Instrumentation and Electrical Technician

SUMMARY

This position is responsible for providing electrical and instrumentation troubleshooting, repair, and technical support for the entire facility.

FUNCTIONS

Primary Responsibilities / Essential Functions

• Knows, observes, and enforces all Standard Operating Procedures, safety procedures and rules, environmental practices and GMP guidelines.
• Responsible for troubleshooting and repair of all electrical systems and components in the refinery and / or packaging house.

The electrical systems include, but are not limited to, variable speed drives, motors and motor control equipment, PLC and related equipment and power distribution equipment and turbines.

• Responsible for monitoring the turbines during their shift. This includes starting and stopping turbines as instructed.
• Makes adjustments to the turbo-generation units to help the refinery maximize efficiency.
• Performs pneumatic troubleshooting, including but not limited to calculating ranges and set points for switches, transmitters, indicators, recorder, and controllers.
• Install conduit, wiring, panels, controls and other electrical components for machines and equipment.
• Install and maintain light fixtures and related equipment.
• Diagnoses and replaces faulty mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic components of machines and equipment.
• Available for on call responsibility during specified times.
• Cleans up area at the completion of maintenance and repair.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Company Conformance Statements

In the performance of their respective tasks and duties all employees are expected to conform to the following :

• Perform quality work within deadlines with or without direct supervision.
• Interact professionally with co-workers, Company business associates and the general public.
• Work together in a cooperative spirit to serve the best interests of the Company.
• Operate in a fully responsible manner and comply with the law and Company policy.

Company SHE Primary Responsibilities

Understand and observe all Safety, Health & Environmental rules and procedures

• Report or correct any unsafe act or condition
• Report any chemical / fuel spill to supervision
• Report any pain or discomfort to supervision

Requirements

Education / Professional Certifications / Licenses

The following are the basic qualifications :

High School Diploma or GED.

The following are the preferred qualifications :

Associate Degree or equivalent from two-year technical school.

Experience

The following are the basic qualifications :

A minimum 3 years of electrical experience in an industrial setting.

The following are the preferred qualifications :

5 or more years of electrical experience in an industrial setting.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities (including any physical demands)

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry.
• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel;

reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

The employee must regularly lift and / or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

COMPENSATION

Hourly Rate : $27.82-39.84 / per hour

WORKING CONDITIONS

Equipment Used

Computer, Windows, Maximo

Working Conditions

• While performing the duties of this Job, the associate is regularly exposed to risk of electrical shock. The associate is frequently exposed to wet and / or humid conditions;
• moving mechanical parts; fumes or airborne particles and vibration. The associate is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places;

outside weather conditions; extreme heat and explosives. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Employee Supervision

No supervisory responsibilities

Decision Making / Accountability

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

This description supersedes and previous or updated descriptions for this position. Management has the right to add or change the duties for this position at any time.