Instrument and Electrical Technician

Westlake • Deer Park, TX

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Westlake offers the potential to enrich your work life and career experience in an entrepreneurial environment. The company works together to enhance peoples' lives through its products and presence in the communities in which it operates. This role involves troubleshooting, calibrating, maintaining, and installing plant instrumentation and electrical systems and components. The technician will also be responsible for documenting findings, correcting drawings to reflect as-built conditions, and maintaining equipment history files and logs.

Requirements

• Heat trace testing knowledge using a multi-meter and megohm meter
• Knowledge of heat trace control panels
• Knowledge of thermal insulation systems
• Troubleshooting capabilities
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Able to work through problems in stressful conditions and remain calm.
• Respond to off-hours plant emergencies as a shared responsibility with other technician.
• Must have or meet requirements for a TWIC card.
• Must have NCCER certification or equivalent.
• Must have NCCER validation or equivalent
• High school diploma/GED with minimum 5 years petrochemical plant experience as an I&E technician.
• 2-year technical college diploma or military training in instrumentation, electrical, or electronics, and minimum of 3-years plant experience would be an acceptable substitute for the above requirement.

Nice To Haves

• Process analyzer skills and experience is a plus.
• DCS and PLC programming experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Able to read and interpret instrument and electrical installation drawings, process plant P&ID s, wiring schematics, loop drawings, electrical one-line drawings and component assembly drawings.
• Able to read and follow technical manuals, specification sheets, maintenance instructions, parts bill of materials, and understand the significance of materials of construction for specific applications.
• Function check, diagnose, and calibration instrument sensors, transmitters, and control elements for process parameters such as temperature, flow, level, and pressure.
• Diagnose and maintain electrical and electronics systems and components such as relays, switches, power supplies, motor control circuits, AC/DC motors, variable speed drives, electric tracing, transformers, and wiring.
• Basic trouble-shooting and component replacement on control system hardware such as DCS and PLC systems.
• Assist in determining repairs needed by recommending replacement parts, options, and solutions.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Comply with all environmental, safety, and health policies and safe work practices.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees