Senior E&I Maintenance Technician

tateandlyle; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Tate & Lyle is seeking an E&I Maintenance Technician to inspect and calibrate process instrumentation, troubleshoot electrical equipment, and support repairs and replacements across the site.

The role requires experience with PLCs, electrical control systems, and instrumentation in a manufacturing setting, plus a strong emphasis on safety, cGMP, and teamwork. A high school diploma or GED is required, with a CA driver’s license preferred.

Qualifications

• Read and understand electrical schematic drawings, instrument loop diagrams and P&ID's.
• High school diploma or GED; valid CA Driver's license if required.
• Experience with PLCs, instrumentation, and electrical maintenance in manufacturing.
• Minimum 7 years in a manufacturing or engineering environment; food industry a plus.
• Experience understanding input/output addressing in logic controllers.

Responsibilities

• Carry out routine preventative maintenance calibrations and inspections to insure minimal disruption to the production process.
• Troubleshoot and repair mechanical and electrical equipment throughout the site.
• Sets up, replace, and install process instrumentation with minimal supervision.
• Provide insight and feedback from assigned work.
• Complete equipment history information files to document technical issues.
• Document mechanical or electrical problems that may disrupt the production process.
• Communicate with process operators and productions shift supervisors on equipment status.
• Utilize time to keep up routine cleaning of your work area consistent with the company's cGMP Policy.
• Proper use of Mandatory Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) conforming to cGMP standards.
• Demonstrate effective teamwork behavior, promotion of process efficiency, and effectively communicate safety and procedural issues with coworkers and supervisor.
• Punctuality, good attendance, and the ability to adjust to a variety of assignments.
• Employee must have personal hand tools.

Skills

PLC troubleshooting

Electrical control systems

Instrumentation calibration

Teamwork

cGMP compliance

Education

High school diploma/GED

Tools

MS Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

SAP

PI

CADD

Job description

Tate & Lyle is seeking an E&I Maintenance Technician to inspect and calibrate process instrumentation, troubleshoot electrical equipment, and support repairs and replacements across the site.

The role requires experience with PLCs, electrical control systems, and instrumentation in a manufacturing setting, plus a strong emphasis on safety, cGMP, and teamwork. A high school diploma or GED is required, with a CA driver’s license preferred.