Electrical & Instrumentation Specialist

NPAworldwide; Pryor Creek (OK); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

NPAworldwide seeks an Electrical & Instrumentation (E&I) Specialist for a hands-on role at our Pryor, Oklahoma facility. You will troubleshoot and maintain process control systems, program PLCs/DCS, and support instrumentation, drives, and field devices across a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Collaborating with operations, maintenance, and capital projects teams, you’ll back up documentation, assist with shut downs, and contribute to reliability programs while ensuring safe, efficient

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, industrial technology, or related field or a vocational certificate/diploma in electronic controls/instrumentation.
• Combination of education and experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.
• 1–3+ years experience as an electrical maintenance technician in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Paper manufacturing or other industrial manufacturing experience preferred.
• Strong troubleshooting skills and knowledge of electrical sensors, switches, controllers, instrumentation, transmitters, valves, and industrial communications.
• Programming experience includes the ability to create, monitor, modify PLC and DCS control logic.
• Ability to work with plant personnel, engineering groups, and outside contractors; self-motivated and autonomous.

Responsibilities

• Navigate process control systems and associated field devices.
• Assess, program and repair PLCs, HMI, Drives, and other control systems.
• Act as a consultant and resource to operations and maintenance teams when identifying and troubleshooting issues.
• Support capital projects installations of instrumentation and control devices.
• Manage changes to systems by keeping programs backed up and updating documentation, schematics, and drawings.
• Support daily activities, periodic shutdowns for fabric changes/maintenance, long-term planning and capital projects related to process controls and E&I.
• Support reliability programs such as thermography, ultrasound, motor and power analysis.

Skills

PLC programming

Troubleshooting

Electrical maintenance

Field devices wiring

DCS control logic

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Vocational certificate/diploma in electronic controls/instrumentation

Tools

HMI

Drives

Instrumentation

Job description

• Navigate process control systems and associated field devices.
• Assess, program and repair PLCs, HMI, Drives, and other control systems.
• Act as a consultant and resource to operations and maintenance team members when identifying and troubleshooting issues.
• Support capital projects installations of instrumentation and control devices
• Manage changes to systems by keeping programs backed up and updating documentation, schematics, and drawings.
• Successfully support daily activities, periodic shutdowns for fabric changes/maintenance, long-term planning and capital projects related to the process controls and E&I department.
• Support reliability programs such as thermography, ultrasound, motor and power analysis

Responsibilities

• Navigate process control systems and associated field devices.
• Assess, program and repair PLCs, HMI, Drives, and other control systems.
• Act as a consultant and resource to operations and maintenance team members when identifying and troubleshooting issues.
• Support capital projects installations of instrumentation and control devices
• Manage changes to systems by keeping programs backed up and updating documentation, schematics, and drawings.
• Successfully support daily activities, periodic shutdowns for fabric changes/maintenance, long-term planning and capital projects related to the process controls and E&I department.
• Support reliability programs such as thermography, ultrasound, motor and power analysis

Qualifications

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelors degree in engineering, industrial technology, or other related degree or a vocational certificate/diploma in electronic controls/instrumentation/technician.
• A combination of education and experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.
• 1-3+ years experience as an electrical maintenance technician in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Paper manufacturing or other industrial manufacturing experience preferred.
• Strong troubleshooting skills and knowledge of various electrical sensors, switches, controllers, instrumentation, transmitters, automated valves, calibrations, industrial communications, robotics, motion control and AC/DC control power
• Programming experience includes the ability to create, monitor, modify PLC and DCS control logic.
• Ability to work with plant personnel, engineering groups, and outside contractors to ensure the proper execution of work.
• Self-motivated with the ability to work autonomously

Why Is This a Great Opportunity

Were seeking a skilled Electrical & Instrumentation (E&I) Specialist to join a growing paper packaging manufacturer in the Pryor, Oklahoma area. This is a highly visible, hands-on technical role for someone who enjoys troubleshooting complex systems, improving equipment performance, and working across a diverse manufacturing operation. Youll provide critical electrical, instrumentation, and controls expertise supporting multiple areas of the facility, including paper machine operations, Electrical & Instrumentation Systems, Secondary Fiber Processing, Automated Warehouse Systems, Effluent Treatment Operations, and Boiler & Utility Systems.