Instrument & Electrical Technician
Evonik · Bayport, TX
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Reliability
- Degree
- Required (or equivalent experience)
- Experience asked
- 3+ years
- Industry
- Chemicals
- Posted
- 4 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A technician-level reliability role at Evonik (chemicals) in Bayport, TX. Troubleshoot and diagnose equipment for emergency repairs and carry out preventive maintenance routines.
- They ask for
- 3+ years · degree required (or equivalent experience)
- Tools it names
- Root cause
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Maintenance Technician roles in the US: typical posted base $58k–$83k.
Median of the low and high ends of 39 live postings that list pay, out of 1634 maintenance technician openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 148 other live reliability postings in Texas.
- Experience asked
- Typical (3+ years)
Similar roles usually ask 3+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Team leadership 54%
- PLC 34%
- Welding 28%
- ✓ Root cause 27%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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How to get in at this plant
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- 1
Pick 2–3 people on the Reliability team at Evonik
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- 2
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Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- How does off-shift and weekend coverage work?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
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Responsibilities
- ◆Troubleshoot and diagnose equipment for emergency repairs and carry out preventive maintenance routines
- ◆Carry out simple site maintenance tasks
- ◆Carry out standard installation activities under detailed guidance. Troubleshoot basic technical or operational problems by applying previously defined solutions
- ◆Follow a range of mandatory procedures and methods of work (including use of personal protection equipment where relevant) to safeguard the environment and the wellbeing of oneself and others
- ◆Carry out relatively simple testing and quality assurance tasks
- ◆Develop working knowledge of the organization's policies and procedures and of regulatory codes and codes of conduct relevant to own work, adhering to mandatory procedures to ensure own work is undertaken to the required standards
Requirements
- ✓High School Diploma or GED required; Associate Degree in Applied Sciences or equivalent apprenticeship preferred
- ✓3+ years as a Maintenance I&E Technician in a chemical plant or refinery or industrial settings (3-5 years preferred)
- ✓Experience with DCS/SIS systems; NFPA 70 knowledge a plus
- ✓Strong troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and problem-solving skills
- ✓Proficient with I&E hand tools, meters, and instrument calibration equipment
- ✓Working knowledge of electrical systems, motors, P&IDs, and wiring schematics
- ✓Strong organizational, computer, and communication skills
- ✓Ability to work overtime and participate in on-call rotation, including weekends and holidays
- ✓Physically able to work outdoors year-round, around heavy equipment, in confined spaces, at heights (up to 200 ft), and lift up to 50 lbs
Your Application
To ensure that your application is proceeded as quickly as possible and to protect the environment, please apply online via our careers portal . Further information about Evonik as Employer can be found at www.evonik.com/en/careers.html .
Please address your application to the Talent Acquisition Manager, stating your earliest possible starting date and your salary expectations.
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What we offer
At Evonik, you’re part of a global chemical company working in many sectors that go beyond chemistry. From lipids for tomorrow’s medicines, biosurfactants for green detergents, additives for plastics recycling or membranes to help drive forward the energy transition, you’ll play an essential part in helping the world’s most essential industries succeed.
Our success hinges on a diversity of ideas powered by people, not egos. Whether you’re a scientist or engineer, new to the team or established, in business, production, or anything in between – we cheer each other on. Because we believe we can do anything. Explore everything. And Be Part of Something Special!
Find out more about the many benefits we offer
https://www.evonik.com/en/careers/why.html
Meet the team and get to know the people behind Evonik
https://www.evonik.com/en/news/meet-the-team.html
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