Technician, Maintenance (IEA)

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The Instrument and Electrical Maintenance Technician's primary roles are the inspection, troubleshooting, and repair of various instrument and electrical components and systems at the Chocolate Bayou High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) manufacturing facility, located near Alvin, Texas. Instrument and electrical equipment at the Chocolate Bayou facility includes a wide variety of level, pressure, temperature, and flow transmitters, control valves, Emerson Provox and Delta V process controls, PLC's, electric motors up to 9000 HP, low and medium voltage systems up to 15kV, high voltage experience is a benefit.    A Day in the Life

Accountable for personal safety, the safety of co-workers and promoting a safe work environment; responsible for carrying out all work activities in compliance with federal and state environmental regulations.   Provide troubleshooting, repair and proactive maintenance to site process equipment.   Provide technical expertise in the installation, acceptance testing, commissioning, pro-active maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of unit equipment including transformers, breakers and other power distribution equipment, motor starters, motors, level instruments, flow and pressure instruments, control valves, PLC's and other process and machinery control systems, etc.   Execute scheduled work by:

Reviewing assigned job scopes for completeness and understanding.   Acquiring all necessary parts, tools and instructions prior to starting the job to maximize work efficiency  Following all necessary safety procedures and practices to isolate, clear and work on plant equipment.   Ensuring work is completed per company and industry standards.   Working with equipment owner to complete task in a safe and timely manner.   Updating supervisor on job progress and any problems encountered in completing the defined scope of work.   Completing all documentation using a computerized maintenance management system.

Respond to tasks as directed by maintenance supervisor with the appropriate sense of urgency to minimize impact to process units. Identify and implement reliability driven improvements. This may include participation in site reliability teams.   Participate on committees dealing with investigations, policy and procedure development, and improving the work environment.   You Bring This Value

High School Diploma or GED.  At least one (1) of the following four (4):

4 years of maintenance experience in instrumentation in an industrial environment.   NCCER Instrument Technician certification.   Journeyman Instrument Technician from a recognized apprenticeship program.   Associate's degree in Instrumentation from an accredited college or trade school.

Advanced understanding of equipment design and application for various types of electrical and instrumentation: pressure, temperature, level and flow devices, transformers, motor starters, circuit breakers, control circuits, etc.   Fundamental understanding of specification sheets, loop diagrams and P&ID's is required.  Must be