Facility Electrician

Job description

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 103,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

To maintain and improve plant electrical systems and equipment in order to provide a high degree of safety, quality and productivity. Typical activities include (but are not limited to): electrical machine and machine component repair; HVAC electrical systems troubleshooting; programmable logic controller (PLC) and computer interface programming; installation or rearrangement of new or existing equipment/systems; and total plant and facility maintenance.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITES

• Work well with little supervision.
• Follow all plant and department procedures, GMPs, JSAs and general plant safety rules.
• Keep all work areas clean and neat.
• Housekeeping of the shop is primarily the responsibility of the electricians working in the area.
• May lead one other employee (including: directing another maintenance person. providing some OJT for people new to the department. and recording and communicating shift activity in an organized manner.) Audit equipment.
• Be certified for lockout/tag out procedures.
• Use of electrical tools and diagnostic equipment to complete electrical maintenance jobs. (See List.) Provide support to primary plant operations.
• Total plant equipment coverage includes (but is not limited to): packaging lines, processing, drying, can presses, filling, telephone systems, security systems, computer systems, data cabling, UPS, MIS support, HVAC, energy center and warehouse support, building maintenance, electrical distribution lighting, fire system, land application, ATC time card system, MITS systems, medium and low breaker testing and switching, and interfacing with electrical contractors.
• Assignments include: Responding to equipment emergencies. Performing electrical PM during operation or during periods of scheduled downtime. Communicating routinely with line personnel and supervision to maintain knowledge of the latest production schedule. Communicating potential equipment problems to production and maintenance supervisors to allow scheduling of repairs. looking for and implementing equipment and system improvements.
• Responsibility within the Maintenance Department is to maintain plant electrical systems and equipment in a safe and reliable condition in compliance with all applicable corporate, state and federal codes.
• The Maintenance Department’s function is to provide outstanding customer service to the manufacturing and support groups in the plant through the preventative maintenance, troubleshooting, repair and upgrading of plant processing, packaging, filling, drying and infrastructure systems.
• This is executed in a manner which enables the plant to safely, economically and efficiently conduct business.
• In addition, Maintenance Department personnel serve as a technical resource to the plant and divisional manufacturing and engineering groups.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Highs School Diploma/GED or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.  Minimum of (3) years as an industrial or commercial electrician.
• Firm understanding of electricity and electrical theory; knowledge of NEC and electrical installation requirements; ability to operate and install electrical components and devices, working knowledge of computer and computer operating systems; knowledge of PLC programming and PLC networking/interfacing, computer graphics used for man - machine interfaces; demonstrated ability to work with up to 4160 voltage AC and 700 volts DC in accordance with all safety requirements.
• In addition, attention to detail is very important in this position.
• Wide variation in equipment and technology requires training and experience in electrical theory, plant systems, complex devices and computer operating systems and programming.

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