Electrical & Instrumentation Technician

We are passionate about what we do. If you are looking for an opportunity to be a part of an awesome team that values collaboration, innovation and dedication, we are the right company for you.

Fuji Vegetable Oil, Inc. is seeking an energetic and enthusiastic team player to join our Maintenance Team as an E&I Technician in our Savannah, GA Plant.

WHAT WE OFFER:

Fuji Vegetable Oil (FVO) has an Excellent Benefits package including Semi
- Annual Bonus Opportunities, Company 401K contribution of 12.5%, traditional health and welfare benefits, PTO and paid holidays.

We also provide Basic Life insurance, Short- and Long-Term Disability insurance & Remote Health Care as well as an Employee Assistance Program.

We offer several outstanding health insurance options; our full-time employees are eligible for health benefits on their first day of work. Employees may also enroll dependents, including their legal spouse and dependent children under age 26.

FVO provides uniforms, boot vouchers and required PPE.

SUMMARY:

Responsible for installing and repairing electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic systems, instrumentation, programmable controllers, distributed control systems and components of industrial machinery and equipment. Applies knowledge of electrical, instrumentation, and mechanical principles in determining equipment malfunctions and applies skills in restoring equipment to operational conditions. This position provides the needed support to ensure production reliability and quality in a safe work environment.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Plans and performs work requiring a thorough knowledge of electrical and mechanical theories and principles, writing specifications, local and national electrical codes, properties of various materials, and principles of operation and application of electronic equipment.

• Installs, starts up and shuts down equipment in accordance with company safety procedures for machine activation and shutdown and in line with OSHA NFPA 70E requirements.

• Maintains company-required performance and maintenance records for identified equipment.

• Troubleshoot, repairs, and maintains PLC's and DCS equipment.

• Sets up test equipment and conducts tests on performance and reliability of mechanical, structural, or electromechanical equipment.

• Performs preventive maintenance to ensure that all electrical, electronic, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, heating, and cooling systems are in proper working condition.

• Repairs and performs preventative maintenance on variable frequency drives, 480-volt motor starters and 120vac control circuits.

• Executes sequence of repairs, testing and calibration program for instruments and equipment according to blueprints, schematics, technical manuals, and other specifications.

• Suggests plans to achieve work goals, increase efficiencies, and improve use of equipment for better quality products.

• Participation determining equipment failures using root cause analysis.

• Ability to follow appropriate safety procedures and use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) while maintaining equipment (Lock Out/Tag Out, Arc Flash, etc.), and ensure a safe work environment by eliminating potential equipment safety hazards.

• Understanding of electronic instrumentation, process control and electrical systems. This includes flow, level, pressure, and temperature measuring devices, control loops, digital and analog controllers, and related instrumentation.

• Effective in using test equipment, HART communicator, RTD calibrators, current loop calibrators, T/C calibrators, digital and analog multi-meters, and meggers.

• Estimates and requisitions parts, ensures proper storeroom inventory of critical electrical and instrumentation equipment.

• Strong computer experience with Windows, Excel, and Word. Ability to perform basic SAP software functions (printing, approving, and writing work orders, searching equipment BOM's, spare part locations) is a plus.

• Able to support rotating after hours call-out/on-call requirements.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

QUALIFICATIONS:

To perform…