Job Description

Cogeneration Electrical Specialist - Cedar Rapids, IA

The Electrical Reliability & Maintenance Specialist provides technical leadership and strategic oversight for electrical maintenance activities within the Cogeneration operation. The primary objective of this position is to partner with the Electrical Superintendent to establish operational consistency, standardized maintenance practices, and reliable task execution across the Cogeneration facility, Wet Mill, and Dry Grind operations. While this role does not have direct reports, it provides critical technical leadership, safety oversight, and quality control for contractor-performed electrical maintenance work.

Specific Job Duties

• Reliability Strategy & Standardization: Develop, implement, and align preventive and predictive maintenance (PM/PdM) programs at Cogen to ensure consistency in task execution across the Cogeneration, Wet Mill, and Dry Grind areas. Establish maintenance standards for motors, MCCs, VFDs, switchgear, substations, and power distribution systems.
• Technical Leadership: Act as the subject matter expert for plant electrical systems. Provide hands-on troubleshooting support during major equipment failures, review repair methods, and assist with capital upgrades and commissioning.
• Contractor Management: Oversee third-party electrical contractors. Define work scopes, prioritize tasks, and audit contractor execution to ensure high-quality, safe, and procedurally compliant work.
• Asset & Outage Planning: Collaborate with maintenance planners to prioritize electrical work orders, build comprehensive outage plans, manage the critical spare parts strategy, and draft long-term asset lifecycle replacement plans.
• Root Cause Analysis: Lead root cause failure analysis (RCA) for significant electrical events, identify reliability gaps, and implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Safety & Compliance: Champion ADM’s safety culture. Ensure all electrical maintenance activities comply with NFPA 70E, Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), Arc Flash Hazard Analysis, energized work standards, and OSHA regulations.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience: Minimum of 5 years in industrial electrical maintenance with deep knowledge of low and medium voltage power distribution systems, MCCs, drives, motors, and transformers.
• Education: Bachelor’s or Associate’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electrical Technology, Industrial Technology, or a related field; equivalent hands-on industrial experience
• Technical Skills: Strong diagnostic and troubleshooting capabilities; familiar with preventative/predictive maintenance tools (thermography, ultrasound, motor circuit analysis, etc) and Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (MAXIMO)

Environment

• Primarily Monday – Friday, but available for operations outside of standard working hours
• Work around dust and various chemicals
• Stand for long periods of time, Walk Long Distances, Lift 50 lbs, Carry tools/ladders
• Climb ladders / stairs

Before applying for an exempt, non-exempt or hourly job opportunity, you are expected to initiate a discussion and share your intentions with your supervisor. * If you’ve been in your current position for more than 18 months, supervisor approval is not required. * If you’ve been in your current position for less than 18 months, verbal supervisor approval is required.
​Hiring Manager-Derrick Jellison ​
Recruiter-Vicky Luciano

City

Cedar Rapids

State

IA - Iowa

Location Country

United States

About ADM

At ADM, we unlock the power of nature to provide access to nutrition worldwide. With industry-advancing innovations, a complete portfolio of ingredients and solutions to meet any taste, and a commitment to sustainability, we give customers an edge in solving the nutritional challenges of today and tomorrow. We’re a global leader in human and animal nutrition and the world’s premier agricultural origination and processing company. Our breadth, depth, insights, facilities and logistical expertise give us unparalleled capabilities to meet needs for food, beverages, health and wellness, and more. From the seed of the idea to the outcome of the solution, we enrich the quality of life the world over. Learn more at www.adm.com.

Base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Hourly and salaried non-exempt employees will also be paid overtime pay when working qualifying overtime hours.

If hired, employees will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base pay (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

The pay range for this position is expected to be between:

$58,100.00 - $108,000.00