equipment manuals, diagrams, sketches, engineering specifications, and work orders to perform required maintenance and service.

  • Use hand tools and measuring instruments to determine changes in dimensional requirements of parts.

  • Assembles, installs, adjusts, and calibrates mechanical and electrical machinery and equipment. Dismantles, repairs, rebuilds, and replaces equipment and parts as needed. 

  • Adheres to all plant safety policies. Participates in plant-wide safety, housekeeping, Operational Excellence, and Lean Manufacturing programs.

  • Provides assistance and guidance to junior maintenance colleagues.

  • Execute preventive Maintenance to machines and electrical cabinets such as clean up electrical cabinets, re-tight all electrical terminals, replace damaged devices, organize cables, ensure all components are perfectly grounded, replace bad sensors, replace control and power cables going to the field.

  • Manage Work orders on eMaint plantform to report all executed tasks on the machines.

  • Must be familiar with Programable Logic Controllers (PLC), must be able to diagnose bad input/Output card.

  • Execute predictive maintenance to Main power cabinets using thermographic camera.

  • Troubleshoot electrical faults on machines and electrical devices.

  • Root cause analysis for major breakdowns on machines.

  • Replace and configure Servo drives, VFD’s and HMI’s.

  • Replace and Troubleshoot 480 VAC motors, 120 Vac motors.

  • Replace and troubleshoot servo motors.

Education and Experience 

  • Required-Electrician Journeyman License

  • Required-Electrician Industrial License

  • Typically possesses a high school diploma (or equivalent) or technical training and 3-5 years of recent experience in an industrial/manufacturing maintenance position required  

Knowledge and Skills 

  • Demonstrates ability to select and operate appropriate hand, power and specialty tools and diagnostic equipment to complete job tasks.

  • Possesses an operational knowledge of automated industrial machinery, and electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems.

  • Demonstrates ability to read and interpret electrical and mechanical drawings and work orders.

  • Demonstrates strong problem-solving skills and the ability to effectively communicate issues and solutions to team members.

  • Demonstrates the ability to handle multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

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