Maintenance Technician, Process Controls

Primient•Lafayette, IN

10d•Onsite

About The Position

Primient is a century-old company with an entrepreneurial spirit, leading in the production of food and industrial ingredients from plant-based, renewable sources. We deliver value through deep technical, commercial, and operational excellence, backed by our long-standing corn wet milling heritage. Our priorities are focused on producing the safest, highest quality products through practices that uphold our responsibility and commitments to excellence, our people, and our planet. We are a privately held company with locations across the US, Mexico, Poland, and Brazil. We are investing in our plants and people to unlock our potential in the industrial and food sectors. Guided by our values of Safety, Excellence, Integrity, and Growth, we are focused on growing our business, our reputation, and the career of every teammate.

Requirements

High School graduate or GED.
Pre-employment drug screening.
7 years minimum industrial experience OR tech school degree in craft and 3 years minimum industrial experience.
Demonstrated experience with plant instrumentation (flow, level, pressure, temperature, pH, etc.) including calibration and troubleshooting and using HART communications.
Solid understanding of standard plant electrical equipment (switchgear, motors, motor control circuits) including wiring and troubleshooting.
Must be willing to work overtime including nights, weekends, holidays and shift work if duty calls.
Ability to obey all safety rules and identify and correct potential safety problems.
Strong mechanical aptitude, knowledge of tools and equipment.
Must be able to use precision-measuring and testing instruments in performance of mechanical and electrical repairs and preventive maintenance.
Follow SOP’s and/or PM task instruction sets.
Ability to troubleshoot instrumentation, equipment/systems as required.
Maintain instrument maintenance and calibration on assigned machines.
Dismantle instrumentation to gain access to and remove/replace defective parts.
Identify and implement solutions to recurring instrument problems.
Repair and maintain all plant instrumentation in accordance with diagrams, sketches, maintenance and repair manuals, and manufacturer’s specifications.
Ability to interface with CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System) to review work orders, create work orders, input parts and labor used on work orders, look up spare parts and identify storeroom location, and complete work orders (electronically).
Ability to provide preventive maintenance to instrumentation, including process analyzers.
Ability to identify and order repair parts using from multiple sources, including vendor drawings and direct contact with manufacturers.
Perform routine work as scheduled or as time permits and performing preventive maintenance activities as time permits.
Ability to work both in a team environment and individually as required.
Communicate and work with other groups (process engineers, production technicians, quality control) as necessary to promote efficiency in problem solving and work scheduling.
Communicate with production prior to starting a job and when job is completed.
Ability to clearly communicate information to team members.
Required to clean up after jobs are completed.
Perform housekeeping as required in shops and in plant.
Must be able to identify need and request engineering/vendor assistance as required.
Assist Mechanical technicians as needed/as asked.
Passion for safety not only for yourself, but for your co-workers as well.

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated proficiency in at least five of the following areas: Documenting calibrators, PLC ladder logic diagrams, Configuration and calibration with HART communicator, Troubleshooting of 460V 3 Phase electrical switchgear, Troubleshooting motor control circuits, Troubleshooting 4-20mA instrument control loops, Maintenance and calibration of process analyzers including continuous emissions monitors, Rebuilding control valves, Calibration of level transmitters, DCS interface (Foxboro control system).

Responsibilities

Analyze and solve problems on various process instrumentation and switchgear, demonstrating mechanical/electrical knowledge.
Inspect used parts to determine changes in performance using VOM, oscilloscope, signal generator, rules, callipers, micrometers, feeler gauges, and other measuring instruments.
Perform instrument calibrations and documentation in an ISO 9000 or FDA facility.
Document calibrators.
Work with PLC ladder logic diagrams.
Perform configuration and calibration with HART communicator.
Troubleshoot 460V 3 Phase electrical switchgear.
Troubleshoot motor control circuits.
Troubleshoot 4-20mA instrument control loops.
Perform maintenance and calibration of process analyzers, including continuous emissions monitors.
Rebuild control valves.
Calibrate level transmitters.
Work with DCS interface (Foxboro control system).
Obey all safety rules and identify and correct potential safety problems.
Use precision-measuring and testing instruments in the performance of mechanical and electrical repairs and preventive maintenance.
Follow SOP’s and/or PM task instruction sets.
Troubleshoot instrumentation, equipment/systems as required.
Maintain instrument maintenance and calibration on assigned machines.
Dismantle instrumentation to gain access to and remove/replace defective parts.
Identify and implement solutions to recurring instrument problems.
Repair and maintain all plant instrumentation in accordance with diagrams, sketches, maintenance and repair manuals, and manufacturer’s specifications.
Interface with CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System) to review work orders, create work orders, input parts and labor used on work orders, look up spare parts, identify storeroom location, and complete work orders (electronically).
Provide preventive maintenance to instrumentation, including process analyzers.
Identify and order repair parts using multiple sources, including vendor drawings and direct contact with manufacturers.
Perform routine work as scheduled or as time permits and performing preventive maintenance activities as time permits.
Work both in a team environment and individually as required.
Communicate and work with other groups (process engineers, production technicians, quality control) as necessary to promote efficiency in problem solving and work scheduling.
Communicate with production prior to starting a job and when the job is completed.
Clean up after jobs are completed.
Perform housekeeping as required in shops and in the plant.
Identify the need for and request engineering/vendor assistance as required.
Assist Mechanical technicians as needed/as asked.
Prioritize safety not only for yourself but for your co-workers as well.