Electrical and Instrumentation Technician

The maintenance E&I technician performs all operations necessary to install, troubleshoot, modify, calibrate, service and program complex electrical equipment and instrumentation in support of facility operation. Primary expectation is based on routine work originating from daily communication with operations, equipment inspections, scoping, and executing planned work orders while promoting an engaged and reliability centered maintenance culture. Non routine work could involve troubleshooting and diagnosing a wide variety of equipment and instrumentation issues and performing unplanned corrective repairs.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Understands and references maintenance procedures, engineering drawings, sketches, wiring diagrams, operations and maintenance manuals, utilizing them to perform proper maintenance activities
• Possess a working knowledge of mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, power distribution and electrical systems.
• Able to locate and lock out breakers and disconnects for equipment and understands safety hazards for equipment.
• Possess a working knowledge of installation, troubleshooting and repair of modern pressure, level, temperature, and flow devices commonly used in chemical manufacturing service.
• Able to install, troubleshoot, maintain, and repair AC/DC motor controls, PLCs, network gateways, electrical drives, backup systems including batteries and universal power supplies.
• Services the electrical aspect of pumps, motors, hydraulic and pneumatic systems.
• Responsible for performing rounds and checking machinery and identifying and documenting defects that require corrective maintenance action.
• Assists in repairs to low and medium voltage systems and troubleshooting high voltage systems.
• Maintains a variety of electronically controlled equipment such as control loops, safety circuits, programmable sequences and operator control panels.
• Maintains detailed records of work performed with accurate time confirmation and material usage. Proficient in using computer maintenance management system to appropriately create, populate and close work orders.
• Assists Maintenance Planner/Scheduler in accurately detailing a job scope when necessary.
• Provides clear feedback to Supervisor and Maintenance Planner/Scheduler on planned tasks to improve the team’s performance metrics.
• Engages with routine task lists to provide feedback to Maintenance Planner/Scheduler and Reliability Engineer for improving work instructions and support a procedure driven culture.
• Follow all PPE requirements and safety rules.
• Able to operate mobile equipment such as loaders, manlifts, and forklifts to safely lift, transport, and position materials.
• Assist in training of coworkers as needed.
• Maintain work area in a clean and orderly condition, familiar with 5S practices.
• Ability to work in a rotating shift schedule including days, nights, and weekends.
• All other duties as assigned.

Basic Qualifications (Required)

• High School Diploma or GED.
• AAS in industrial maintenance and maintenance reliability certifications are preferred.
• Understanding of shop mathematics with the use of drawings, specifications, charts, tables, and precision measuring instruments.
• Experience working in an industrial environment in a position containing a routine maintenance component.
• 3 to 5 years minimum of industrial electrical and instrumentation maintenance experience.
• Advanced knowledge of the following maintenance disciplines: AC/DC motors, troubleshoot with PLC programming and network configuration, expert drive knowledge, electrical controls, NFPA 70E, high voltage power system
• Intermediate knowledge of pumps, gearboxes, hydraulic systems, pneumatic systems, HVAC controls, common electrical maintenance tools, rigging principles.
• Ability to climb stairs, climb ladders, reach, squat, tolerate prolonged standing/walking, balance, bend, operate mobile equipment, crawl, kneel, and push and pull objects.
• Ability to work at heights on modular equipment and atop silos.
• Reach, squat, and tolerate prolonged sitting.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Ability to perform sustained overhead reaching.
• Ability to use respiratory protection such as negative and positive pressure masks.