Electrical Technician

Job Description:

Electrical Technician (Tilton, NH).

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This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career.

Job Description:   

Responsible to the Plant Engineering Supervisor and/or Maintenance Mechanic Leader.  Responsible for the electrical maintenance, installation, removal, modification, and emergency repair of all equipment and buildings. The primary duty of this position is electrical work.  Mechanical duties are secondary. Here, you will make an impact by:

Responsibilities:   

• The ability to obtain and maintain PIV certification for site PIVs and operate in a safe and efficient manner.
• Ensures all work performed is according to proper revision
• Makes complex wiring diagrams and sketches.
• Reads prints and makes proper electrical installations.
• Keeps familiar with the latest type of electrical control, motor drive, and industrial lighting equipment.
• Possesses good knowledge of plant electrical distribution systems.
• Installs, operates, maintains, checks, and locates troubles on most types of AC and DC equipment, including electronic equipment.
• Starts, stops, maintains, and helps install and repair powerhouse equipment including generators and transformers.
• Possesses good working knowledge of switchboards.
• Disassembles and assembles motors, gear motors, speed regulators, controllers, and other electrical equipment of most types.  Repairs replaces, cleans, and paints parts.
• Installs and repairs electrical conduit and cable including connections, controls, grounding, etc.
• Makes megger, voltmeter, ammeter, dynamometer, ground locating, and other electrical tests.
• Maintains inventory of electrical supplies.
• Maintains electric trucks.
• Reads electric meters and checks with the local electric company on demand peak readings.
• Keeps familiar with National Electrical codes and company safety rules.
• Submits daily records of time and materials as required.
• Makes out reports, completes checklists, and records as required.
• Works with other departments as directed
• Performs other duties as required.
• In the event of an electrical failure, or a mechanical failure that requires electrical disconnection, etc. before repair work can be performed, that occurs outside of scheduled work hours, you may be called and expected to come in, if available.
• Wears proper safety equipment, uses safe working practices, follows LOTO/confined space permits, and immediately reports hazardous conditions to the production supervisor on duty.
• May handle or generate hazardous and non-hazardous waste. Keeps equipment and work areas clean and orderly.
• These duties and responsibilities are set forth as “benchmarks” for this job.  They are representative of the normal work performed and are not meant to constitute the complete requirements of the job. Performs miscellaneous duties as assigned by management.

Required:  

To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M is looking for candidates who must have the following qualifications:

• Possess a two (2) year technical degree or apprenticeship program (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution OR possess a minimum of five (5) years in the electrical maintenance field.
• Current State of New Hampshire Journeyman Electrician's License or a Master Electrician's License.
• Ability to work on the weekends, overtime, holidays as needed, short notice coverage, 1st Shift.

Desired:  

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Minimum combined total of five years of work experience as a licensed electrician with no less than three years working as an industrial plant licensed maintenance electrician and the remaining years as a licensed construction electrician.
• Skill in operation and use of hand tools, wrenches, air and electric-powered hand tools, machine tools, and a variety of testing equipment; reading and interpreting measuring systems; operating shop equipment; troubleshooting equipment malfunctions.
• Experience in Programmable Logic Control