Maintenance Electrician
Location: Janesville, WI
Openings: 2 total: one day-shift opening and one night-shift opening.
Union: UFCW Local 1473
Urgency: ASAP
Employment Type: Full-time, hourly, union
Role overview
You’ll support a large, highly automated vegetable and pouch packaging operation. This is a hands-on maintenance electrician role focused on electrical troubleshooting, controls/PLC fault-finding, and keeping production running.
What you’ll work on
- Vegetable processing and packaging (peas, corn, carrots, mixed veg, potatoes, beans)
- Pouch area (pasta/beans) based on orders
- Equipment and lines that are heavily PLC-driven (Allen-Bradley)
Pay and shift details
Base rate (Maintenance Electrician): $37.14/hr
Journeyman rate: $38.42/hr (if you carry a WI journeyman credential)
Shift differential: $0.90/hr (night shift)
Pay frequency: Weekly
Off-peak typical schedules
- Day Shift: 6:00am–2:30pm, potentially extending to 6:00pm when overtime is scheduled
- Night shift: 6:00pm–2:30am, potentially extending to 6:00am when overtime is scheduled. Overtime applies after 8 hours.
Pack/peak seasons
- Schedules can flex based on workload.
- One opening is on days and one is on nights. Schedule flexibility is needed when overtime is scheduled: day shifts may extend to 6:00 p.m. and night shifts may extend to 6:00 a.m. Overtime applies after 8 hours.
What you’ll do
- Troubleshoot and repair industrial electrical systems and controls under production pressure
- Diagnose faults on PLC-driven equipment and restore operation quickly
- Work with motors, sensors, VFDs, relays, starters, control panels, and plant power distribution (as applicable)
- Perform electrical PMs and document work completed
- Support minor mechanical troubleshooting as needed (expect roughly 75% electrical, 25% mechanical)
- Follow all safety policies and lockout/tagout procedures
Required Qualifications
- Strong industrial electrical troubleshooting experience (manufacturing preferred, but not required)
- Comfort working around PLC-controlled equipment (Allen-Bradley experience is a plus)
- Ability to explain your troubleshooting steps and the repairs you personally completed during an equipment breakdown
- Reliability and flexibility with overtime/weekends when needed
Preferred Qualifications
- Controls-heavy experience, instrumentation, or automation exposure
- Food manufacturing, high-volume packaging, or high-speed equipment experience
- Journeyman credential (not required for industrial work, but it affects pay if you have it)
Benefits Overview
This role offers a comprehensive union benefits package that includes:
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Prescription drug coverage
- Retirement and pension benefits
- Paid time off and paid holidays
- Overtime opportunities during peak production
- Safety equipment and ongoing training provided