Instrumentation and Electrical Technician

Position:Instrumentation and Electrical Technician

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Location:

Wilmington (DE, USA),Delaware,United States of America

At Dow, we believe in putting people first and we’re passionate about delivering integrity, respect and safety to our customers, our employees and the planet.

Our people are at the heart of our solutions. They reflect the communities we live in and the world where we do business. Their diversity is our strength. We’re a community of relentless problem solvers that offers the daily opportunity to contribute with your perspective, transform industries and shape the future. Our purpose is simple - to deliver a sustainable future for the world through science and collaboration.

If you’re looking for a challenge and meaningful role, you’re in the right place.

In this role, you will actively participate as a member of our plant support team where you will be responsible for the instrumentation and the electrical systems, and day-to-day maintenance of the process control system for the facility. You will work closely with the Operations Team and maintenance personnel to ensure ongoing safe and proficient pilot plant operations and to support project scoping and supervise electrical contractors.

In this role, you will be using your prior related experience, job-related training, or vocational training to complete routine activities. You will need to have basic technical or administrative skills to follow the established and approved work processes. You will need to understand how the assigned duties relate to other jobs within your workgroup and be able to exchange technical information with other team members.

It is your responsibility to use standard operating procedures and/or analytical/scientific methods to address both defined problems as well as troubleshoot dysfunctional systems, related to instrumentation, electrical, and process control. You must have the ability to select solutions from established options to resolve typical administrative, data organization, and data coordination problems. You will be accountable for managing your own assigned workload with no additional supervisory responsibilities.

• Applies previous related experience, job-related training, or formal vocational training to ensure safe and efficient operation of assigned plant areas
• Specifies, requisitions, and installs parts and equipment for small projects.
• Scopes out electrical, instrumentation, and DCS requirements to the extent that cost and workload can be estimated for capital projects
• Sets up and calibrates, tests, measures and repairs all types of controls and instruments with pneumatic, electrical, and electronic variables.
• Performs tasks assigned to operations as per Master Task List (e.g. Field checks, instrument calibrations, etc.)
• Uses trouble shooting skills to resolve process related deviations and problems, and understands how the assigned duties relate to others in the team and how the team integrates with other related teams
• Performs instrumentation troubleshooting, minor repairs, improvements and preventative maintenance
• Uses process knowledge and skills to make improvements in plant performance and Operating discipline, including creating and improving job procedures related to instrumentation and electrical.
• Participates in Root Cause Investigations
• Performs process upset/crisis response activities assigned by Pilot Plant Technologist
• Demonstrates proficient application of Life Critical Standards and sets role model in safety culture
• Completes all assigned training per facility training plan

• A minimum of an Associate's degree in a science related discipline/Military Degree Equivalency (MDE) and…