Electrical & Instrument Mechanic

Westlake•Marietta, OH

About The Position

Westlake offers you the potential to enrich your work life and career experience in an entrepreneurial environment. We work together to enhance peoples' lives through our products and presence in the communities in which we operate. Summary/Objective The Electrical and Instrument mechanic position is responsible for performing highly diversified duties to install, troubleshoot, repair and maintain production and facility equipment to support the site’s business goals and objectives. This is a position on a 24/7 shift; scheduled for 14 shifts in a 28 day period, (7 dayshift and 7 nightshift).

Responsibilities

Safety first - all the time!
Perform highly diversified duties to install and maintain production machines and the plant facility’s equipment.
Provide emergency/unscheduled repairs of production equipment during production and performs scheduled maintenance repairs of production equipment during machine service.
Perform simple preventative maintenance needs such as: Inspection of instruments and test equipment periodically; adjusts calibration to ensure functioning within specified standards, changing filters, etc.
Installs, repairs, maintains, and adjusts indicating, recording, telemetering, controlling instruments and test equipment, used to control and measure variables, such as pressure, flow, temperature, motion, force, and chemical composition, using precision instruments, and hand tools.
Field fault analysis – determines if instrument has failed or if it is a process problem; Disassembles malfunctioning instruments or test equipment, such as position sensors, band heaters, multimeters, level control, and either examines and/or tests mechanisms and circuitry for defects.
Fault analysis of hardwire relay logic, motor control circuits, motor power circuits (120V to 480V 3phase) and common utility / lighting circuits; fault analysis of PLC based systems with control logic modification if required
Installation of new control circuits, modification of existing instrument/electrical systems as requested, to include design, load and Implementation of new control logic;
Replaces or repairs defective parts, using hand tools.
Perform mechanic skills including, but not limited to, mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, troubleshooting and repair of production machines.
Read and interpret equipment manuals, PM’s and work orders to perform required maintenance and service.
Diagnose problems, replace or repair parts, test and make adjustments.
Perform regular preventive maintenance on machines, equipment and plant facilities.
Use a variety of hand and power tools, test equipment, and material handling equipment in performing duties.
Work with Computerized Maintenance Management System with input of maintenance results/history, review of BOM parts, history, and scheduled WO.