Journeyperson E&I Technician

Ashland Specialty Ingredients, GP

Are you the kind of person that is always thinking, sketching, seeking, and adjusting? Who needs to understand how things work and then figure out how they can work better? Are you a passionate, tenacious, solver who loves to work with others who share your drive? Are you positive, constructive, and ingenious? Are you always solving? Then we’d like to meet you and bet you’d like to meet us.

Ashland has an exciting opportunity for an E&I Technician to join our Ashland Specialty Ingredients G.P., business at our Hopewell Plant in Hopewell, VA. This is a very visible, significant role within the Company and the Maintenance function. This position will report to the Maintenance Manager.

• Perform calibration of instrument systems, and documenting the calibration on PM work orders
• Troubleshoot and repair electrical components
• Troubleshoot and repair instrument systems
• Maintain actuated valves including removal/installation of valves, rebuilding valves, and adjusting limit switches, actuators and positioners
• Install new electrical and instrumentation systems to include running conduit, pulling wire, installing devices, terminating wires and checking out the system for startup
• Perform basic troubleshooting of programmable logic controllers (PLC’s) and distributed control systems (DCS’s)
• Read and comprehend plant documentation to include circuit sets, loop sheets, one-line diagrams and vendor maintenance and installation manuals

• High School Diploma or GED
• 4 years of experience working as an Electrical and/or Instrumentation Technician in an industrial environment
• Journeyman’s certificate

• Completion of a 2-yr Associate’s degree in Instrumentation or a related field
• Knowledge of PLC & DCS systems, motors, power & control circuits, electronic & pneumatic field instrumentation
• Strong troubleshooting skills & the ability to read instrument & electrical diagrams
• Strong applied knowledge in Electrical, Instrumentation and basic general maintenance
• Knowledge of:
  • Intrinsically safe design
  • Power circuits (motors)
  • Variable frequency drives (ABB)
  • Power distribution
  • Industrial instrumentation
• Basic understanding of DCS & PLC programming
• Experience utilizing a CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management Software with a thorough understanding of electrical safety requirements
• Knowledge of and experience in reliability programs

Ashland is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled/Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.