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Position Summary:
This position will be responsible for providing the instrumentation knowledge and skills to perform the preventive and repair maintenance to the facility equipment in a safe, economical and environmentally sound manner.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Practice, participate and support the plant’s health, safety and housekeeping policies, procedures and processes to create and maintain an orderly, safe, and healthy work environment.
- Perform calibration, repair and integrity checks of process instrumentation to assure that accuracy, functionality, and reliability are within acceptable limits.
- Provide attention to detail and dedication to work in order to ensure reliability of the work site as well as high quality product.
- Ability to read and understand instrument drawings (i.e. Loop sheets, P&ID, etc.)
- Provide technical assistance to production and engineering groups on application of new and modification of existing process instrumentation.
- Maintain and update instrument department records as required to track repairs, specifications and equipment history.
- Provide on-the-job training to other Instrument Technicians and to those deemed appropriate by management.
Education and Certifications:
- Associate degree from an approved Instrument/Electrical school or equivalent Instrument journeyman-level experience.
Essential Skills and Qualifications:
- 5 years industrial plant experience; good working knowledge of equipment, materials, techniques, and safeguards for maintenance and new instrument installations in a process chemical plant.
- Excellent Mechanical Aptitude and the ability to comprehend and apply technical and service manual information.
- Basic knowledge of process control systems.
Westlake is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristics protected by applicable legislation.
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