Electrical & Instrumentation Technician
Georgia-Pacific
- Asheboro, NC
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Troubleshoot and repair, perform preventative maintenance, calibration, and installation of plant electrical, electronic, instrumentation and automation equipment.
- Proficiently use specialized computers and equipment specific software to maintain all instrumentation, programmable logic controllers and electrical systems.
- Install, calibrate, monitor, modify, program, and maintain HMI and DCS control instrumentation.
- Use craftsman level experience with Low-Med-High voltage systems, AC and DC systems, lighting, motors, receptacles, starters, drives, power supply wiring (including conduit), transformers, programmable controllers, electrical components.
- Use advance ability to read and interpret electrical diagrams, schematics, and drawings.
- Use specialized tools and testers to maintain and repair motors, starters, drives, low-med-hi voltage systems and instrumentation.
- Change hardware in system to maintain interface between automation and operations as needed for optimal process control.
- Efficiently operate and train HMI and Robotics system controls.
- Performs maintenance on equipment that monitors flow, temperature, density, and pressure equipment.
- Serve as Subject Matter Expert for all EI & A related issues plant wide.
- Readily available for consult calls to resolve reactive discrepancies.
- Postured for routine on-call status.
- Competently work to provide EI&A Specific Electrical assistance to all Areas of the Plant and various pieces of equipment and components.
- Mentor/Train Peers to bridge knowledge gaps between Multi-Craft and Electrical, Instrumentation & Automation specific focuses.
- Five (5) years or more of electrical or instrument and control troubleshooting experience in a manufacturing environment
- Experience troubleshooting industrial controls PLCs, motor controls, control valves, electrical distribution, Servo Controlled Systems, and both DC and AC motors ranging in voltages from 24 VDC to 480 VDC
- Expert level experience reading and following electrical and mechanical schematics/ blueprints
- Knowledge of electrical and other hazards and precautions including safety procedures, NFPA 70 arc flash electrical safety, and OSHA regulations
- Experience installing, calibrating, monitoring, modifying, programming, and maintaining HMI and DCS control instrumentation.