R&D Electrical & Instrument Technician

INVISTA; Katy (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

Paid vacation/time off

Educational assistance

Parental leave

Job summary

INVISTA in Katy, TX is seeking a Research and Development E&I Technician to install, maintain, and repair electrical and instrumentation systems, and to support DCS operations within the Katy Texas Technology Center. The role focuses on keeping equipment available and aligned with safety standards.

You will review schedules, coordinate with teams, and contribute to reliability-centered maintenance, ensuring adherence to environmental, health, and safety practices while handling complex

Qualifications

• Associate degree or higher in I&E with 3+ years in refining, petrochemical, or chemical R&D environment.
• 3+ years of instrumentation, electrical, or analyzer experience in industrial facilities.

Responsibilities

• Review weekly work schedule and coordinate with R&D team to align priorities and maintain equipment availability.
• Maintain maintenance logs and perform preventive maintenance tasks.
• Develop and implement reliability-centered maintenance strategies.
• Support project portfolio through Management of Change processes.
• Inspect, test, troubleshoot, repair, install, calibrate and maintain instrumentation equipment.

Skills

Electrical prints/diagrams

Loop sheets & P&IDs

DCS experience

Safety awareness

Education

Associate degree or higher in I&E

Tools

Honeywell C300 DCS

AutoCAD

Job description

Your Job

Join INVISTA as Research and Development E&I Technician. We are looking for a motivated person to perform electrical and instrumentation installation, preventive maintenance, repair work, and DCS as part of the Katy Texas Technology Center team. You will review R&D schedule and coordinate with the Team leader, PI's, Experimentalist and Operating team to align on priorities to successfully execute critical work to maintain equipment availability.

What You Will Do

R&D E&I Technicians are primarily responsible for instrumentation, DCS and electrical preventive maintenance and repair work in accordance with our Environmental, Health, and Safety practices as part of the R&D team. You will:

• Review the weekly work schedule and coordinate with the R&D team to align priorities to successfully execute critical work to maintain equipment availability and PM compliance.
• Maintain accurate maintenance logs and critical preventive maintenance findings.
• Assist in the development and implementation of reliability centered maintenance strategies
• Support implementation of project portfolio via Management of Change
• Type of work can include but not limited to: inspecting, testing, troubleshooting, repairing, installing, calibrating and maintaining instrumentation equipment including transmitters, valves, I/P, positioners, actuators, flow meters, tubing, RTD, thermocouples, motors, starters, breakers, transformers, isolation switches, relays, fuses, resistors, AC Drives, electrical cable, coaxial cable, conduit, receptacles, PLC's, etc.
• Wiring and termination of low voltage control circuits, instrumentation circuits, panel wiring, installation and inspection of conduits, cable trays, junction boxes, control panels, power drops to experimental equipment, checks such as continuity verification, wire labeling, installation of small electrical equipment etc.
• Identification of electrical hazards, shock risks, arc-flash boundaries and energized work restrictions
• Develop loop, wiring and panel drawings and electrical schematics

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Ability to read & execute changes based on electrical prints, loop sheets, and P&IDs
• At least one of the following requirements:
• Associate degree or Higher in a related I&E field with 3+ years of practical experience in the refining, petrochemical, or a chemical industry-based R&D environment
• 3+ years of Instrumentation, Instrumentation & Electrical, Electrical or Analyzer experience in a manufacturing, industrial or agriculture facility
• This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship

Physical Requirements

• Must be available to work scheduled (Planned) or unscheduled (unplanned/short-notice hours on nights and/or weekends, holidays as needed), to meet business needs
• Required to wear any or all the following PPE: safety glasses, hearing protection, goggles, hard hats, FRC, acid suits, breathing air, gloves, safety boots, respirators, ACR Flash suits, and encapsulated suits. PPE use is in accordance with the Job Safety Analysis (JSA) for a given task
• Ability to lift a minimum of 50lbs.
• Ability to work in hot, cold, and inclement climate conditions
• Must be able to work in confined spaces with supplied breathing air and congested areas
• Must be able to climb stairs, ladders, ladders on vessels and columns, ladders associated with scaffolds

What Will Put You Ahead

• 3+ years of DCS experience in advanced process control applications (preferred Honeywell C300)
• 5+ years of Instrumentation, Instrumentation & Electrical experience in a manufacturing, industrial or agriculture facility
• SAP Experience
• 1+ year of experience as a Mechanical Craftsman (Machinist/Millwright/Pipefitter/Boilermaker) in a manufacturing, industrial or agriculture facility
• 1+ Year of experience as a Soft Craftsman (Scaffolding/Rigger/Painter/Sandblaster/Operator) in a manufacturing, industrial or agriculture facility
• Multi-craft certifications
• Planning experiencein a refining or petrochemical facility
• Experience troubleshooting equipment issues and facilitating RCA, Cause Mapping, and Failure Mode Cause Analysis
• Ability to create P&IDs in AutoCAD or similar software tools

Our Benefits

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.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aqui, or tu).