Meat & Poultry
Industrial electrical and automation expertise for protein processing plants — built to clean-design and GMP standards, delivered by food-safety-trained crews.
Electrical Solutions for Meat & Poultry Plants
Decades of Proven Experience
Inside Protein Facilities.
Sheridan Electric brings deep, hands-on experience delivering industrial electrical contracting and automation projects across the meat and poultry industry. Our crews are trained for the hygienic, washdown, and temperature-classified environments protein plants demand — and we execute green field, brownfield, and rapid-response work with the same standard of care.
Process Areas We Serve
Primary Processing: kill through to evisceration, plucking, and inspection lines
De-boning & Cut-Up: conveyor drives, weighing/grading, vision systems
Further Processing: marination, breading, forming, par-frying, and cooking
Spiral Freezers & Chillers: classified-area work, IP-rated drops, sealed conduit penetrations
Packaging & Labelling: case packers, multivac, weigh-price-label, X-ray and metal detection
CIP & Sanitation: washdown-rated installations, hygienic panel mounting
Process Areas We Serve
Green & brownfield plant installations and line expansions
Turn-key electrical contracting, instrumentation, and automation
Hygienic / GMP installation methods (stand-off clips, smooth welded supports, IP68 cable glands)
Cold-to-ambient conduit sealing using duct seal and food-grade silicone
Process control & SCADA integration
CSA & UL certified Control Panel Shop for hygienic enclosures
24/7 emergency service and rapid response
HACCP and GMP-trained personnel
Trusted by Leading Protein Producers
Inside a Recent Poultry Plant Install
Every Detail Engineered
for a Hygienic Environment.
In a protein plant, the difference between a standard install and a clean-design install is in the details — how a conduit is supported, how a cold-room penetration is sealed, what kind of cable tie holds a service loop.
- Multiple motor disconnects utilizing stand-off brackets
- Service loops for cables
- Welded flat bar with studs for boxes
- Smooth welded conduit supports
- IMP panel penetrations from cold to ambient temperature spaces — conduit sealed with duct seal and silicone
- Use of stainless stand-off clips on IMP panel to maintain GMP standards
- Smooth welded conduit supports
- Welded flat bar with welded studs for box mounting
- Power and control pull boxes with sealed conduit entries and breather drains for condensation extraction
- Multiple drops at one conveyor — power and controls separated
- Smooth welded stand-offs for conduit supports
- Maintenance service loop utilizing metal-detectable tyraps
- 120V / Ethernet drops for receptacles and card readers — IMP penetrations sealed with duct seal / silicone
- Cable pull boxes with drains
- Maintenance service loop with metal-detectable tyraps
- Maintenance service loop utilizing metal-detectable tyraps
- Smooth welded stand-offs for conduit supports
- Ceiling-mounted transition boxes to interstitial space
- Food-grade silicone sealing penetrations from ambient to cold spaces
- Smooth stock-rod for cable support
- Maintenance service loop utilizing metal-detectable tyraps
- Smooth welded stand-offs for conduit supports
- Technical stainless conduit runs under drumstick platform
- Smooth welded stand-offs for conduit supports
- Bottom entries for control cabinets using IP68 rated cable glands
- Conduit on structure utilizing smooth welded conduit supports
- Flexible connections for conveyor / equipment
- Transition box inclusive of drain
- Corrosion-resistant receptacles
- Flexible bottom entries on control panel
- Conduit from cable tray down to transition box for devices
- Conduit on structure utilizing smooth welded conduit supports
- Maintenance service loop utilizing metal-detectable tyraps
- Flexible connections for conveyor / equipment
- Multiple control / power drops for conveyor / equipment
- Conduit on structure utilizing smooth welded conduit supports
- Smooth welded stand-offs for conduit supports
- Multiple motor / control drops
Industrial Focused
Sheridan Electric has been servicing the food and protein sector for decades — from electrical contracting to automation, we have you covered.
How We Work in Food Plants
Food Safety
Starts With Our People.
Every Sheridan electrician completes our internal Food Safety & GMP training before stepping onto a customer’s plant floor. The 2-minute video below walks through how our crews show up, gown up, and conduct themselves in a production environment.
Why Customers Choose Us
Benefits at a Glance
Sector Experience
Successful project delivery across primary processing, de-boning, further processing, freezers, and packaging — for some of Canada’s largest protein producers.
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Hygienic Installation
Smooth-welded conduit supports, welded flat-bar with studs, IP68 cable glands, food-grade silicone sealing — all built to GMP standards.
02
Classified & Washdown
Expertise in Class 2 Div 1 explosion-proof areas, washdown installs in stainless or PVC-coated rigid, and full I&C work.
03
After-Hours Windows
Most protein work has to happen during shutdown. We routinely staff weekends and off-shifts to keep your production schedule on track.
04
Rapid Response
When a line goes down unexpectedly, our automation techs and journeyman electricians are on-call 24/7 with industry-leading response times.
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HACCP & GMP Trained
All personnel receive food safety standard training, ensuring full compliance and peace of mind on the plant floor.
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Our Commitment
Health and Safety: A Way of Life
Safety is our number one priority. We are committed to ensuring the health and safety of every employee and to performing all operations in a safe and effective manner. Management, supervisors, and all employees contribute to the constant betterment of our health and safety program. We are accredited and working with multiple contractor safety compliance companies including ISN, ContractorCheck, Avetta, Cognibox, Browz, ComplyWorks, and more.