Electrical and Instrumentation Technician

Job DescriptionJob Description

The Electrical and Instrumentation Technician inspects, maintains, troubleshoots, and repairs electrical, instrumentation, controls, and automation equipment and software.

Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Legal Aid, Company Paid Short Term , Life Insurance, and Retirement Savings Plan with Company Match.

Work Hour: Monday - Friday from 7:00 am to 3:30 pm (On-call is required on a rotation to report outside normal hours if called back to the plant.)

Primary Job Functions

• Working lead combines the responsibilities of a team member with some supervisory and leadership duties. This role involves overseeing a team's work while also actively participating in daily tasks. Working leads ensure smooth workflow, provide guidance to team members, and may contribute to performance reviews, but they typically report to a manager who handles more strategic and administrative tasks.
• Electrical projects include planning, reviewing safety, generating a budget, scheduling projects, managing vendors, generating documentation and conducting training.
• Work with the maintenance supervisor to plan and schedule daily, routine, outage and project work for the E&I group.
• Assist with and troubleshooting electrical and instrumentation problems.
• Work effectively with other tradespersons such as millwright and production teams.
• Provide support for operations and maintenance.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintain a log of electrical issues in the CMMS (currently MP-2). Hold routine review meetings with plant management to prioritize issues causing lost time and unplanned downtime.
• Schedule and plan tasks for the E&I group to complete which reduce lost time and unplanned downtime.
• Maintain a maintenance log of all electrical equipment in the CMMS.
• Oversee electrical drive system maintenance, troubleshooting and repair.
• Install, service, troubleshoot, and repair electrical equipment.
• Install, service, troubleshoot and repair instrumentation including any item operating on compressed air.
• Estimate the cost of electrical and instrumentation jobs and prepare budgets as needed.
• Plan installation and startup of electrical and instrumentation equipment.
• Develop and manage project schedules.
• Oversee and manage outside electrical contractors and vendors.
• Develop supporting documentation for projects and existing equipment to include electrical schematics, layout drawings, operating and maintenance manuals, and operational procedures.
• Develop and implement electrical training for operations and maintenance as needed.
• Be available for emergency call-ins.