Electrician w/ PLC

Position

Plant Electrician / PLC Technician

Location

Philadelphia, PA

Reports to

Maintenance Manager

JOB SUMMARY

Frankford Candy is seeking a highly skilled Plant Electrician / PLC Technician to join our Maintenance team. This individual will be the cornerstone of electrical and automation reliability across our food manufacturing facility, ensuring all equipment operates safely, efficiently, and in full compliance with food safety standards. The ideal candidate brings deep hands-on industrial electrical expertise, advanced PLC programming capability, and a genuine commitment to GMP, HACCP, and LOTO safety practices in a high-volume candy manufacturing environment.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Install, alter, maintain, and repair electrical wiring systems, fixtures, transformers, motor controls, and all other plant electrical equipment from 24V DC to 480V AC
• Analyze, troubleshoot, install, and repair Controls and Automation systems (PLCs, HMIs, VFDs, servo drives) on industrial manufacturing equipment with minimal supervision
• Program, edit, and troubleshoot Allen-Bradley PLCs (PLC5, SLC 500, ControlLogix/CompactLogix) using RSLogix 500/5000 and Studio 5000; experience with Siemens TIA Portal a plus
• Read and interpret electrical wiring diagrams, schematics, P&ID; drawings, and blueprints; update drawings to reflect as-built conditions
• Locate, diagnose, and correct complex equipment failures including electrical, electronic, pneumatic, and hydraulic control systems; resolve power failures and short circuits
• Service electronic equipment by checking, testing, and replacing faulty components: circuit boards, PLCs, sensors, drives, relays, and associated hardware
• Install, maintain, and repair all cabling, conduit, and wiring related to production and facility electrical systems
• Perform and document Preventive Maintenance (PM) and Predictive Maintenance (PdM) activities on all electrical and automation components; ident...