Senior Maintenance Electrician

Department: BMC Farm
Reporting to: Live Operations Manager
Please email resumes to lindsayp@braswellfamilyfarms.com
Location: Nashville, NC

Position Summary:

The Senior Electrician is responsible for performing basic and high-level electrical work on buildings, equipment, machinery, and industrial systems in a safe and compliant manner at all company locations. This position works independently to design, build, test, & repair VFD, PLC and other electrical circuits and components to improve efficiency and functions. The primary responsibilities are electrical in nature but may also include instrumentation, automated process control, mechanical repairs, and plumbing.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Connects power supply wires to machines and equipment, and connects cables and wires between machines and equipment, following manuals, schematic diagrams, and blueprints, using hand tools and test equipment.

  • Diagnoses malfunctioning apparatus, such as transformers, motors, and lighting fixtures, using test equipment, and replaces damaged or broken wires and cables

  • Installs power supply wiring and conduit for newly installed machines and equipment, such as conveyors, and programmable controllers, following electrical code and blueprints

  • Tests malfunctioning machinery and discusses findings with other maintenance staff to diagnose malfunction.

  • Replaces faulty electrical components of machine, such as relays, switches, and motors, and positions sensing devices, using hand tools.

  • Diagnoses and repairs or replaces faulty electronic components, such as printed circuit boards.

  • Conduct preventative and predictive maintenance tasks, performance testing of electrical equipment & control systems

  • Installation of electrical components, control circuits, breaker panels, light circuits, and motor power

Required Skills & Abilities:

  • Ability to read manuals, prints, sketches, schematics, wiring diagrams, ladder diagrams, and schematic drawings

  • Strong competency using hand tools, power tools, and electrical & electronic test equipment

  • Computer literate experienced in Windows applications. Communications network experience

  • Ability to work independently, with minimal supervision, be a self-starter and customer oriented

  • Experience documenting work through PMs and Work Orders

  • Ability to respond to emergencies with a sense of urgency and work under pressure

  • Ability & willingness to work overtime, weekends, holidays, and flexible hours & shifts based on business needs. Standby duty may also be required.

  • Must be able to distinguish the colors of green and red

  • Must maintain a valid NC driver’s license while meeting insurance requirements

Education, Experience:

  • Journeyman electrical license in North Carolina, Master’s electrical license in North Carolina is preferred

  • 7 years’ experience in electrical maintenance

Physical Requirements/Work Environment:

Must possess the ability to work in an agricultural environment, indoors, outdoors, office, warehouse, processing, and farm production areas. Each area varies in temperature, odor and other environment specific atmospheres. This position also requires the incumbent to work in tight spaces, lift heavy objects up to XX pounds and frequently bend, climb, stoop, reach, walk, and crawl.

Animal Welfare Commitment:

  • Braswell Family Farms is fully committed to providing our animals with a safe and healthy environment, free from abuse and treated humanely in all aspects.

  • All employees are obligated by moral duty, Braswell Family Farms requirements (refer to Animal Welfare Policy), and legal obligation to uphold the strictest animal welfare-structured environment and are obligated to report any incidents of abuse, neglect or breach of biosecurity for the health and welfare of our animals.

Equal Opportunity Statement: Braswell Family Farms is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against anyone with regard to race, sex, national origin, color, religion, age or any disability, in compliance with Title VII of Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, as amended, or the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.