Instrument & Electrical Technician

At Air Products, we reimagine what’s possible. By tapping into the motivation of our people and our collective experience, we create the ideas and innovations that drive us forward. When we come together – where every voice is heard and everyone knows they belong and matter – we create solutions that launch people into space, support lifesaving care in hospitals, and enable the construction of groundbreaking, world scale production facilities.

Reimagine What’s Possible Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE: APD), a Fortune 500 manufacturer of industrial gases, is seeking an experienced Instrument and Electrical Technician at our Texas City, TX facility. The facility assets include Air Products’ largest Steam Methane Reformer, a Nitrogen Air Separation Unit, the world’s largest single train Ammonia Plant, Ammonia Pipelines, 60 MW of Steam Turbine Power Generation and large Utility System.

This facility is a greenfield build expanding Air Products presence in the Gulf Coast at Texas City and will connect with Air Products Gulf Coast Hydrogen Pipeline system. The Instrument & Electrical Technician is responsible for performing preventive and corrective maintenance on instrumentation, analytical and electrical equipment up to 13.8KV, at our Texas City facility.

• Affordable Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance (day 1 of employment)
• 401k with 100% vested company core and match
• Paid Vacation, holidays + sick time
• Paid Parental leave (Up to 8 weeks for both parents)
• Backup Child and Adult Care benefit
• Adoption assistance
• Flexible spending accounts (medical, dependent daycare)
• Life Insurance (AD&D-Paid for by Air Products), Supplemental AD&D Legal Plan & Identity theft coverage
• EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
• Many more supplemental benefits available

• Ability to read and interpret technical drawings (electrical drawings, schematics, P&’s, equipment drawings.)
• Experience with SAP or equivalent CMMS system.
• Demonstrate the practice of safe handling of hand tools and hand power tools typically and commonly used in maintenance tasks.
• Knowledge of PLC and DCS controls.
• Understand the properties, behaviors, and hazards of the equipment.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Suite, email, and spreadsheet programs.
• Practical knowledge of machinery overhauls and refurbishment.
• Excellent organizational skills, the ability to work alone if necessary, and the ability to lead a crew.
• Able to work in a team environment with Operators, Mechanics, Engineering/Technical support, and other contracted crafts.

• Participate actively in department/plant safety programs.
• Promote safety rules and regulations as well as environmental compliance.
• Engage actively in a team environment, bring a positive attitude, maintain personal accountability, and assist mentoring and coaching for team member development.
• Provide hands-on support and expertise to resolve Instrument/Electrical/Analytical field problems as they occur.
• This position is responsible to perform and/or supervise the inspection, repair, installation, troubleshooting and modification of process controls, control valves, safety devices, analyzers, PLC’s, field instrumentation (pressure, temperature, level and flow instrumentation), process monitoring equipment, low, medium and high voltage motors/breakers and control circuits and distributed control systems (DCS).
• Technicians are also responsible for commissioning of new plants in addition to troubleshooting, repair, and calibration of plant instrumentation and electrical controls.
• Technicians must be familiar with all equipment in the plant.
• A sampling of these devices include: transmitters, switches, analyzers, PH and Conductivity probes, programmable controllers,…