Electrical/Instrumentation Technician

Ashland Specialty Ingredients, GP; Sayreville (NJ); On-site; USD 50,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as an Electrical/Instrumentation Technician, where your skills will shine in maintaining and improving essential systems. This role involves collaborating with a dedicated team to install and repair process measurement instrumentation and automation systems, ensuring operational excellence in a dynamic environment. You'll have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology and contribute to process safety and control improvements. If you thrive in a hands-on role and are eager to tackle challenges in a supportive atmosphere, this position is perfect for you. Embrace the chance to make a significant impact in a vital industry!

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in instrumentation and control systems maintenance.
• Ability to read electrical drawings and schematics.

Responsibilities

• Install, test, and maintain process measurement instrumentation.
• Troubleshoot and repair electrical wiring circuits and control devices.

Skills

Electrical & Instrumentation Maintenance

Process Measurement Instrumentation

Calibration and Testing

Electrical Wiring Circuits

Troubleshooting

Process Automation Systems

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Emerson Delta V Data Acquisition System

Electrical Schematics

Job description

Electrical/Instrumentation Technician

Apply locations US-NJ-PARLIN time type Full time posted on Posted 30+ Days Ago job requisition id 2024 - 0628 Ashland Specialty Ingredients, GP

Are you the kind of person that is always thinking, sketching, seeking, and adjusting? Who needs to understand how things work and then figure out how they can work better? Are you a passionate, tenacious solver who loves to work with others who share your drive? Are you positive, constructive, and ingenious?

Then we’d like to meet you and bet you’d like to meet us.

Ashland has an exciting opportunity for an Electrical/Instrumentation Technician to join our Specialty Ingredients G.P. business at our Parlin, NJ location. This is a very visible, significant role within the Company and the Plant Operations function. This position will report to the Reliability Supervisor.

The responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. Works closely with the Reliability Supervisor and others in the Maintenance department to establish and achieve specified goals and objectives.
2. Installs, tests, calibrates, maintains, plans, and repairs process measurement instrumentation including, but not limited to the following: flow measurement, level measurement, pressure measurement, temperature measurement, pH measurement, etc.
3. Installs, tests, calibrates, maintains, plans, and repairs process automation including, but not limited to the Emerson Delta V Data Acquisition System (DAS), valve positioners, valve actuators, solenoids both air and electrically operated, etc.
4. Plans, troubleshoots, repairs, and installs electrical wiring circuits (24VDC to 480 VAC), generators, transformers, motors, protective devices, switches, control devices, alarm systems, and lighting system equipment.
5. Installs new equipment within the confines of a Class I Division I, Class II Division I, and intrinsically safe work environment.
6. Works with engineering to specify or recommend equipment, areas for process improvement, process safety, process control, and data acquisition systems.
7. Normal working hours are Monday to Friday day shift. In some situations, the E/I Technician is required to respond to emergency calls and work overtime as required.
8. Must be able to work an “on-call” rotation every 4 weeks.
9. Processes paperwork as needed for work order reporting and equipment reliability tracking.

In order to be qualified for this role, you must possess the following:

1. High School Diploma or GED is required.
2. Minimum of FOUR (4) years of industrial or equivalent experience in the installation, maintenance, and repair of instrumentation and control systems is required.
3. Must be able to read Electrical & Instrumentation drawings, schematics, and elementary diagrams.
4. Must be willing to work in a union environment.
5. Relevant military experience will be considered.

Ashland is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled/Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.