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Koch Fertilizer Fort Dodge LLC is seeking an Instrument & Electrical Technician to join our team in Fort Dodge, Iowa.
Our Benefits Package Includes:
- Pay rates from the low $30s - low $40s / hour depending on skills and experience
- Bonus eligible - including a $3,000 sign on bonus!
- 4/10s schedule with overtime and on call as needed
- Automatic 401K company contribution along with competitive matching program
- Excellent Health benefits
What You Will Do In Your Role
- Maintenance, and preventive maintenance, on a variety of instruments including but not limited to various flow types: D/P, mass, volumetric, various level types: pressure, temperature both RTD and TC and vibration as well as variable frequency drives, electric motors, motor control centers and mechanical relay services
- Adjustments, repairs and installation of new services on: electrical, electronic, mechanical, Pneumatic systems, and systems used in indication, and record process condition
- Perform predictive precision maintenance to identify and correct mechanical/electrical/instrumentational defects before equipment fails.
- Verification and validation of Yokogawa Control Systems; Safety Instrument Systems (SIS), Distributed Control Systems (DCS), Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) and Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC).
- Manage daily maintenance work-flow activities utilizing a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS), Valve link and Smart Plant Instrumentation (SPI).
- Experiment with new technologies, systems/solutions, and workflows to challenge the status-quo, expand the knowledge of fleet and team, and provide optionality to the process.
- Improve, develop, and implement maintenance process improvements and efficiencies.
- Improve and maintain wireless indication instruments, infrastructure, workflows & processes.
- Anticipated travel up to 10% for trainings, collaboration, and support of other sites.
The Experience You Will Bring
Requirements:
- Experience interpreting electrical drawings and Process Instrument Diagrams (P&ID's)
- Experience calibrating, testing, troubleshooting, and installing instrumentation or electrical equipment
Physical Requirements:
- Serve as a member of the emergency response team as an emergency responder
- Required to wear any or all of the following PPE: safety glasses, hearing protection, goggles, hard hats, FRC, acid suits, breathing air, gloves, safety boots, respirators, ACR Flash suits, and encapsulated suits. PPE use is in accordance with the Job Safety Analysis (JSA) for a given task
- Ability to lift a minimum of 50lbs
- Work in hot, cold, and inclement climate conditions
- Work in confined spaces with supplied breathing air and congested areas
- Climb stairs, ladders, ladders on vessels and columns, ladders associated with scaffolds in excess of 160 feet
What Will Put You Ahead
- Instrumentation experience in an industrial and/or chemical environment or military equivalent experience
- Experience supporting pre-startup check of new equipment including Quality Assurance checks
- Experience and application of safe work practices – Lock Out, Tag Out (LOTO); Job Safety Analysis (JSA)
- Experience with 4160 Volt
- AAS degree in one of the following or related fields:
- Electromechanical Technology
- Instrumentation Technology or Controls
- Electrical Power and Controls
- Mechatronics Technology
This role is eligible for relocation incentives.
This role is not eligible for Visa sponsorship.
Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.
At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.
Except where prohibited by state law, all offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test.
This role is subject to a pre-hire physical abilities test.