Journeyman Electrician

Morton Salt is an iconic, 175-year-old company with a strong heritage and a bright future. We help unlock the flavors in food, make roads and sidewalks safer, improve the water in baths, pools, and homes, and keep businesses and industries running. We are a dedicated team who constantly strives to do better together, and we are passionate about building a sustainable future for our company, the communities in which we operate, and the world around us. By joining our team, you will contribute to producing and delivering every form of salt that enhances everyday life.

Job Summary:

Perform a variety of assigned duties in the installation, maintenance, calibration, inspection, testing, troubleshooting, and repair of all plant electrical and instrumentation assets.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Maintain a safe working environment by understanding, executing, and supporting the company's HES&S policies and procedures. Support a proactive safety mindset by participating in department assessments and meetings and by encouraging employees and contractors to identify, correct, and coach one another in safety.

• Read and interpret electrical blueprints and schematics to assist with troubleshooting of existing or installation of new electrical systems, providing mark-ups to deliver "as-built" details when needed.

• Work together with the facility's electrical team to provide electrical and instrumentation support to meet plant production needs.

• Perform the inspection, testing, calibration, troubleshooting, and repair of industrial instrumentation programmable logic controllers (PLC's), variable frequency drives (VFD's), and related equipment.

• Be familiar with the facility's electrical and instrumentation systems as they relate to equipment functionality and production processes.

• Safely utilizes the tools and equipment required to perform electrical tasks including, but not limited to conduit benders, threading machines, hand and power tools, drill press, rigging, scissor lifts, articulating lifts, forklifts, etc.

• May perform routine tasks such as lubrication, cleaning, and inspection of industrial equipment.

• Keep work area, tools, and equipment clean, neat, orderly, and in good repair.

• Perform other work of a related nature within the job classification.

• Usually works with minimal supervisor oversight, may occasionally be asked to direct the work of others, and will assist with the training of employees with lesser skills.

• Frequently works with employees of other classifications and occasionally perform work of a lesser skill in other maintenance classifications.

• Completing all other duties as assigned

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• High school diploma or equivalent, required

• Must hold a journeyman card

• Basic computer skills, preferred

Work Environment:

• Required to bend, stoop, twist, and lift.

• Requires good eye-hand coordination

• Essential job functions are performed primarily indoors, but employee is exposed to hot, humid, wet, dusty, cool and cold environments.

• Equipment requires fine attention to detail

• Must be capable of lifting 50 pounds

Required to work at floor level from ladders, scaffolds, and platforms.

At Morton Salt, we work best when we work as a team, when we treat one another with dignity and respect, and value the unique contributions of others. We are committed to equal employment opportunity and prohibit discrimination and harassment based on race, national origin, sex, religion, color, disability, marital status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law.