Lead Electrician

Weyerhaeuser Dodson is seeking an experienced Electrical Lead to provide frontline leadership for electrical maintenance and reliability across the mill. This role is a full-time hourly position that is responsible for coordinating and executing electrical work while ensuring alignment with safety standards, electrical standards, maintenance objectives, and reliability goals. The Electrical Lead serves as a central point of contact for electrical resources, electrical maintenance planning, and shutdown execution, while driving accountability, ownership, and follow-through across the electrical team. Why You’ll Love Working Here Safety First Culture – We prioritize your well-being every day. Career Growth – Opportunities to learn, grow, and advance. Outstanding Benefits – Full medical, dental, and vision coverage. Retirement: Employees are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan, which includes a paid company match in addition to our annual contribution equal to 5% of your eligible pay (unless you are enrolled in the defined benefit pension plan). Retirement: Employees are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan, which includes a paid company match in addition to our annual contribution equal to 5% of your eligible pay. Key Responsibilities • Lead, coach, and direct electrical associates to ensure safe and effective execution of work. Foster a strong safety culture and reinforce safe behaviors in the field • Serve as a role model for safety, ensuring adherence to all electrical safety standards and procedures. Lead by example in hazard recognition, risk assessment, and safe work execution • Ensure work is executed in accordance with LOTO, NFPA 70E, and company safety programs • Build team capability through training, mentorship, and continuous feedback • Promote accountability, ownership, and clear communication across the team • Support the planning and scheduling of electrical maintenance work using the work order flow process • Prioritize work activities to support production and minimize downtime • Coordinate electrical resources for outages, shutdowns, and daily operations • Ensure timely completion and quality execution of preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance work • Support development and implementation of proactive maintenance strategies • Partner with operations and process control to improve equipment reliability • Identify and eliminate root causes of recurring equipment issues (participation in RCA & RFCA) • Support LEAN, reliability, and process improvement initiatives • Troubleshoot and support repair of electrical systems, including motors, drives, field devices, valves, system set points, and PLCs. • Ensure compliance with electrical codes, standards, and mill practices • Coordinate with engineering and process control on system improvements and modifications • Act as liaison between maintenance, operations, and technical teams