Electrical Instrument Technician

Electrical Instrument Technician

Santa Rosa, CA

We are in search of an Electrical Instrument Technician to support Maintenance departments. As an Electrical Instrument Technician, provides support to maintain and repair electrical systems, apparatus, and electrical and electronic components of industrial machinery and equipment by performing the following duties.

• Diagnose electrical issues using drawing references and online PLC and HMI tools to support daily production.

• Calibration of various types of instrumentation devices.

• Online program changes to HMI and PLC programs that will be supported by Engineering.

• Trouble shoot, repair and install industrial electrical motors, PLC’s, HMI’s, various control devices, 3-phase and single-phase branch circuit’s problems, and instruments.

• Install and/or repair wiring, conduit, branch service and power supply for plant equipment and facilities.

• Install/program and troubleshoot adjustable frequency AC and DC motor drives.

• Tests malfunctioning machinery and discusses malfunction with Engineering or maintenance workers, such as Maintenance Mechanic, Maintenance Supervisor to diagnose malfunction.

• Support electrical installation of engineering projects.

• Support to maintain consistent electrical documentation for machine drawings, facility layout and MCC load lines.

• Work on PLC, HMI, Drives, Control Net, Device Net, and Ethernet.

• Provide technical guidance and training to 1 and 2 mechanics and help leads, supervisors and managers in troubleshooting and repairing all plant systems.

• Must have knowledge of NEC color code and know how to use the book.

• Diagnose and replace faulty mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic components of machines and equipment.

• Perform trouble shooting, repair and preventative maintenance on a wide variety of equipment, machines and facilities.

• Minimize production downtime due to mechanical and electrical reasons through quick response.

• Conduct preventative maintenance inspections and perform required preventative maintenance actions as instructed by supervisor or manager.

• Utilize a wide variety of hand, portable and machine tools to perform assignments.