Westlake
Maintenance Technician-I&E
US - Geismar, LA
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 2 days ago
PLCLeadership
About the role
- Westlake offers you the potential to enrich your work life and career experience in an entrepreneurial environment.
- Whenever appropriate, promptly report Safety, health or Environmental incidents or issues to management so the situation can be corrected.
- The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
Responsibilities
- Performs loop checks for process field instrumentation.
- Performs calibration of instruments such as emergency shutdown valves, process control valves, etc.
- Performs preventative maintenance inspection on electrical systems and equipment.
- Performs hot work on control circuits, high/low voltage switchgear, starters, breakers, etc.
- Makes splices to electrical wiring such as feeder cables, motor leads, control wires, etc.
- Perform the primary thinking encompassed by this job description.
- Fully support Company goals of continuous improvement and operational excellence at strategic and tactical levels including reviewing area of responsibility for improvement opportunities to initiate projects or communicate ideas to management as well as active participation on projects teams.
- Be active and participate in safety leadership roles, includes volunteering to work with cross functional safety teams, lead safety meetings, and participate in audit teams.
- Perform duties in a manner that protects personal safety as well as the safety of all personnel on site.
Requirements
- Two to five years field experience in Instrument/Electrical field
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit
- The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, or crouch.
- Employee may be required to use stairs/elevators and have the ability to occasionally work at elevated heights.
- Some of the work may be required in the operating units which can require usage of required PPE including safety glasses, hearing protection, FRC (flame retardant clothing) etc.
- Travel including air travel or auto travel may occasionally be required.
- This position will be required to drive company vehicles from time to time.
- High School graduate plus one to two years of additional education in electrical, instrumentation or analyzer schools.
Nice to have
- NCCER or Journeymen certification preferred.
Benefits
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Equal opportunity
- Westlake is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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