Electrical and Instrumentation Maintenance
Job in
Loudon, Loudon County, Tennessee, 37774, USA
Listed on 2026-05-24
Listing for:
Primient
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-05-24
Job specializations:
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Trades / Skilled Labor
Maintenance Technician / Mechanic, Field/Service Technician, Installation Technician
Job Description & How to Apply Below
About Primient
Primient is a century old company with an entrepreneurial spirit. We are a leading producer of food and industrial ingredients made from plant-based, renewable sources. We deliver value through deep technical, commercial, and operational excellence that is backed by our long-standing corn wet milling heritage. Wherever we are in the process, from field to customer, our priorities are focused on ensuring we produce the safest, highest quality products through practices that uphold both our responsibility and commitments to the challenge and drive for excellence, our people and our planet.
We are a privately held company with locations across the US, Mexico, Poland, and Brazil. We're investing in our plants and people to unlock our potential in the industrial and food sectors. Guided by our values of Safety, Excellence, Integrity, and Growth, we're focused on growing our business, our reputation, and the career of every teammate.
Job Description
Electrical
- Power Systems & Distribution
- Experience with AC and DC voltages: 161kV, 13.2kV, 4160V, 480V, 277V, 240/120V, 24V, and 12V.
- Main substation switching - 13.2kV to 480V distribution operations.
- Main yard switching and safe handling of high-voltage power equipment and switches 161kV to 13.8kV.
- Expertise with Siemens Allis 1600A and 3200A breakers, as well as fuse sizing and breaker sizing.
- Grounding, arc fault cleaning, and arc flash safety practices, including full competency in Arc Flash PPE up to 40
Cal suits.
- Motor Systems & Starters
- Wiring and troubleshooting 480V starter buckets, 4160V synchronous motor starters, and general motor wiring.
- Proficiency in motor testing, motor sizing, and advanced fault troubleshooting.
- Skilled in motor starters - wye/delta starters, autotransformers, soft starts, part winding, vfd's.
- Control Systems & Drives
- Control wiring installation, repair, and troubleshooting.
- Reading and interpreting wiring schematics.
- Proficiency in Siemens, Allen-Bradley (AB), and ABB variable frequency drives (VFDs).
- PLC wiring and troubleshooting, including communication protocols and communication troubleshooting.
- Competence in low voltage controls and advanced troubleshooting techniques.
- Testing & Reliability
- Circuit testing, conductive testing, and high-voltage testing.
- Overload and wire sizing calculations for safe system design.
- Infrared scanning for preventive maintenance.
- Skilled with diagnostic tools such as the Fluke II 900.
- Expertise in fault locating, failure root cause analysis, and serving as a failure investigations resource.
- Providing leadership in electrical reliability programs.
- Field Electrical Work
- Installation and maintenance of heat trace systems and lighting systems.
- HV and MV cable terminations.
- Conduit bending, wire pulling, and rigging for heavy electrical equipment.
- Working with generators and related switching equipment.
- Transmitters & Measurement Devices
- Pressure, level, temperature, flow, pH, conductivity and dissolved oxygen (DO) transmitters.
- Proficiency in calibration, configuration, and troubleshooting.
- Valves & Actuators
- Analog valves and digital valves installation and tuning.
- Expertise in gas valves and control systems related to burner operations.
- Switches & Safety Devices
- Pressure, temperature, flow, level, limit, and explosion-proof switches.
- Advanced knowledge of safety interlocks and fail-safe systems.
- Actuation Systems
- Pneumatic and hydraulic cylinders, troubleshooting and integration into automated systems.
- Burner management systems commissioning, troubleshooting, and compliance.
- Instrumentation Reliability
- Preventive and predictive maintenance to ensure instrumentation integrity.
- Skilled in tubing bending and installing for process instrumentation.
- Proficiency in SAP for maintenance management (CMMS) and PI Vision for process monitoring and data analysis.
Integration of instrumentation with PLC and control systems for optimized plant performance.
- Serve as an E&I Trainer, mentoring and developing junior technicians.
- Knowledge in both electrical and instrumentation reliability programs.
- Participate in failure investigations and provide technical…
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