Electrical and Instrumentation Technician
About The Position
Buckman is a privately held global specialty chemical company headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee. The company serves the pulp and paper, leather, and water treatment sectors and is committed to environmental protection, workplace safety, and sustainable development. The job posting identifies the role as Electrical and Instrumentation Technician. Its position summary describes a Utilities Operator responsible for the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of plant utility systems supporting chemical manufacturing, including boilers, cooling and chilled water, air compressors, wastewater treatment, bulk gas storage, steam distribution, and related equipment. The work includes monitoring, operating, troubleshooting, and maintaining equipment while meeting safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements. The technician installs, maintains, troubleshoots, and repairs electrical equipment and process instrumentation; calibrates instruments; supports process control systems; and documents work and equipment history. The role also coordinates with operations, supports plant start-ups, shutdowns, and turnarounds, and contributes to maintenance reliability and continuous improvement. The posting specifies travel up to 10% and identifies the location as Memphis, Tennessee.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED.
- The qualifications section lists 2–3 years of experience and separately requires a minimum of 3 years of industrial electrical and instrumentation experience.
- Associate degree, technical certification, military training, or equivalent experience in Electrical, Instrumentation, Electronics, or Industrial Maintenance.
- Ability to read and interpret P&IDs, electrical schematics, loop drawings, and technical manuals.
- Experience troubleshooting industrial process equipment.
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
- Understanding of electrical theory, process instrumentation, and control systems.
- Knowledge of 4–20 mA, HART, Foundation Fieldbus, Ethernet/IP, and industrial communication networks.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Strong attention to safety, detail, and documentation.
- Compliance with OSHA, NFPA 70E, PSM, and plant safety requirements.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in chemical, batch processing, pharmaceutical, food manufacturing, or similar process industries.
- Experience with Allen-Bradley PLCs, Siemens PLCs, DeltaV, Honeywell, or other DCS platforms.
- ISA Certified Control Systems Technician (CCST) certification.
- Working knowledge of process safety management requirements.
Responsibilities
- Follow lockout/tagout, confined-space, hot-work, electrical-safety, and other plant safety procedures; perform energized work only when authorized and approved.
- Participate in safety audits, process safety management activities, and incident investigations; maintain housekeeping and safe work practices.
- Perform scheduled inspections of motors, motor control centers, variable frequency drives, HMIs, transmitters, and control valves.
- Calibrate instruments on schedule and verify the operation of critical alarms, interlocks, and safety systems.
- Diagnose electrical, instrumentation, and control-system failures, including PLC, DCS, HMI, and communication network issues.
- Repair or replace faulty instruments, sensors, transmitters, and electrical components, and safely restore equipment to service.
- Complete work orders with accurate repair details; maintain calibration and maintenance records; update electrical drawings, loop diagrams, and instrument documentation.
- Provide equipment history and failure data for reliability analysis, and complete preventive and predictive maintenance work on schedule.
- Coordinate maintenance activities with operations personnel and support plant start-ups, shutdowns, and turnarounds.
- Train and mentor junior technicians and participate in continuous improvement and reliability initiatives.
- Install, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair electrical equipment up to plant-designated voltage levels.
- Diagnose electrical issues using multimeters, megohmmeters, loop calibrators, and other testing equipment.
- Maintain motors, motor control centers, variable frequency drives, breakers, transformers, and power distribution systems.
- Interpret electrical schematics, one-line diagrams, wiring drawings, P&IDs, loop drawings, and technical manuals.
- Install, calibrate, troubleshoot, and repair process instrumentation, including pressure transmitters, flow meters, level instruments, temperature sensors, control valves, and analytical equipment.
- Troubleshoot control loops and process control issues; assist with maintenance and configuration of PLC, HMI, and DCS systems.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
