Instrumentation & Electrical Technician

About the role

You will be responsible for installation, troubleshooting, inspection, calibration, and repairs of plant instrumentation and electrical systems. Work includes outdoor tasks in variable weather conditions, at elevated heights, or in confined spaces.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and troubleshoot industrial instruments and analyzers including transmitters, programmable logic controllers, meters, and automatic valves.
• Maintain and troubleshoot electrical systems and equipment below 600 volts including motors, backup generators, uninterruptible power supplies, breakers, and transformers.
• Operate switchgear control systems and rack breakers in and out.
• 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.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent (required).
• Associate 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 for industrial gas plant processes.
• Experience with installation and troubleshooting of industrial equipment.
• Working knowledge of Hazardous Work Permits and Management of Change processes.
• On-call availability required for 24/7 operation environment including nights, weekends, and holidays for plant emergencies, outages, shutdowns, and turnaround work.

Skills

• 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.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

About the company

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 help customers succeed and contribute to sustainability, decarbonization, and protecting our planet. The company serves end markets such as chemicals & energy, food & beverage, electronics, healthcare, manufacturing, metals, and mining. Linde's industrial gases and technologies are used in applications including clean hydrogen production, carbon capture systems, 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.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and an outstanding benefits package.
• Health, dental, disability, and life insurance.
• Paid holidays and vacation.
• 401(k) matching and pension benefits.
• Employee discount program.
• Opportunities for educational and professional growth.

Pay

Salary range: $67,079 – $101,316.