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Facilities Maintenance Electrician V

Amentum
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 23 Mar 2026

About the role

Amentum is seeking a Facilities Maintenance Electrician V to join our operations & maintenance team.

This position is responsible for acting as a subject matter expert as a qualified Industrial Electrician: troubleshooting, installation and documenting the electrical and control needs of facility switch gear, breaker panels, lighting, and process equipment in an industrial environment. This is not a helper position. This position would be directly responsible for maintaining all plant electrical needs and assisting automation technicians, control technicians and other engineering teams with production machinery and IT needs.

  • Maintains, improves, and participates in developing control systems, installing electrical sub panels/services, buss plugs, integrate systems and apply to production equipment.

  • Works with controls and instrumentation such as thermocouples and transducers, as well as primary voltages up to and including 480v.

  • Provides instruction, mentors and trains less skilled technicians as needed.

  • Effectively communicates with the site management team and the customer to understand requirements, solve complex electrical problems, and provide solutions to manufacturing problems

  • Demonstrates ability to identify and correct any safety-related issues and perform independent equipment evaluations to identify potential equipment failures.

  • Performs General Maintenance of equipment as required.

  • This position is also responsible for providing leadership to the maintenance staff and directing the daily workflow of the team.

  • Must be self-motivated and demonstrate the strong organizational/time management skills needed to be successful in this role.


Responsibilities:

  • Maintain current and future plant electrical systems.

  • Support plant electrical expansion projects

  • Must be able to adhere to Federal, State and Local electrical code and be familiar with NFPA70e.

  • Repair all plant electrical items

  • Run conduit from ½” EMT to 2” IMC around obstacles across the entire plant.

  • Diagnoses, troubleshoots, maintains, and repairs process/production machines, Facilities equipment, and related electrical equipment, such as electrical control circuits from 24v up to and including 480v AC, and variable frequency drives as necessary.

  • Calibrates instrumentation equipment and controls for optimum performance.

  • Procures parts from crib systems, OEM, or authorized vendors.

  • Identifies and documents cost savings.

  • Utilizes strong electrical skills in order to complete assignments.

  • Creates and modifies site operations procedures for equipment and recommends facilities reliability improvements.

  • Performs preventive maintenance on facilities equipment as scheduled in the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS).

  • Responds and provides service and feedback to the customer on all work orders while assuring compliance to codes, regulations, and industry standards.

  • Recommends activities to improve maintenance methods and equipment performance.

  • Analyzes and resolves work problems or assists workers in solving work problems.

  • Understands company policies and enforces safety regulations. Safely performs functions of the position including following proper safety guidelines such as job hazard analysis and lockout/tagout procedures and wearing PPE as required.

  • Operates various measuring, diagnostic and testing instruments to help provide energy efficiency solutions.

  • Operates a variety of equipment such as hand tools, laptop computers and diagnostic hardware to perform work.

  • Maintains a strict schedule to be successful in the assignment yet demonstrates flexibility in the day-to-day activities and scheduling for the benefit of the customer.

  • Exhibits strong leadership skills, such as motivation, delegation, ownership, leading by example, well-developed organizational skills, excellent communication skills, etc.

  • Promotes and adheres to the Amentum Safety Structure.

  • Other duties as assigned by Manager or Supervisor

  • Assist with Root Cause Analysis.

Minimum Requirements:

  • High school diploma or demonstrated equivalent.

  • 6 years’ experience as an electrician in an industrial environment, maintenance shop or manufacturing facility.

  • Experience with repair on production equipment in an industrial environment or demonstrated equivalent combination of education and experience.

  • Oregon Journeyman Electrical License or Equivalent

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