Instrumentation & Controls Technician

Your Job Koch Fertilizer Wever is looking for an Instrumentation & Controls Technician to support field instrumentation, electrical, and controls needs at the plant. The Instrumentation & Controls Technician will conduct maintenance (preventive and corrective) of monitoring systems and troubleshoot basic process control (BPC) and safety instrumented systems (SIS). The schedule for this role is 10-hour shifts, 4 days per week on a rotating schedule. What You Will Do Inspection and Troubleshooting: Execute repairs, rebuilds, replacements, installations, calibrations, and stroke testing of final control elements, ensuring optimal functionality and adherence to high standards of quality. Control and Instrumentation: Deliver hardware support for medium to large-scale systems, ensuring optimal performance and reliability through principled and proactive maintenance and innovation. Commissioning and Startup Activities: Conduct instrument loop inspections, loop checks, configuration, calibration, and testing. Oversee mechanical installation, function checking, and stock testing of final control elements to ensure seamless and efficient startup operations. DCS Support: Support and maintenance of DCS, SIS, and PLCs based systems. Documentation: Update and create documentation for plant-specific maintenance tasks. Ensure all plant instrument scope P&ID, wiring diagrams, loop diagrams, cable schedules, and instrument list sheets are current and effectively utilized. Safety and Compliance: Ensure safety and compliance by understanding and applying Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) and Management of Change (MOC) principles, continually seeking to improve these processes for better outcomes. Who You Are (Basic Qualifications) Associate degree in Industrial Instrumentation, Electrical, Controls or a related field Apprenticeship in related field 2 years’ relevant electrical, instrumentation, and/or controls experience Physical Requirements Ability to work outdoors in all weather conditions. Bending, kneeling, lifting up to 50 pounds. Wearing a respirator when/where required to perform inspections/job duties. Noise levels may require hearing protection. Ability to climb straight ladders. Some work may require heights in excess of 100 feet. Confined space entry may be required. Wearing hearing protection within high level noise areas as required. What Will Put You Ahead Experience with process analytical equipment. Experience with control valve actuators, positioners, feedback, smart positioners, and solenoids. Experience with smart transmitters, sensing elements, and transducers. Experience with calibration, configuration, and repair of measurement/control instruments for flow, level, pressure, differential pressure, vibration, temperature, and pH. Experience with Motor Starters, MCCs, VFD, 4,160 volt and 480-volt three-phase systems. Familiar with HART communication protocols. Benefits Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter. Equal Opportunities Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aquí, or tu). #J-18808-Ljbffr