Maintenance Electrician, Lafayette, IN

Job Title: Maintenance Electrician

Job Description

The Maintenance Electrician is responsible for troubleshooting, maintaining, and repairing electrical systems and industrial equipment throughout the facility to ensure safe and reliable operations. This role requires strong hands-on experience with industrial electrical systems, controls, and motor applications.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot and repair motor control circuits and electrical control wiring.
• Replace breakers, fuses, contactors, switches, and wire motors as needed.
• Maintain and repair facility electrical systems and industrial machinery.
• Service and troubleshoot motors, generators, transformers, and timing equipment.
• Wire and support control panels for new and existing equipment.
• Install and maintain cabling, conduit, and electrical connections.
• Work with industrial control systems including MCCs, MDPs, motor starters, and VFDs.
• Support electrical systems tied to conveyor and production equipment.
• Perform maintenance and troubleshooting on both AC and DC motors and drives.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Experience with Allen-Bradley PLCs.
• Instrumentation experience, especially with 4–20 mA systems.
• Apprenticeship or journeyman-level electrical experience.

Why Work Here?

Join a team that values training and development, offering mentorship from experienced colleagues. Enjoy competitive bonuses including a Bonus twice a year and quarterly attendance bonuses. Benefit from a comprehensive benefits package starting on day one, including a 401k match, 13 paid holidays, and two weeks of vacation. Uniforms are provided along with a boot allowance.

Work Environment

Work in a manufacturing setting with exposure to heat, grease, oil, and tight spaces. Ability to diagnose issues independently and keep production running smoothly is crucial. Be comfortable working in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, typically during the first shift from 7am to 3:30pm, with occasional overtime required.

This is a Permanent position based out of Lafayette, IN.

The pay range for this position is $52000.00 - $72800.00/yr.

Medical insurance Dental insurance Vision insurance Life insurance 401(k) / retirement plan Paid Time Off (PTO)

This is a fully onsite position in Lafayette,IN.

This position is anticipated to close on Jun 12, 2026.

We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.

Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance:
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Massachusetts Lie Detector:
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI):
We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.