Electrical Maintenance Technician (E&I)

Guardian Glass; City of Geneva (NY); On-site; USD 73,000 - 94,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus paid at 6 months

Job summary

Guardian Glass is seeking an Electrical Maintenance Technician (E&I) in Geneva, NY for a 12-hour rotating shift in a 24/7 manufacturing environment to maintain, troubleshoot, calibrate, and repair plant instrumentation and control systems.

You will work to ensure safe, reliable operations, support continuous improvement, and collaborate with operations, engineering, and reliability teams. This role includes reading P&IDs and control narratives, performing PMs, and maintaining CMMS records.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of industrial instrumentation and controls experience.
• Strong electrical troubleshooting skills.
• Experience with sensors, transmitters, valves and actuators.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, troubleshoot, calibrate, and repair instrumentation and control systems.
• Read P&ID loops, electrical schematics, and control narratives.
• Perform PMs and CMMS-based tasks to improve reliability.
• Support safety, audits, and process improvements.
• Collaborate with operations, engineering and reliability teams.

Skills

Instrumentation controls experience

Electrical troubleshooting

Sensors & transmitters

Control valves & actuators

PLC platforms experience

Education

Associate degree in Instrumentation or Electronics

ISA certification

Mechatronics certification

Six Sigma Yellow Belt

Tools

Allen-Bradley PLC

Siemens PLC

Job description

Guardian Glass is looking for a motivated Electrical Maintenance Technician (E&I) with a passion for safety to join our team in Geneva, NY! I The Electrical Technician is responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting, calibrating, and repairing plant instrumentation, control systems, and related electrical components. This role ensures safe, reliable, and efficient operations in a 24/7 manufacturing environment, supporting continuous improvement, equipment reliability, and plant safety while working a 12-hour rotating shift.

Pay: $35 - $45 per hour

$1000 Sign-On Bonus paid out at 6 months of employment.

Our Team

At Guardian Glass, a Guardian Industries company, we make high-performance, energy efficient glass for homes and buildings. To learn more about Guardian Glass, visit www.guardianglass.com.

What You Will Do

• Follow all plant safety policies, procedures, and lockout/tagout (LOTO) requirements.
• Identify and mitigate instrumentation and control system hazards.
• Support regulatory and safety audits as needed.
• Troubleshoot, repair, and calibrate field instrumentation (pressure, flow, temperature, level, analytical devices).
• Diagnose and repair control loops, sensors, transmitters, and final control elements.
• Perform PLC and HMI troubleshooting (inputs/outputs, basic logic diagnostics).
• Support VFDs, motor control circuits, and associated control wiring.
• Assist with control system startups, shutdowns, and process changes.
• Execute PMs and calibration schedules per CMMS requirements.
• Identify potential failure modes and recommend improvements.
• Assist in reducing unplanned downtime and improving equipment reliability.
• Collaborate with operations, engineering, and reliability teams.
• Maintain accurate records in the CMMS.
• Read and interpret P&IDs, loop diagrams, electrical schematics, and control narratives.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• High School Diploma or GED (Technical degree or certification preferred).
• 3+ years of industrial instrumentation and controls experience
• Working knowledge of:
• Industrial sensors and transmitters
• Control valves and actuators
• Electrical troubleshooting

What Will Put You Ahead

• Associate degree in Instrumentation, Electronics, or related field
• Experience with common PLC platforms (Allen-Bradley, Siemens, etc.)
• Experience in manufacturing or process industries
• ISA certification or equivalent
• Mechatronics certification
• Working knowledge of PLC-based control systems
• Six Sigma Yellow Belt (focused on process control improvement)

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Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

Who We Are

As a Koch company, Guardian Glass is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of float, value-added and fabricated glass products, and solutions. We produce high-performance glass for architectural, residential, interior, transportation, and technical glass applications. You’ll find our glass in homes, offices, and cars and in some of the world’s most iconic projects.

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, all offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please visit the following website for additional information: [2]http://www.kochcareers.com/doc/Everify.pdf