Electrical Instrumentation Control Technician

Ahlstrom; Windsor Locks (CT); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Call-in bonus

Weekend rotation bonus

Job summary

Ahlstrom is seeking an experienced Maintenance Technician to provide full maintenance service for electrical, instrumentation, and control systems at three Windsor Locks production buildings. You will troubleshoot and analyze malfunctions, perform preventative maintenance, and support engineering capital projects to meet safety and environmental standards.

Key qualifications include an associate degree or equivalent experience, 5+ years PLC/VFD and HMI programming, ability to read electrical

Qualifications

• Associate degree or equivalent industry experience.
• Ability to read electrical schematics.
• Minimum of five years troubleshooting experience with PLC hardware and software.
• Strong electrical, drive, PLC troubleshooting skills.
• Must have experience in PLC/VFD and HMI programming languages, including function block/ladder.
• Ability to use Microsoft Office products.
• SAP experience preferred but not required.
• Must be flexible to work off shift when required.
• Must be able to participate in weekend rotational shift, approximately once every other month, with bonus payments.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot, install, and repair electrical components such as wiring, conduit, cable tray, switches, analog circuits, motors, variable frequency drives, PLCs, power distribution lighting, etc.
• Be fluent in PLC programming and drive parameterization.
• Work with voltages ranging from 24 VDC to 480 VAC.
• Perform scheduled preventative maintenance tasks, maintain calibrations/ISO records of process control instrumentation.
• Assist Engineering with system improvement projects and retrofits of old equipment.
• Participate in continuous improvement teams and root cause analysis for machine breakdowns.

Skills

PLC troubleshooting

HMI programming

VFD programming

Electrical schematics reading

Drive parameterization

Microsoft Office

SAP

Education

Associate degree or equivalent industry experience

Tools

SAP

Job description

Purpose of the job

To provide full maintenance service for electrical, instrumentation, and control systems at three production buildings at the Windsor Locks site. Troubleshoot and analyze systems and component malfunctions by investigating process conditions that are leading to failure in order to determine the corrective actions. Make recommendations for system changes to meet operational, safety and environmental requirements. Assist in engineering capital projects.

Purpose of the job

To provide full maintenance service for electrical, instrumentation, and control systems at three production buildings at the Windsor Locks site. Troubleshoot and analyze systems and component malfunctions by investigating process conditions that are leading to failure in order to determine the corrective actions. Make recommendations for system changes to meet operational, safety and environmental requirements. Assist in engineering capital projects.

Main responsibility areas

Essential Functions and Primary Responsibilities

:

• Troubleshoot, install, and repair electrical components such as wiring, conduit, cable tray, switches, analog circuits, motors, variable frequency drives, PLC's, power distribution lighting, etc.
• Be fluent in PLC programming and drive parameterization.
• Work with voltages ranging from 24 VDC to 480 VAC.
• Perform scheduled preventative maintenance tasks, maintain calibrations/ISO records of process control instrumentation.
• Assist Engineering with system improvement projects and retrofits of old equipment.
• Participate in continuous improvement teams and root cause analysis for machine breakdowns.

This is not an exhaustive list of duties or functions and may not necessarily comprise all the “essential functions” for purposes of the ADA

Communication

(position’s responsibility for communications both within and outside the organization)

Internally

Communicate with Operators, Maintenance Craftsmen, management teams, finance and Executives

Externally

Communicate with external customers, vendors, contractors, etc.

Experience And Education

(minimum level of knowledge and skills to fulfill one’s responsibilities)

Work Experience

• Associate degree or equivalent industry experience
• Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics
• Minimum of five years troubleshooting experience with PLC hardware and software.
• Strong electrical, drive, PLC troubleshooting skills
• Must have experience in PLC/VFD and HMI programming languages, including function block/ladder
• Ability to use Microsoft Office products
• SAP experience preferred but not required
• Must be flexible to work off shift when required. Significant bonus payment for call-ins
• Must be able to participate in the week-end rotational shift, approximately once every other month, with bonus payments.

Formal education

High School Diploma or GED

Ahlstrom is a global leader in combining fibers into sustainable specialty materials. Our purpose is to Purify and Protect, with Every Fiber, for a Sustainable World. We aim to be the Preferred Sustainable Specialty Materials Company for all our stakeholders. Our Filtration and Life Sciences, Food and Consumer Packaging, and Protective Materials segments, along with the Performance Materials Cluster, address global trends with safe and sustainable solutions. Our net sales in 2025 amounted to EUR 2.9 billion and we employ some 7,000 people. Read more at