Instrumentation & Electrical Technician
- Memphis, TN
- Permanent
- Full-time
OBJECTIVE:
Install, troubleshoot, and repair electrical systems, instrumentation, and PLC of individual machinery or equipment as well as multiple equipment systems.
KEY RESULT AREAS:
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS:
Operations
- Install power supply wiring and conduit for newly installed equipment and associated instruments and controls.
- Connect power supply wires to equipment and connect wiring from equipment to equipment or from equipment to instruments or controllers.
- Research controls and instrumentation devices available to industry that provide the best solution to process needs.
- Diagnose and repair malfunctioning apparatus such as transformers, motors, drives, starters, and process instruments.
- Replace/repair/calibrate faulty electrical and instrumentation components such as relays, switches, contactors, solenoids, photo eyes, flow meters, level and pressure indicators / transmitters, RTD's, etc.
- Repair/replace faulty electronic components such as PCB's.
- Troubleshoot PLC/DCS systems and associated apparatus by programming or editing programs and control loops.
- Write PLC/DCS programs for new equipment or alterations of existing equipment.
- Troubleshoot all aspects of 480V 3-phase electrical systems with or without schematics.
- Troubleshoot, align and repair 4-20mA circuits
- Read and troubleshoot using technical manuals, electrical diagrams, and PLC logic / DCS language.
- Troubleshoot valve and pumping controls.
- Set-up wiring for new valves to be put in service.
- Self-starter with the ability to work with minimal supervision.
Human Resources • Comply with HR policies and procedures.
- Comply with all relevant employment laws.
Safety & Environmental • Knowledgeable of safe work practices including hot work and confined space permiting and LOTO.
- Comply with all environmental plant policies and state and local regulations.
Core Values Continuously exhibit and set the example for others in display of Company values: Customer Centric, Ambitious, Proactive, Innovative, Collaborative and Accountable.QualificationsA COMBINATION OF THE LISTED SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE IS PREFERRED
- Proficient with Windows based operating systems and software.
- Allen-Bradley PLC's (ControlLogix, CompactLogix, Flex I/O, MicroLogix, Panelview, RSView, SCADA systems, communications via ControlNet, DeviceNet, or Ethernet.
- Programming/troubleshooting robots.
- CMMS and TPM experience.
- Licensed journeyman electrician
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to walk, talk, and listen at the same time within a noisy manufacturing environment.
- The employee is regularly required to stand or sit for long periods of time, climb stairs, use a ladder, balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
- Employee may use hands or fingers to handle or feel objects, use tools, or manipulate equipment controls; reach with hands and arms.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently works with moving mechanical parts; work in high places; in outside weather conditions; and with hazardous chemicals and vibration.
- The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and /or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, extreme cold, and extreme heat. The ability to perform in a noisy, humid, hot, cold and high-volume machine production environment.
- The employee may frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close, distance, color, and peripheral vision.
- Visual depth perception and the ability to adjust focus is required.