Electrician

  About Gloster Forest Products   Gloster Forest Products, LLC (GFP) is building a state-of-the-art lumber mill in Gloster, Mississippi.    The new mill will require over 1 million tons of timber annually to produce about 250 million board feet. The facility will be located on 65 acres (about the area of a large shopping mall) and represents a corporate investment of over $200 million, creating 131 jobs and supporting an additional 200 indirect jobs when operating at full capacity.    Family-owned and operated, GFP is dedicated to its employees who are passionate about delivering unmatched, high-quality lumber from a world-class lumber manufacturing facility.    Gloster Forest Products is slated to begin manufacturing lumber in May of 2024. For more information: www.Glosterfp.com/ [http://www.glosterfp.com/]  POSITION: Electrician   This highly skilled role creates value by performing a variety of electrical systems and maintenance duties, while ensuring maximum facility uptime to meet production goals. This position requires knowledge of and hands-on-experience with the following technologies:  instrumentation, electronics, lubrication, hydraulics, power transmission, mechanics, steam, welding and pneumatics.     Responsibilities:  * Install, troubleshoot, and repair equipment in compliance with plant codes, policies, and procedures  * Respond to all maintenance issues, both mechanical and electrical, throughout the plant  * Undertake preventative maintenance program for equipment.  * Read blueprints, diagrams, and schematic drawings to repair equipment.  * Verify and document repairs made.  * Work in a safe manner using proper PPE.  * Work any shift, on-call, holidays, weekends, and overtime as needed  Required Skills:   * 1 years of previous maintenance experience  * Experience with Allen Bradley PLC5 and/or Control Logix  * Knowledge of and experience with hand and power tools  * Mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic knowledge and aptitude  * Experience in an industrial environment with VFDs, PLCs, MCCs, HMIs  * Experience with high voltage (600-23,000 volts)  * Competent with all type power transmission components and troubleshooting  * Be able to pass a basic mechanical assessment test  * Be able to pass a basic hands-on test  * High school diploma or GED Must be able to work nights, weekends, holidays as required  Environmental Conditions:  * Must be able to tolerate extreme hot, humid, cold, and outdoor conditions. Comfortable working in loud environment, around moving machinery, with vibrations and airborne particles (sawdust).