Instrumentation Technician

Overview: Electrical & Instrumentation Technicians are responsible for repairing, servicing, and maintaining all electronic equipment throughout operations while complying with all applicable mining regulations and/or policies at all times. Basic qualifications and/or traits that the Electrical & Instrumentation Technician must possess include:

1. Electrical knowledge and aptitude. A basic knowledge of instrumentation and/or ability to learn instrumentation and electrical repairs.
2. Have basic knowledge of computers and the ability to learn programming.
3. Have reliable safety & attendance records.
4. Be able to work without constant supervision.
5. Be able to give and take direction.

Responsibilities: The responsibilities of the Electrical & Instrumentation Technician include, but are not limited to:

1. Safety inspections of working area shall be performed a minimum of once per shift as required by federal mining regulations. Additional inspections may be required as conditions warrant.
2. The Electrical & Instrumentation Technician is responsible for troubleshooting, maintaining, and repairing all electronic equipment throughout operations.
   • Routing maintenance, servicing, troubleshooting, and repair of instrumentation. Use of portable test equipment and internal test modules to locate, isolate, and repaid malfunctions. Replacement of defective components.
   • Performance of routine inspections and preventive maintenance of controls and instrumentation, records, gas analyzers, automatic weight devices and other similar equipment to ensure continuous, accurate operation.
   • Install new electrical and electronic equipment such as control devices, recorders, indicating instruments, SCR drives, programable controllers, etc. during new construction, and/or machinery revisions/updates/replacements.
3. The Electrical & Instrumentation Technician is responsible for performing housekeeping duties in his work area to remove slip/trip/fall hazards. Work activities must be performed while adhering to all applicable state/federal regulations and policies at all times.
4. Electrical & Instrumentation Technicians must maintain a complete set of tools within ninety (90) days of being assigned the job classification. A complete list of tools will be provided upon hire.
5. Electrical & Instrumentation Technicians may be required to operate mobile equipment. Proper task training and safe operation guidelines will be adhered to at all times. Employees will not operate any piece of mobile equipment without being properly task trained as required by MSHA regulations.

Education & Experience Requirements:

Requires at least four years of verifiable experience as an electrician in cement or lime industry. Must be familiar with the care and use of meters, meggering motors and cable, and troubleshooting AC and DC starters, variable speed drives, and power distribution equipment. Must be knowledgeable in CEM, pressure/flow transmitters, RTDs/Thermocouples.