Company Description
Veolia in North America is the top-ranked environmental company in the United States for three consecutive years, and the country’s largest private water operator and technology provider as well as hazardous waste and pollution treatment leader. It offers a full spectrum of water, waste, and energy management services, including water and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery. Veolia helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Veolia has more than 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across North America.
Job Description
Position Purpose:
The Instrumentation & Electrical Technician (I&E Tech) will report to the Maintenance Supervisor and will support plant operations by maintenance and repair of all electrical systems, instrumentation and controls and equipment. The I&E Tech will perform skilled work requiring a high degree of precision and understanding of technical data and systems. The I&E Tech often works alone and must be aware of circumstances that can contribute to the injury of personnel and damage to equipment.
Primary Duties/Responsibilities:
- Maintain equipment used to control the operation of boilers, compressors, pumps, and other plant equipment and systems.
- Perform periodic cleaning, inspection, testing, repairing, and calibration of electrical, electronic, and pneumatic control systems. Typical equipment serviced includes temperature and pressure instruments, gages, flow transmitters, switches, solenoids, and control valves.
- Perform repairs and modifications to control circuitry. Install and program electronic instruments. Install sensing elements, wiring, tubing and fittings. Clean and repair electrical power switching equipment.
- Test, analyze, and troubleshoot electrical power supply circuits.
- Remove, install, clean, and repair, motors, circuit breakers, transformers. Create, maintain, and update diagrams, drawings, and plans for plant electrical, electronic, and pneumatic controls and instruments.
- Install, maintain, and calibrate computerized controls and instruments and programmable controllers.
Qualifications
Education/Experience/Background:
- High School Diploma/GED is required.
- Technical or trade school degree in electronics, computer science, or equivalent industry training and experience.
- 4 years of progressive experience as a technician performing maintenance and repair in central plant, power generation or other process plants.
- Experience with electrical systems up to 4160 Volts.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
- Thorough understanding of electrical safety procedures and Lock-Out-
- Tag-Out procedures
- Demonstrated experience and knowledge at reading process flow diagrams and control and instrumentation diagrams and interpreting manufacturer's manuals and drawings
- Familiarity with principles of refrigeration and thermodynamics
- Ability to lift heavy equipment and carry materials up and down stairs with the capacity of lifting 50 pounds
- Ability to operate with minimal supervision in a dynamic environment with a high degree of initiative
- Acquainted with the environmental operating limitations on equipment to insure compliance
Required Certification/Licenses/Training:
- Must hold and maintain a Ohio Electrical License.
- Must hold a valid driver's license with a satisfactory driving record to maintain minimum company required insurance coverage.
- Preferred: Certified Refrigeration Technician under the Clean Air Act of 1990, Section 608.
Physical Requirements:
- The job can be physically demanding involving movement of heavy equipment and carrying materials up and down stairs.
- Candidates should be able to lift a 50-lb load.
Additional Information
Benefits: Veolia’s comprehensive benefits package includes paid time off policies, as well as health, dental, vision, life insurance, savings accounts, tuition reimbursement, paid volunteering and more. In addition, employees are also entitled to participate in an employer sponsored 401(k) plan, to save for retirement.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer! All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.
