Maintenance Electrical and Instrumentation Technician
Solenis is a leading global provider of water and hygiene solutions. The company’s product portfolio includes a broad array of water treatment chemistries, process aids, functional additives, cleaners, disinfectants, and state-of-the-art monitoring, control and delivery systems. These technologies are used by customers to improve operational efficiencies, enhance product quality, protect plant assets, minimize environmental impact, and create cleaner and safer environments.
Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, the company has 78 manufacturing facilities strategically located around the globe and employs a team of over ~23000 professionals in >160 countries across six continents. Solenis is a 2025 Best Managed Company Gold Standard honoree.
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The Maintenance Electrical and Instrumentation (E/I) Technician will be responsible for maintaining plant electrical equipment and process instrumentation in the VFA plant to allow for safe and continuous operation.
This role will work with Operations, Engineering, and Contractors on a daily basis to support continuous production, once the VFA plant is commissioned. Prior to that milestone, the E/I Technician will support plant testing, commissioning, and startup, by working alongside existing site E/I Techs, plant support personnel, and contractors.
This role will support the commissioning and startup of a new plant on site. While the role will eventually transition to a rotating 12-hour shift schedule, the first 1–2 years will be worked on a Monday–Friday daytime schedule.
Principal Accountabilities- Perform testing, troubleshooting, calibration, configuration, repair, and replacement of plant electrical equipment and process instrumentation and control systems for the VFA plant. This may include gathering and analyzing data to determine cause using technical manuals, configuration documents, and drawings.
- Responsible for plant equipment including process transmitters, control valves, I/O equipment, automated valves, motors, switch gear, motor control centers, lighting, switches, electrical distribution equipment, transformers, and special purpose equipment
- Conduct work activities in a manner that protects the safety and health of employees, visitors and the environment as established by company policies and procedures.
- Complete and update documentation in equipment records, databases, and drawings to meet regulatory and Solenis requirements.
- Assist in commissioning and startup activities on the new plant, including contributing to procedure development, participating in trainings, walking down equipment on the plant post-construction, and troubleshooting issues
- Recommend tools, equipment, or methods to improve the safety or timeliness of system repairs or improve reliability.
- Able to follow written and verbal instructions with minimal direct supervision to meet daily goals.
- Manage all waste streams (non hazardous, hazardous and recyclable material) properly under RCRA and plant guidelines.
- Ensure the integrity and reliability of plant electrical and instrumentation infrastructure, and the plant and process automation systems.
- Able to perform maintenance work (install, maintain, repair) on electrical equipment and instrumentation at a skilled level.
- Can thrive within a fast-paced, commercially driven environment
- Maintain high standards of housekeeping in work area
- Able to utilize computer-based systems to perform administrative and maintenance-related tasks.
- Have a full working knowledge of basic equipment associated with chemical processes.
- Certification or sufficient industrial experience to be classed as a skilled employee in the electrical and/or instrumentation field.
- Stay clean-shaven daily for respirator usage
- High School diploma or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of electrical/instrumentation experience in an industrial plant, preferably chemical operations.
- Familiarity with DeltaV distributed control systems (DCS) a big plus.
- Thorough understanding of P&IDs, loop drawings, and electrical drawings
- Experience with troubleshooting, equipment set-up,…
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