Industrial Electrician

About the role

Under the direction of the Assistant Facilities Manager, the Industrial Electrician performs routine maintenance and integration of electrical systems in a dynamic industrial environment.

Responsibilities

• Performs routine maintenance, installation, and integration of process control instrumentation equipment such as transmitters, controllers, integrators, recorders, square root extractors, and final drive elements.
• Makes repairs to electrical power, motor, and motor control circuits.
• Prepares for inclement weather by checking heat tape, boarding windows, securing loose equipment, and other related tasks as directed.
• Develops, prepares, and presents recommendations and reports as requested.
• Conducts field fault analysis to determine if instrumentation failure is due to equipment or process issues.
• Performs field calibration of instrumentation using proper test equipment.
• Completes overhauls in a shop environment, including component replacements, alignments, and calibration to specifications.
• Repairs signal transmission facilities such as tubing and wiring.
• Works with pneumatic, electronic, and digital instrumentation.
• Performs fault analysis of hardwire relay logic, motor control circuits, motor power circuits (120V to 480V 3-phase), and utility/lighting circuits.
• Installs new control circuits and modifies existing instrument/electrical systems, including design, load calculations, and implementation of new control logic.
• Performs fault analysis of PLC-based systems with control logic modifications if required.
• Analyzes 12.47kV incoming power service.

Requirements

• High School Graduate or GED required.
• Diploma from an accredited Technical School or military electrical/electronic training is required. In lieu of a degree, a minimum of ten years of field experience in an industrial environment is acceptable.
• Minimum of 5 years of industrial electrical experience in a process facility.
• Minimum of 5 years of strong troubleshooting skills on motors, MCCs, VFDs, instrumentation, and control systems.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience following LOTO and permit-to-work procedures.

Skills and Competencies

• General knowledge of plant safety rules.
• Ability to read and interpret MSDS and locate the MSDS book.
• Knowledge of quality policy and objectives.
• Ability to support projects from design through commissioning (turnkey project execution).
• Proficiency in both oral and written communication.
• Ability to interpret schematic drawings (to component level) of pneumatic loops, hardware relay logic diagrams, PLC control programs, and motor control circuit diagrams.
• Ability to associate circuit symbols with actual components, including solid-state electronics (transistors, integrated chips, resistors, capacitors) and industrial electrical hardware (relays, contactors, starters).
• Good mathematical skills, including basic algebra for electrical/electronic calculations and basic trigonometry for vector calculations in VFD systems.
• Ability to install electrical conduit of various trade sizes (PVC, EMT, rigid) and instrumentation tubing.
• Ability to analyze problems, identify solutions, project consequences of proposed actions, and implement recommendations.

Physical Requirements

• Regularly required to use hands to handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, talk, and hear.
• Frequently required to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, and crouch; occasionally required to sit.
• Must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, frequently lift 50 pounds, and occasionally move or manipulate drums weighing between 200-500 pounds.