Electrical & Instrumentation Technician

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• →Performs work requiring a thorough knowledge of instrument application, operation and calibration of the electrical and mechanical principles involved in repair, testing and calibration of plant instruments.
• →Manage and maintain instrument calibration documentation while working with Maintenance department to follow CMMS corrective and preventative maintenance plans.
• →Perform corrective and preventative maintenance for plant electrical power distribution and monitoring devices, VFD drives and motor control circuits.
• →Evaluate and provide recommendations of MRO spares inventory for instrumentation and electrical devices and components. performs processes to ensure accurate inventory control.
• →Performs preventive and predictive maintenance including calibration, data collection, bench and installed testing utilizing diagnostic tools, and computerized maintenance management systems
• →Investigate equipment failures and participate in plant A3 to determine root cause of failures and plant downtime, and deploy solutions as requested to eliminate repeat failures.
• →Participate in the planning and execution of minor and major plant shutdowns.
• →Maintain plant OT/IT systems such as networking devices, servers, and software for maximum efficiency and uptime.
• →Maintain, implement, and commission software changes as directed by automation team on PLC, HMI and PC-based automation systems with particular focus on Advanced Process Technologies and Automation networks. Assist in the evaluation of process management systems and related architectures.
• →As an integral member of the plant maintenance and operations team, participate in site automation department on-call to support operations reliability/availability.
• →Ability to work with both technical and non-technical personnel (internal and external of DFA) on instrumentation and control, electrical assets, OT/IT systems and infrastructure.
• →Demonstrate sound hands-on understanding of instrumentation and electrical assets and infrastructure and ability to troubleshoot problems.
• →Work with maintenance and operations personnel to scope, review, commission and troubleshoot new project installs.
• →Ability to read and understand technical documents (Electrical/Mechanical drawings, P&ID’s, Process Functional Descriptions, Control Narratives, etc.).
• →Promote a safety-conscious Company Culture and follows all DFA policies, procedures, and standards such as LOTO, Fall Protection, NFPA 70E, as well as proper PPE.

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Computer Science or Industrial Instrumentation Degree preferred but not required

• Must have good work history.  Relevant training will be provided

·         Experience or interest in IT/OT department environment

·         Microsoft Office skills required including Outlook, Excel, Projects

·         Industrial Network experience preferred

·         Organized and self-motivated individual

·         Drug testing / background must be cleared.