Instrument & Electrical Technician

Air Products; Texas City (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

401k

Paid time off

Parental leave

Child/Adult care

Adoption assistance

FSAs

Life Insurance

Identity protection

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Air Products in Texas City, TX is seeking an Instrument and Electrical Technician to perform preventive and corrective maintenance on instrumentation, analytical and electrical equipment up to 13.8KV, ensuring safe and reliable plant operation.

The role requires reading technical drawings, PLC/DCS knowledge, experience with SAP/CMMS, and ability to lead a crew in a collaborative team that includes Operators, Mechanics, and engineers.

Qualifications

• Must read and interpret electrical drawings and schematics.
• Experience with SAP or CMMS.
• Ability to handle tools safely and work up to 13.8KV.
• Strong teamwork and leadership for mentoring others.

Responsibilities

• Perform preventive and corrective maintenance on instrumentation, analytical and electrical equipment.
• Inspect, repair, install, troubleshoot and modify process controls and analytics.
• Lead a crew and coordinate with operations and engineering.
• Support plant safety and environmental compliance.
• Commission new plants and calibrate instrumentation.

Skills

Electrical drawings

SAP

CMMS

PLC & DCS

Safety awareness

MS Office

Machinery overhauls

Team leadership

Tools

CMMS software

PLC programming software

Job description

At Air Products, we reimagine what's possible. By tapping into the motivation of our people and our collective experience, we create the ideas and innovations that drive us forward. When we come together - where every voice is heard and everyone knows they belong and matter - we create solutions that launch people into space, support lifesaving care in hospitals, and enable the construction of groundbreaking, world scale production facilities.

Reimagine What's Possible

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE: APD), a Fortune 500 manufacturer of industrial gases, is seeking an experienced Instrument and Electrical Technician at our Texas City, TX facility.

The facility assets include Air Products' largest Steam Methane Reformer, a Nitrogen Air Separation Unit, the world's largest single train Ammonia Plant, Ammonia Pipelines, 60 MW of Steam Turbine Power Generation and large Utility System. This facility is a greenfield build expanding Air Products presence in the Gulf Coast at Texas City and will connect with Air Products Gulf Coast Hydrogen Pipeline system.

The Instrument & Electrical Technician is responsible for performing preventive and corrective maintenance on instrumentation, analytical and electrical equipment up to 13.8KV, at our Texas City facility.

What's In It for You:

• Affordable Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance (day 1 of employment)
• 401k with 100% vested company core and match
• Paid Vacation, holidays + sick time
• Paid Parental leave (Up to 8 weeks for both parents)
• Backup Child and Adult Care benefit
• Adoption assistance
• Flexible spending accounts (medical, dependent daycare)
• Life Insurance (AD&D- Paid for by Air Products), Supplemental AD&D
• Legal Plan & Identity theft coverage
• EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
• Many more supplemental benefits available

Required Skills / Abilities:

• Ability to read and interpret technical drawings (electrical drawings, schematics, P&ID's, equipment drawings.)
• Experience with SAP or equivalent CMMS system.
• Demonstrate the practice of safe handling of hand tools and hand power tools typically and commonly used in maintenance tasks.
• Knowledge of PLC and DCS controls.
• Understand the properties, behaviors, and hazards of the equipment.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Suite, email, and spreadsheet programs.
• Practical knowledge of machinery overhauls and refurbishment.
• Excellent organizational skills, the ability to work alone if necessary, and the ability to lead a crew.
• Able to work in a team environment with Operators, Mechanics, Engineering/Technical support, and other contracted crafts.

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Participate actively in department/plant safety programs. Promote safety rules and regulations as well as environmental compliance.
• Engage actively in a team environment, bring a positive attitude, maintain personal accountability, and assist mentoring and coaching for team member development.
• Provide hands-on support and expertise to resolve Instrument/Electrical/Analytical field problems as they occur.
• This position is responsible to perform and/or supervise the inspection, repair, installation, troubleshooting and modification of process controls, control valves, safety devices, analyzers, PLC's, field instrumentation (pressure, temperature, level and flow instrumentation), process monitoring equipment, low, medium and high voltage motors/breakers and control circuits and distributed control systems (DCS)
• Technicians are also responsible for commissioning of new plants in addition to troubleshooting, repair, and calibration of plant instrumentation and electrical controls.
• Technicians must be familiar with all equipment in the plant. A sampling of these devices include: transmitters, switches, analyzers, PH and Conductivity probes, programmable controllers, proximity devices, level control systems, control valves, equipment and personnel safety systems, pay meter systems, electrical distribution systems, transformers, single phase motors, three phase motors and motor drives and controls. Within each category are a variety of pneumatic and electronic devices.
• Investigate equipment failures, determine root cause of failure, and recommend appropriate solutions to reduce reoccurrence of/or eliminate cause of failure.
• Recommend and specify revisions to improve equipment performance and/or system reliability/capacity.
• Assist in the development, implementation, and periodic review of preventative/predictive maintenance programs to reduce unplanned shutdowns and improve overall plant on stream capability.
• Update and/or create maintenance manual/procedures for certain equipment as needed.
• Keep abreast of and evaluate new methodologies, work practices, equipment, instrumentation, controls, technology, etc., for application and