Instrumentation Technician

Your Job Koch Fertilizer, LLC is now hiring a self-driven Operations and Instrumentation Technician to join the fertilizer shipping and storage terminal located in Vernon Center, MN. You will be responsible for troubleshooting and maintaining Instrumentation & Electrical control systems and will perform duties to ensure the safe, compliant, and reliable operations of the terminal.
* This is a flexible day shift position, Monday – Friday and may include some over‑night travel to other terminals as well as overtime opportunities during the spring and fall fertilizer application season. The successful candidate will be able to report to on‑call requests within 45 minutes of the terminal reporting location.

• Work with full life cycle of ammonia processes including refrigeration, gas fired heating, instrumentation, and PLC control systems, pumps, motors, and loading/unloading product
• Troubleshoot, maintain, and operate ammonia refrigeration, storage, loading/unloading systems
• Train customers how to safely load anhydrous ammonia
• Perform general housekeeping and grounds maintenance
• Assist the Terminal Leader with compliance documentation
• Manage calibration, installation, verification, and validation of Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS), Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) Human Machine Interface (HMI) systems
• Troubleshoot and maintain I&E Control systems through inspections, tests, adjustments, and repairs of electric, electronic, mechanical, instruments and systems
• Manage daily maintenance work utilizing a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS)
• Perform reliability‑based maintenance, repair, or replacement of a variety of instruments including but not limited to, flow, level, pressure, temperature, vibration, variable frequency drives, electric motors, and analyzers
• Improve, develop, and implement maintenance process improvements and efficiencies

• Experience OR training in the maintenance and troubleshooting electrical control systems
• Experience reading electrical and piping circuit drawings
• Valid Driver’s license

• Ability to be medically approved to participate in the respiratory protection and HAZWOPER programs
• Ability to push/pull up to 75 lbs
• Ability to lift/carry up to 50 lbs
• Ability to grip up to 30 lbs
• Ability to climb stairs, ladders, and work at heights up to 100 ft
• Ability to work outdoors in various types of weather
• Ability to sit, stand or kneel as needed
• Ability to wear full Level A Personal Protective Equipment while performing work duties

• 3 years of industrial electrical, electronic, and mechanical systems experience
• 3 years of experience working with Motor Controls, Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC’s), Variable Frequency Drives (VFD’s)
• Knowledge of industrial test equipment (Hart Communicator, Multimeter, signal generators, etc.) with troubleshooting and electrical skills
• Experience with a CMMS system (Ex: Maximo)
• Associates degree in a technical field
• Previous leadership experience

For this role, we anticipate paying $ per hour. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form. At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data.

The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location.

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better.

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength – focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance.

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.