1st Shift Electrician Apprentice

Shift: 7:00 AM-7:30 PM

Hourly Rate: $25.00 an hour

Responsibilities

• Training for apprentice will be provided. Apprenticeship is a system of training a new generation of practitioners of a trade or profession with on-the-job training and accompanying study (classroom work and reading).
• Work with skilled electricians to install new and service existing electrical systems, hydraulic, pneumatic and electronic components of industrial machinery and equipment
• Installing power supply wiring and conduit
• Troubleshooting electrical components
• Installing, maintaining, and repairing electrical systems
• Testing electrical systems or continuity of circuits in electrical wiring, equipment, or fixtures, using testing devices to ensure compatibility and safety of system
• Ensuring code compliance of electrical instillations

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent

• Requirements & Expectations for Apprenticeship Success

Year 1

• General SAP Understanding & Usage
• Understanding the NEC Codes
• Print Reading & Ladder Logic Design / Construction
• Lighting Protection and Site Lighting
• 110 / 220 / 480 volt basic Understanding

Year 2

• Motors, Controllers and Installation
• Basic AC & DC Circuits - how to Install & Protect
• Variable Frequency Drives
• Programmable Logic Controls

Year 3

• System Protection, Circuit Breakers, and Coordination
• Transformers and Over Current Protection
• Data acquisitions & control systems
• Transformers and Over Current Protection

Year 4

• Feeder Bus Systems
• Electrical Service Equipment

Year 5

• Industrial Electrical Wiring Plans & Specifications
• Construction Plans and Site Work

OJT Training Hours (4,000) Classroom Hours (100)

Examples of Local Outside Resources: 

Edison Community College 

• EGR 240S Analytical Troubleshooting
• ELT 110s Circuits 1
• ELT 210S Circuits 2
• ELT 131s Industrial Controls
• ELT 151S PLC
• ELT 251S Advanced PLC
• ERG 110S Print Reading & Sketching
• ELT 121S Electronic Devices
• ELT 141S Digital Electronics
• CIT 214S Networking Essentials
• CIT 2225 Introduction to Programming

• Must be able to effectively communicate and interpret work instructions and safety rules
• Ability to pass criminal background check and pre-employment drug test.
• Repetitive arm and hand motions during working shift
• Able to stand on feet continuously during working shift
• Able to lift 40 pounds
• Must be able to perform physical tasks for extended periods of time including standing, walking, climbing, bending, pushing, pulling and twisting over surfaces
• Willing and able to adhere to all safety standards and wear all necessary personal protective equipment
• Willing and able to adhere to all grooming requirements necessary for a food manufacturing environment

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to raw food material, moving mechanical parts and vibration. The noise level in the work environment can be loud.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active and requires frequent standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling in tight spaces, and climbing. The employee must be able to lift and/or move items up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Conagra Brands also offers shift differential payment for those working off-shift.  Full time Electrician Apprentice will be expected to work a 40 hour week. The individual may be required to work overtime, some holidays, and some weekends.

If an employee is at the Written Warning stage or greater for a disciplinary issue (non-attendance), he/she will not be allowed to bid on this job posting until 1 year has passed since the occurrence of the warning. An employee must have less than 5 attendance points, from the initial date of the posting to the 1st official day of transfer to the position, to be eligible to bid and interview for this position.

Anticipated Close Date: October 17, 2025