Electronics & Instrumentation Technician
McCain Foods · Wisconsin Rapids, WI
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Reliability
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 5+ years
- Industry
- Food & beverage
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A technician-level reliability role at McCain Foods (food & beverage) in Wisconsin Rapids, WI. Design, install, and program control systems (PLCs/PCs), and assist with equipment improvements and upgrades.
- They ask for
- 5+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- PLC, EHS / safety
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Maintenance Technician roles in Wisconsin: typical posted base $54k–$86k.
Median of the low and high ends of 4 live postings that list pay, out of 149 maintenance technician openings in Wisconsin, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 151 other live reliability postings in Wisconsin.
- Experience asked
- Typical (5+ years)
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ PLC 49%
- ✓ Team leadership 48%
- Welding 44%
- Robotics 24%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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This plant: McCain Foods in Wisconsin Rapids
2 other open roles at this site · 1 person we found in reliability roles at McCain Foods.
- Environmental Maintenance Manager · Reliability · Manager
- Continuous Improvement Coordinator · Lean / CI · Specialist
Electronics & Instrumentation Technician at McCain Foods in other locations
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Responsibilities
include troubleshooting control systems, programming PLCs, and ensuring equipment meets NEC, OSHA, and plant safety standards. Your day-to-day may consist of:
- ◆Perform routine and complex maintenance, calibration, programming, and troubleshooting of electrical and control systems, including instrumentation and power distribution (AC/DC, VFDs, 480V three-phase).
- ◆Design, install, and program control systems (PLCs/PCs), and assist with equipment improvements and upgrades.
- ◆Read, interpret, and maintain accurate records of electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, technical documentation, and work performed.
- ◆Support, mentor, and train junior maintenance staff, ensuring a clean, organized, and safe work environment at all times.
- ◆Adhere to NEC, NFPA 70E, OSHA regulations, and perform additional duties as assigned by supervisory staff.
This role works in a manufacturing environment with potential exposure to loud noises, strong odors, temperature fluctuations, moving machinery, wet or humid conditions, hazardous chemicals, high or confined areas, extreme temperatures, and vibration throughout various facility areas. This role also regularly engages in prolonged standing, walking, communicating, and sensory tasks throughout each shift, while frequently handling objects, climbing, balancing, and performing various physical movements such as stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling as part of job duties. The use of close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus is required.
Available Shift: 3rd Shift (11PM-7AM) and alternating weekends, shift differential offered.
What you’ll need to be successful.
- ◆Associate’s degree in Electronics or a related electrical field required.
- ◆5+ years of relevant maintenance experience with 1+ years working in a manufacturing environment required.
- ◆Journeyman Electrician certification or the willingness to pursue through the state E&I program required.
- ◆Experienced in PLCs, VFDs, motor controls, industrial wiring, and skilled in troubleshooting and repairing electronic and electromechanical equipment.
- ◆Maintains a continuous learning mindset and adapts quickly to new equipment, processes, and roles.
- ◆Demonstrates strong technical ability with a digital-first approach, embracing new technologies and accurately entering data.
- ◆Communicates clearly with all levels of the organization, follows instructions (written/oral/diagram form), and completes necessary documentation independently in English.
- ◆Pays close attention to detail, prioritizing product quality, safety, and accurate record-keeping.
- ◆Physically capable of meeting job
requirements
and consistently brings a positive, team-focused attitude to work.
- ✓Demonstrates adaptability, technical proficiency, analytical ability, and problem-solving skills while working independently or collaboratively to ensure effective and logical decision-making in diverse situations.
- ✓Demonstrates the physical capability to bend frequently and lift heavy objects (up to 40 pounds), alongside proficiency in safely operating Powered Industrial Vehicles to support workplace operations.
Benefits of the role .
- ✓Competitive hourly rate
- ✓Insurance day ONE of employment
- ✓401k match up to 6%
- ✓PTO, company holidays, wellness days
- ✓Maternity/paternity leave
- ✓Set schedule/overtime allowances
- ✓Education reimbursement
About McCain
Click Here to learn more about McCain and how we provide you with opportunities to make an impact that matters.
Leadership principles .
At McCain, our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers, collaborate as a team, and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people, and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.
AI & Digital Capabilities
At McCain, AI and digital capabilities are part of how we work and innovate. We value curiosity toward emerging technologies and the thoughtful, responsible use of AI-enabled tools to improve outcomes as part of our future-ready culture.
The McCain experience .
We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here, you’ll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why we’re better together.
Benefits: At McCain, we’re on a mission to create a winning culture that puts employee safety and wellbeing at the heart of what we do, every day. We understand and appreciate that each person’s needs are unique and ensure our benefits & wellbeing programs reflect that. Employees are eligible for the following benefits: health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription drug), retirement savings benefits, and leave support including medical, family and bereavement. Wellbeing programs include vacation and holidays, company-supported volunteering time, and mental health resources. Coverages are aligne
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Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences —together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy.
About the role .
What you’ll be doing.
The Electronics & Instrumentation Technician perform electrical maintenance, repair, installation, and calibration work on production and facility equipment.
