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1st Shift-Sr. Maintenance Electrician

Greif
La Porte, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 19 Sept 2025
💰 $81,040/yr

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 #:

032090 1st Shift-Sr. Maintenance Electrician (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.

1st Shift:
7am-4pm

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 

  • Perferred-Electrician Journeyman License
  • Perfrerred-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.
  • Possesses the ability to troubleshoot, disassemble, and reassemble m

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