Instrumentation & Electrical Technician

Linde; Ontario (CA); On-site; CAD 93,000 - 141,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Pension benefits

Paid holidays and vacation

Job summary

Linde Inc. seeks an Instrumentation & Electrical Technician to install, troubleshoot, calibrate, and repair plant instrumentation and electrical systems.

You will maintain transmitters, PLCs, meters, and valves, and work with electrical gear below 600 volts, including motors and transformers. Position requires reading P&ID and wiring diagrams, following SOPs and MOC, and enforcing lock-out/tag-out procedures.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• Associates in Applied Sciences Degree or equivalent apprenticeship preferred.
• Minimum of three years’ experience in an industrial environment strongly preferred.
• Working knowledge of chemical plants, with a preference on industrial gas plant processes.
• Experience with installation and troubleshooting of industrial equipment.
• Working knowledge of Hazardous Work Permits and Management of Change processes is required.

Responsibilities

• Install, troubleshoot, inspect, calibrate, and repair plant instrumentation and electrical systems.
• Maintain and troubleshoot instruments, transmitters, PLCs, meters, and valves.
• Maintain electrical systems below 600 volts including motors, generators, UPS, breakers, and transformers.
• Read and interpret piping and instrumentation diagrams and schematics.
• Perform lock-out tag-out and issue permits for electrical work.
• Coordinate contractor management for safe electrical maintenance.
• Plan and execute instrumentation and electrical activities during outages.
• Support root cause analysis for failures of electrical systems.
• Utilize CMMS to plan, procure parts, and document activities.
• Provide control changes to support plant operations.

Skills

Instrumentation & electrical systems

Allen Bradley PLCs

Read P&ID and wiring diagrams

Lock-out tag-out procedures

Electrical safety and MOC

Maintenance planning

Communication & teamwork

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Associates in Applied Sciences or equivalent apprenticeship

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Linde Inc.

Instrumentation & Electrical Technician

Ontario, CA, United States | req29470

• You will be responsible for installation, troubleshooting, inspection, calibration, and repairs of plant instrumentation and electrical systems
• Maintain and troubleshoot industrial instruments and analyzers including transmitters, programmable logic controllers, meters, and automatic valves
• Further, you will also maintain and troubleshoot electrical systems and equipment below 600 volts including motors, backup generators, uninterruptible power supplies, breakers, and transformers
• Knowledgeable in switchgear control systems and capable of racking breakers in and out
• You will read and maintain piping and instrumentation diagrams and schematic wiring diagrams in compliance with standard operating procedures, quality assurance, and management of change policies
• Perform lock-out tag-out procedures and issue permits for electrical work
• Facilitate contractor management to ensure safe and efficient completion of electrical maintenance activities
• Ensure compliance with all functional testing requirements related to quality assurance, including isolation circuit tests
• Maintain critical spare parts inventory for instrumentation and electrical systems
• Plan, schedule, estimate costs, procure materials, coordinate, and perform instrumentation and electrical activities during site outages
• Understand process loop interactions and their impact on operations
• Demonstrate proficiency with Allen Bradley programmable logic controllers and diagnostics
• Prepare and execute small projects aimed at improving facility availability and reliability
• Support root cause analysis programs for routine and major failures of electrical systems
• Utilize computerized maintenance management systems to plan and execute maintenance activities, including parts procurement and documentation completion
• Support plant operations by making control changes as needed
• Also, you will perform work outdoors in variable weather conditions, at elevated heights, or in confined spaces
  

What you will enjoy doing*

• You will be responsible for installation, troubleshooting, inspection, calibration, and repairs of plant instrumentation and electrical systems
• Maintain and troubleshoot industrial instruments and analyzers including transmitters, programmable logic controllers, meters, and automatic valves
• Further, you will also maintain and troubleshoot electrical systems and equipment below 600 volts including motors, backup generators, uninterruptible power supplies, breakers, and transformers
• Knowledgeable in switchgear control systems and capable of racking breakers in and out
• You will read and maintain piping and instrumentation diagrams and schematic wiring diagrams in compliance with standard operating procedures, quality assurance, and management of change policies
• Perform lock-out tag-out procedures and issue permits for electrical work
• Facilitate contractor management to ensure safe and efficient completion of electrical maintenance activities
• Ensure compliance with all functional testing requirements related to quality assurance, including isolation circuit tests
• Maintain critical spare parts inventory for instrumentation and electrical systems
• Plan, schedule, estimate costs, procure materials, coordinate, and perform instrumentation and electrical activities during site outages
• Understand process loop interactions and their impact on operations
• Demonstrate proficiency with Allen Bradley programmable logic controllers and diagnostics
• Prepare and execute small projects aimed at improving facility availability and reliability
• Support root cause analysis programs for routine and major failures of electrical systems
• Utilize computerized maintenance management systems to plan and execute maintenance activities, including parts procurement and documentation completion
• Support plant operations by making control changes as needed
• Also, you will perform work outdoors in variable weather conditions, at elevated heights, or in confined spaces
  

What Makes You Great

• You have a High School Diploma or equivalent is required
• Associates in Applied Sciences Degree or equivalent apprenticeship preferred
• Minimum of three years’ experience in an industrial environment strongly preferred
• You have working knowledge of chemical plants, with a preference on industrial gas plant processes
• Experience with installation and troubleshooting of industrial equipment
• Working knowledge of Hazardous Work Permits and Management of Change processes is required as well
• Moreover you have excellent communication, team interaction, and presentation skills
• Self-starter comfortable working independently, managing multiple tasks, and achieving results with minimal supervision
• Positive attitude with adaptability to changing situations and strong ability to build and maintain productive relationships across departments
• You are proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• On-call availability required for 24/7 operation environment including nights, weekends, and holidays for plant emergencies, outages, shutdowns, and turnaround work
  

Why you will love working with us

Linde is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company with 2024 sales of $33 billion. We live our mission of making our world more productive every day by providing high-quality solutions, technologies and services which are making our customers more successful and helping to sustain, decarbonize and protect our planet.

The company serves a variety of end markets such as chemicals & energy, food & beverage, electronics, healthcare, manufacturing, metals and mining. Linde's industrial gases and technologies are used in countless applications including production of clean hydrogen and carbon capture systems critical to the energy transition, life-saving medical oxygen and high-purity & specialty gases for electronics. Linde also delivers state-of-the-art gas processing solutions to support customer expansion, efficiency improvements and emissions reductions.

What we offer you!

At Linde, the sky is not the limit. If you're looking to build a career where your work reaches beyond your job description and betters the people with whom you work, the communities we serve, and the world in which we all live, at Linde, your opportunities are limitless. Be Linde. Be Limitless.

Linde offers competitive compensation and an outstanding benefits package. Enjoy access to health, dental, disability, and life insurance, paid holidays and vacation, 401(k) matching, pension benefits, an employee discount program, and opportunities for educational and professional growth. Additional compensation may vary depending on the position and organizational level. Build your future with us while making an impact every day!

Pay commensurate with experience. Open to salary range $67,079 - $101,316

Have we inspired you? Let's talk about it

We are looking forward to receiving your complete application.

Linde thanks all applicants in advance for their interest; however, only those applicants who are being considered for an interview will be contacted.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other reason prohibited by applicable law.

Linde Inc. acts responsibly towards its shareholders, business partners, employees, society and the environment in every one of its business areas, regions and locations across the globe. The company is committed to technologies and products that unite the goals of customer value and sustainable development.

• The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees assigned to this position. Therefore employees assigned may be required to perform additional job tasks required by the manager.