Instrumentation Technician

Job Title : Instrumentation Technician

Department: Compton Maintenance Department

Instrumentation Technician coordinates and executes maintenance electrical functions safely in the facility to ensure that plant equipment and services perform at maximum levels while minimizing unscheduled interruption of the plant operation. Additionally, this individual is also responsible for training, coaching, teaching and counseling others on electrical maintenance procedures and best practices. Strong skills in planning, organizing, knowledge of programmable logic controllers, electrical systems, and process control systems is required. This position reports to the plant Maintenance Supervisor. The base salary for this position is $58.44/hourly. We also offer a substantial benefits package including insurance (medical/dental/vision/life/disability/supplemental offerings), 401k (company contribution regardless of employee participation – plus match), paid time off (vacation, standard holidays), Employee Assistance Services, Stock Purchase Program – and more.

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• •Lives the Owens Corning Safety Stand and meets all safety requirements. Safety is a condition of employment.
• •Follows the plant safety process and ensures that good safety habits are instilled in the maintenance team.
• •Maintains an awareness of all safety issues within area of responsibility, and responds with appropriate urgency to correct safety issues identified.
• •Designs program safety into the electrical systems.
• •Partners with key stakeholders on capital projects to understand and educate others on the safety of equipment
• •Complies with all plant rules, safety regulations and job hazard analysis (JHA) requirements.

• •Ensures operation of machinery and electrical equipment by completing preventive maintenance

• •Instructs maintenance team members on proper electrical installation and repair techniques as appropriate
• •Coordinates contract electrical installations or repairs in the facility
• •Inspects electrical work in progress to ensure correct labor utilization and evaluate electrical training

• •Accountable for keeping the Maintenance Leader appraised of electrical equipment conditions so that situations of major significance can be planned for to avoid major production downtime
• •Prepares electrical maintenance reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends
• •Coordinates and executes maintenance electrical functions in the facility so the plant equipment and services perform at maximum levels and minimize unscheduled interruption of the plant operation
• •Provides technical information to support planned electrical preventive maintenance to minimize production downtime
• •Tracks electrical maintenance costs and failures
• •Specifies electrical parts, supplies, and equipment from catalogs and suppliers, or obtains them from storerooms
• •Defines electrical spare parts needs, such that inventories are maintained at appropriate levels
• •Plans and lays out repair work, using diagrams, drawings, maintenance manuals, and schematic diagrams
• •For planned new equipment purchases and installations where no maintenance history exists, applies maintenance and repair “best practices” to assure maximum reliability
• •Designs and installs electrical and process control systems
• •Proactively assesses and identifies obsolete parts on critical equipment and identifies optimal solutions to correct issues.

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