Instrument & Electrical Technician

Overview

Join Koch Fertilizer Fort Dodge LLC, a leading producer and distributor of fertilizers, located in Fort Dodge, Iowa. We are seeking an Instrument & Electrical Technician to support our sustainable solutions in agriculture, energy, and chemical markets.

• Pay rates begin from $32 per hour, with the opportunity to earn more based on experience and value.
• $3,000 Sign On Bonus available upon hire.
• 4/10 work schedule with overtime and on call as needed.
• Automatic 401(k) company contribution with a competitive matching program.
• Excellent health benefits.

• Perform maintenance and preventive maintenance on a variety of instruments, including flow types (D/P, mass, volumetric), level types (pressure, temperature—both RTD and TC), vibration, and variable frequency drives, electric motors, motor control centers, and mechanical relay services.
• Adjust, repair, and install new services on electrical, electronic, mechanical, pneumatic systems, and systems used to indicate and record process conditions.
• Perform predictive precision maintenance to identify and correct mechanical/electrical/instrumentational defects before equipment fails.
• Verify and validate Yokogawa Control Systems, Safety Instrument Systems (SIS), Distributed Control Systems (DCS), Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), and Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC).
• Manage daily maintenance work‑flow activities using a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS), Valve Link, and Smart Plant Instrumentation (SPI).
• Experiment with new technologies, systems, solutions, and workflows to challenge the status‑quo, expand knowledge of the fleet and team, and provide optionality to the process.
• Improve, develop, and implement maintenance process improvements and efficiencies.
• Improve and maintain wireless indication instruments, infrastructure, workflows, and processes.
• Travel up to 10% for trainings, collaboration, and support of other sites.

• Experience using computers and tablets for various tasks.
• Experience handling and operating hand tools.

• Serve as a member of the emergency response team as an emergency responder.
• Required to wear PPE as directed (e.g., safety glasses, hearing protection, goggles, hard hats, acid suits, breathing apparatus, gloves, safety boots, respirators, ACR flash suits, encapsulated suits).
• Ability to lift a minimum of 50 lbs.
• Work in hot, cold, and inclement climate conditions.
• Work in confined spaces with supplied breathing air and congested areas.
• Climb stairs, ladders, ladders on vessels and columns, and ladders associated with scaffolds in excess of 160 feet.

• Experience interpreting electrical drawings and Process Instrument Diagrams (P&IDs).
• Experience calibrating, testing, troubleshooting, and installing instrumentation or electrical equipment.
• Instrumentation experience in an industrial and/or chemical environment or military equivalent experience.
• Experience supporting pre‑startup checks of new equipment, including Quality Assurance checks.
• Knowledge of safe work practices—Lock Out, Tag Out (LOTO) and Job Safety Analysis (JSA).
• Experience with 4160 Volt systems.
• AAS degree in Electromechanical Technology, Instrumentation Technology or Controls, Electrical Power and Controls, or Mechatronics Technology.

This role is not eligible for Visa sponsorship.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify.