Electronics & Instrumentation Superintendent

PF Holdings•Shreveport, LA

About The Position

The Electronics & Instrumentation Superintendent troubleshoots, repairs, commissions, and maintains plant electrical and instrumentation systems. The role supports equipment reliability, safety, quality, and cost goals through equipment ownership, preventive and predictive maintenance, technical expertise, and continuous improvement. It includes working with Operations and Engineering to resolve routine and non-routine problems, maintaining equipment documentation and work history in Upkeep, and providing off-shift coverage when necessary. The position may require work beyond eight hours per day or forty hours per week, on any shift, and travel as needed. The employee must be able to work 12-hour shifts, nights, weekends, overtime, and holidays as needed, and may perform duties outside normal responsibilities. The position is safety-sensitive and involves work in varied and potentially adverse environmental conditions.

Requirements

Five or more years of experience as an Electrical & Instrumentation Technician.
PLC experience.
Three-phase motor control experience.
Mechanical experience, including knowledge of machines and tools, their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
Ability to inspect equipment, structures, or materials to identify causes of errors, problems, or defects.
Knowledge of pressure, flow, level, and temperature instrumentation.
Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles used to produce precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
Strong problem-resolution skills.
Ability to concentrate on tasks over time without distraction and to respond quickly.
Ability to perform duties safely and work in adverse conditions such as heat, wet, cold, and noise.
Strong communication skills.
Ability to work 12-hour shifts, nights, weekends, overtime, and holidays as needed, and to work beyond eight hours per day or forty hours per week.
Ability to travel as needed and provide off-shift call-in and planned shift coverage when necessary.
Ability to stand and walk for long periods and tolerate outdoor work in all environmental temperatures and weather.
Ability to lift and carry up to 20 pounds continuously.
Ability to perform repetitive movements with both hands and both feet, and continuous pushing, pulling, climbing, squatting, bending, and above-shoulder reaching.
Ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

Follow and role-model site safety, quality SOPs, and Site Standards.
Use instruments, electrical tools, and equipment to troubleshoot, fabricate, replace, and repair industrial parts and equipment according to demonstrated competency.
Use tools and systems such as VOM, DLRO, megger, hi-pot, simulators, and AMS software as needed to support reliability and cost goals.
Improve equipment and system reliability and cost effectiveness through equipment, component, and system ownership.
Develop in-depth technical expertise as the subject matter expert for assigned technology or equipment, supporting preventive maintenance and troubleshooting of complex issues.
Support disaster recovery planning and spare-parts inventory and obsolescence planning.
Operate mobile equipment as required.
Perform qualified low-voltage electrical troubleshooting.
Troubleshoot instrumentation, electrical, and mechanical problems and conduct root-cause analysis with Operations and Engineering.
Implement proven countermeasures and systemic improvements to eliminate recurring problems.
Develop and complete preventive maintenance requirements, interpret technical documentation, and maintain or develop preventive and predictive maintenance standards and practices.
Test, calibrate, and troubleshoot digital and pneumatic controls and plant instruments, including flow, pressure, temperature, mass, moisture, and density instruments.
Document work in the Upkeep computerized maintenance database by creating, retrieving, and closing work orders.
Review equipment repair history to create or revise preventive and predictive maintenance practices.
Improve the site's technical database and documentation, including recording work completion and supporting documentation in Upkeep.
Provide red-lined as-built drawings to the appropriate person when drawings differ from actual plant conditions.
Maintain a clean, organized, and safe work area and comply with documentation, procedural, regulatory, safety, environmental, and housekeeping requirements.
Attend required training and train others in areas of proficiency or expertise.
Follow organizational policies, procedures, and rules, and support legal compliance, equal employment, safety, and environmental protection.
Provide off-shift call-in and planned shift coverage when necessary.
Contribute to team efforts and perform other duties as needed.