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Maintenance Electrician
Insteel IndustriesUpper Sandusky, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 20 Mar 2026
About the role
Spark your career with exciting electrical projects and Join our Maintenance Team!
Our Maintenance electricians install, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair electrical and mechanical systems, apparatus, and electrical and mechanical components of industrial machinery and equipment. Provide technical support for the Maintenance Manager, the plant, and all maintenance personnel. Works daily to ensure assigned areas of responsibility are working with risk lowered to As Low As Reasonably Achievable (ALARA), specifically in an effort to achieve ZERO HARM so no injuries, illness or negative impact occurs to employees, property, the environment, or the community.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following:
Carries out responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws.
Other duties may be assigned.
Demonstrate ability to troubleshoot complex electrical systems utilizing tools such as an ohm meter, volt meter, oscilloscope, and computer software.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.
EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE
The education and experience requirements listed here indicate the minimum basic educational knowledge and minimum previous work-related experience required by the job duties of the position.
Education:
Broad Technical training (high school plus 1 to 2 years of apprenticeship/applied trades training). Training requires a basic knowledge of shop mathematics, as well as the use of complicated drawings, specifications, charts, tables, PLC programs, DC drive motors, AC drive motors, and various types of precision measuring instruments.
Experience:
Minimum of 2 years of electrical technician experience is required.
An equivalent combination of education and work-related experience may be acceptable.
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS
None
INITIATIVE AND INGENUITY
Requires the use of judgment to plan, perform and make decisions as to the sequence of setups, operations and processes within the limitations of recognized or standard methods and procedures.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Continuously (70-100%):
Use hands to feel, touch, grasp or grip tools, objects, or handles
Perform repetitive movements
Talk or hear (normal or corrected)
Frequently (30-70%):
Sit
Rotate body from a sitting position
Climb and balance
Occasionally (Up to 30%):
Lift, carry, push, or pull more than 60 pounds with mechanical assistance as needed
Stretch
Stand
Walk and move around
Rotate body from a standing position
Vision requirements of this job include:
Constant observation
Near acuity
Far acuity
Depth perception
Peripheral vision
Dim or bright lights
Frequent change of focus
The use of mechanical controls includes:
Buttons
Knobs
Levers
Cranks
Pedals
EQUIPMENT USED
Continuously (70-100%):
Machinery such as production equipment, bander, buttwelder, and air cutter with responsibility for repair, adjustments, and set ups
Frequently (30-70%):
Vehicles/heavy equipment such as forklift and crane
Measuring devices such as micrometer
Occasionally (Up to 30%):
Hand tools
Computer
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essen
Our Maintenance electricians install, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair electrical and mechanical systems, apparatus, and electrical and mechanical components of industrial machinery and equipment. Provide technical support for the Maintenance Manager, the plant, and all maintenance personnel. Works daily to ensure assigned areas of responsibility are working with risk lowered to As Low As Reasonably Achievable (ALARA), specifically in an effort to achieve ZERO HARM so no injuries, illness or negative impact occurs to employees, property, the environment, or the community.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following:
Carries out responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws.
Other duties may be assigned.
Demonstrate ability to troubleshoot complex electrical systems utilizing tools such as an ohm meter, volt meter, oscilloscope, and computer software.
- Ability to read a set of electrical prints and install wiring machinery to the manufacturer's specifications
- Solder electrical and electronic components
- Demonstrate a working knowledge of safe and proper use of the more advanced electrical diagnostic equipment (i.e. AC AC-powered oscilloscopes, recording voltmeters/ammeters)
- Ability to troubleshoot and repair control systems that utilize programmable controllers and similar devices
- Responsible for training others
- Leads overhaul and PMs
- On call for after-hours service calls if necessary
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.
EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE
The education and experience requirements listed here indicate the minimum basic educational knowledge and minimum previous work-related experience required by the job duties of the position.
Education:
Broad Technical training (high school plus 1 to 2 years of apprenticeship/applied trades training). Training requires a basic knowledge of shop mathematics, as well as the use of complicated drawings, specifications, charts, tables, PLC programs, DC drive motors, AC drive motors, and various types of precision measuring instruments.
Experience:
Minimum of 2 years of electrical technician experience is required.
An equivalent combination of education and work-related experience may be acceptable.
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS
None
INITIATIVE AND INGENUITY
Requires the use of judgment to plan, perform and make decisions as to the sequence of setups, operations and processes within the limitations of recognized or standard methods and procedures.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Continuously (70-100%):
Use hands to feel, touch, grasp or grip tools, objects, or handles
Perform repetitive movements
Talk or hear (normal or corrected)
Frequently (30-70%):
Sit
Rotate body from a sitting position
Climb and balance
Occasionally (Up to 30%):
Lift, carry, push, or pull more than 60 pounds with mechanical assistance as needed
Stretch
Stand
Walk and move around
Rotate body from a standing position
Vision requirements of this job include:
Constant observation
Near acuity
Far acuity
Depth perception
Peripheral vision
Dim or bright lights
Frequent change of focus
The use of mechanical controls includes:
Buttons
Knobs
Levers
Cranks
Pedals
EQUIPMENT USED
Continuously (70-100%):
Machinery such as production equipment, bander, buttwelder, and air cutter with responsibility for repair, adjustments, and set ups
Frequently (30-70%):
Vehicles/heavy equipment such as forklift and crane
Measuring devices such as micrometer
Occasionally (Up to 30%):
Hand tools
Computer
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essen
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