Qualifications

• Education: High School diploma or equivalent (GED)
• Experience: Minimum of 3-5 years of experience working as an Instrument Tech
• Certification, associate degree or higher in automation and electronic systems, instrument and control systems, or industrial instrumentation
• Fully understand the purpose and operation of the electronic equipment and instrumentation throughout the plant and have the ability to make decisions based on sound judgment when a situation dictates
• Must have the ability to read, write and speak English at a level that will permit the employee to understand and communicate information in a manner that will enable the employee to safely and efficiently perform the job duties
• Must be able to use basic math on all units of measure, compute rate, ration, and percent
• Must have strong verbal and written communications skills with ability to express ideas professionally, effectively, and efficiently in the common language
• Ability to effectively work across multiple departments within the plant such as operations, engineering, safety, and product quality
• Protective clothing or personal devices required: Smocks, protective gloves, goggles, safety glasses, face shield, hearing protection, bump caps and/or hard hats and any other personal protective equipment (PPE) as deemed necessary to perform the job safely
• Manual Dexterity - Computer Keyboard Fingering
• Frequently required to stand for long periods of time; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus

Responsibilities

• Instrumentation Controls Technician\\\'s perform work related to the design, fabrication, installation, maintenance, operation, inspection, and testing of a variety of control systems equipment including, but not limited to, electrical, electronic, pneumatic, PLC, computer, variable frequency drive, electro-mechanical, digital, telemetry, and analog components used in production, maintenance and wastewater process control systems; and perform other duties as required
• Participated in equipment failure root cause analysis and corrective solution development
• Performs changeovers in partnership with co-employees that meet or exceed allotted time
• Looks for ways to streamline the process
• Install, remove, calibrate, troubleshoot, diagnose, and repair plant instrumentation equipment and components
• Analyze and resolve technical problems or assists others in Interpret and work from process and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs), electrical drawings, schematics, wiring diagrams, code specifications to determine layout of industrial electrical equipment installations
• Documents, monitors, maintains, and assists with reporting of shift events, logging Predictive Maintenance data and assists with work planning utilizing information systems and productivity software
• Responsibility to adhere to Food Safety policies and report food safety and quality concerns to their supervisor
• While performing the duties of this job the employee is always lifting/carrying up to 20 pounds, frequently lifting/carrying up to 50 pounds, occasionally lifting/carrying up to 100 pounds and rarely lifting/carrying up to 101+ pounds
• Also, the employee is always pushing/pulling up to 20 pounds, frequently pushing/pulling up to 50 pounds, occasionally pushing/pulling up to 100 pounds and rarely pushing/pulling up to 101+ pounds
• This position works: Reports to the facility in times of emergencies; evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays as required
• Must be able to work in confined spaces and in harsh weather conditions
• Occasionally required to walk and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl