Maintenance Technician III - Huntsville

BASF Catalysts•Huntsville, AL

2d•$43 - $47•Onsite

About The Position

As a Maintenance Technician III, you will perform advanced electrical troubleshooting, PLC and automation tasks, mechanical power transmission, precision maintenance, instrumentation and process controls, and hydraulic and pneumatic troubleshooting. You will demonstrate a disciplined troubleshooting methodology and adhere to safety qualifications. This role also involves reliability and predictive/preventive maintenance support, along with SAP/CMMS proficiency.

Requirements

Associate’s degree in maintenance related fields with 7 years of Industrial Maintenance experience in a prior position.
In lieu of a degree, 10+ years of industrial maintenance experience will be considered.
Advanced electrical troubleshooting skills.
Proficiency in troubleshooting 480 VAC three-phase power, 120 VAC control circuits, 24 VDC systems, motor starters, contactors, overloads, relays, transformers, and power supplies.
Experience diagnosing electrical faults using digital multimeters, clamp meters, megohmmeters, and other diagnostic equipment.
Experience troubleshooting VFDs, soft starters, servo drives, motors, encoders, and associated control circuits.
Ability to interpret and troubleshoot directly from electrical schematics, ladder diagrams, wiring diagrams, and one-line drawings.
Skill in distinguishing between electrical, controls, mechanical, and process-related failures.
Ability to troubleshoot distributed I/O, communication networks, HMI systems, sensors, switches, transmitters, and field devices.
Understanding of PLC troubleshooting.
Knowledge of mechanical power transmission components (Bearings/Chains/Belts/Alignments/Couplings/Seals/Pumps/Fans/Blowers/Cylinders/Conveyors/Linear components/Lubrication systems).
Experience with precision maintenance tasks such as bearing replacement and shaft alignment.
Proficiency in precision measurement using micrometers, calipers, dial indicators, and feeler gauges.
Ability to troubleshoot instrumentation and process controls, including 4–20 mA and 0–10 VDC instrumentation loops.
Experience diagnosing thermocouples, RTDs, pressure transmitters, flow devices, proximity sensors, photo eyes, level devices, and load cells.
Understanding of basic PID control concepts.
Understanding of instrument calibration and verification requirements.
Ability to troubleshoot hydraulic and pneumatic systems.
Experience diagnosing pressure, flow, leakage, contamination, and component-performance problems in hydraulic and pneumatic systems.
Knowledge of safely identifying and controlling stored hydraulic and pneumatic energy.
Demonstrated disciplined troubleshooting methodology.
Awareness and practice of safety qualifications including Electrical Arc-Flash/Stored Energy/Confine Space/Hot Work/Fall Protection/ Chemical SDS Awareness and Lockout/Tagout.
SAP / CMMS proficiency.

Responsibilities

Perform advanced electrical troubleshooting, including 480 VAC three-phase power, 120 VAC control circuits, 24 VDC systems, motor starters, contactors, overloads, relays, transformers, and power supplies.
Diagnose electrical faults using digital multimeters, clamp meters, megohmmeters, and other diagnostic equipment.
Troubleshoot VFDs, soft starters, servo drives, motors, encoders, and associated control circuits.
Interpret and troubleshoot directly from electrical schematics, ladder diagrams, wiring diagrams, and one-line drawings.
Properly distinguish between electrical, controls, mechanical, and process-related failures before replacing components.
Troubleshoot distributed I/O, communication networks, HMI systems, sensors, switches, transmitters, and field devices.
Understand PLC troubleshooting sufficiently to identify whether a failure originates from the field device, wiring, I/O module, PLC logic, communications, or mechanical/process condition.
Perform maintenance on bearings, chains, belts, alignments, couplings, seals, pumps, fans, blowers, cylinders, conveyors, linear components, and lubrication systems.
Conduct pillow-block & taper bore bearing replacement.
Perform laser or dial-indicator shaft alignment.
Utilize precision measurement tools such as micrometers, calipers, dial indicators, and feeler gauges.
Troubleshoot 4–20 mA and 0–10 VDC instrumentation loops.
Diagnose thermocouples, RTDs, pressure transmitters, flow devices, proximity sensors, photo eyes, level devices, and load cells.
Understand basic PID control concepts and instrument calibration and verification requirements.
Troubleshoot hydraulic and pneumatic systems including pumps, valves, cylinders, regulators, filters, accumulators, actuators, solenoids, and directional-control valves.
Diagnose pressure, flow, leakage, contamination, and component-performance problems in hydraulic and pneumatic systems.
Safely identify and control stored hydraulic and pneumatic energy before performing repairs.
Demonstrate a disciplined troubleshooting methodology utilizing schematics, PLC diagnostics, equipment history, process information, measurements, and physical inspection to systematically isolate equipment failures.
Adhere to safety qualifications including Electrical Arc-Flash/Stored Energy/Confine Space/Hot Work/Fall Protection/ Chemical SDS Awareness and Lockout/Tagout.
Provide reliability and predictive/preventive maintenance support.
Utilize SAP / CMMS proficiency related to job functions.

Benefits

Sign-on Bonus ($4,000)
Shift differential (.50/hr for day shift and $2.50/hr for night shift)
Potential to earn monthly KPI's ($3.00 per hr.)
Retirement Benefits with company contributions (up to 5% match plus 5% contribution)
Competitive Medical and Dental Plan Options with employer contribution to offset plan cost
Disability and Life Insurance Programs
Wellness Programs
Maternity/Paternity Leave, Infertility & Adoption reimbursement
Mentoring & Development Programs
Employee Discounts
Pet Insurance