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Alto Ingredients, Inc.

Electrician

Alto Ingredients, Inc., Pekin, Illinois, us, 61558

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Instrument Electrician Alto Ingredients, Inc. | Pekin, IL | Non-Exempt | Full-time

Build your career with Alto Ingredients! Earn a competitive salary, benefits including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance and a 401(k) with a company match up to 6%, a stipend for fitness center expenses, a generous paid time off (PTO) program, and service awards for career longevity.

Company Overview Alto Ingredients, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALTO) is a leading producer and distributor of specialty alcohols, renewable fuels and essential ingredients. Leveraging the unique qualities of its facilities, the company serves customers in a wide range of consumer and commercial products in the Health, Home & Beauty; Food & Beverage; Industry & Agriculture; Essential Ingredients; and Renewable Fuels markets.

Job Purpose Provide electrical plant maintenance to the facility and all process equipment to ensure continued ethanol production.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Industrial power generation and distribution equipment, low medium voltage

Maintenance of transformers, circuit breakers, and protective relays

Motors and motor control circuits

Variable frequency drives

Boiler and burner controls

Pneumatic and electronic process instrumentation; flows, pressure, and temperature measurement, pneumatic relays

Control systems and PLC troubleshooting

Electronic and pneumatic control valves

Vibration and thermographic image analysis

Responsible for electrical, wiring maintenance and repair decisions affecting equipment for plant operations

Maintains the electrical functioning of pumps, valves, conveying systems, air compressors and such

Receives wiring diagrams, specifications and instructions from supervisor covering emergency and scheduled repairs, installation, and electrical inspection work to be performed

Analyzes circuits, wiring diagrams and drawings to install, repair, calibrate, service or replace electronic devices and systems

Performs work requiring a thorough knowledge of electrical theory and principles, statutory codes, properties of materials and principles of operation of electrical equipment; starts up and shuts down equipment in accordance with company safety procedures for machine activation and shutdown and in line with OSHA requirements

Services electronic equipment by checking, testing, and replacing faulty components, circuits, printed circuit boards, and similar electronic devices

Fabricates parts if not commercially available, using machine and hand tools common to the trade

Determines need for, analyzes, and makes necessary running adjustments, repairs and overhauls

Notifies supervisor of potentially dangerous electrical equipment noted and corrective actions to take

Ensure a safe, healthy work environment by following all safety, health and environmental policies, procedures and regulations per the Company's IIPP, job safe practices and other related programs

Stay current on all required Safety, Zen QMS and IT training

Performs a variety of electrical, mechanical repairs, maintenance, and other duties as assigned

Education and Experience

High School diploma or equivalent

4-year apprenticeship program or equivalent experience

Armed Services Training/OJT/Critical Controls Operation

Qualifications

Instrument / Electrician Journeyman or equivalent

Plant electrical/instrumentation experience – 2 year minimum

Associate degree in Electronics or Electronics Technology field

Manufacturing plant maintenance and repair experience preferred

Minimum Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Excellent organizational skills

Detailed oriented and multi-tasking is a must

Able to work in a team environment

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Self-motivated, needing minimal supervision

Physical Requirements

Able to walk, stand and move around the plant facility freely

Able to climb stairs and ladders to check equipment and gauges and to work on equipment

Able to use hands to handle, feel objects; use tools, work with controls and gauges; must be able to reach

Able to kneel, crouch, stoop, crawl around equipment to do work

Able to hear equipment and determine problems

Work in hot and cold weather conditions

Sit at a desk for part of the day to write reports

Must have good vision and be able to see clearly in close and distant situations; and distinguish colors

Able to communicate with others by phone and in person, in noisy conditions

Able to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds alone

Interested candidates, please apply at https://www.pacificethanol.com/careers

Criminal background check and drug screen required.

Alto Ingredients, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

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