Bulk Material Handling PLC & Drives Electrician

Job Description Job Description Why this role

• Competitive wages
• Monthly and quarterly bonus opportunities
• Great benefits
• Flexible schedule

Role snapshot

Maintain, troubleshoot, and improve the electrical backbone of a high-throughput coal terminal-keeping belt lines, machinery, and controls safe, compliant, and productive.

Core values

Live the Core Values of Core Natural Resources: Safety, Sustainability, and Continuous Improvement.

Your impact

• Install, maintain, diagnose, and repair electrical systems for industrial machinery and conveyor systems.
• Build/repair control panels; execute power distribution work at 220/480V; administer preventive maintenance programs.
• Service AC/DC motors and drives, PLC controls, and sensors (limit and proximity).
• Apply electrical codes and reference manuals, schematics, diagrams, and blueprints; troubleshoot with ladder logic.
• Conduct safety inspections and enforce OSHA practices: LOTO, confined space, fall protection, hot work, mobile equipment operation, and PPE.
• Reduce downtime through rapid root-cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Cross-train and operate, when needed, loaders, dozers, locomotives, and cranes.
• Safely operate equipment supporting rail-to-vessel coal transshipment.

Must haves

• 3+ years' experience as an industrial electrician in manufacturing.
• Fluency in reading electrical blueprints/schematics and technical documents.
• Knowledge of industrial electrical codes, regulations, and safety standards.
• Strong analytical troubleshooting and communication skills.
• Experience with PLCs and ladder logic.
• Comfort working at heights, outdoors, and in confined spaces.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a TWIC.
• Available for overtime and rotating shifts (nights, holidays, weekends).
• Journeyman or Master Electrician license preferred.

Preferred proficiencies

• PLC troubleshooting
• Creating preventive maintenance plans
• Heavy equipment repair
• Electrical troubleshooting
• Background in a manufacturing environment

Tech you'll use

• Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)