Electrical Instrumentation Tech
Aerotek
**Job Title: Electrical Instrumentation Tech**
**Job Description**
The Instrument Technician (EIT) is a crucial hourly position reporting to the IT Supervisor. This role requires a process expert who can handle electrical, electronic, and instrument specialist responsibilities. The position involves addressing process equipment issues, performing preventive and predictive maintenance, eliminating special cause variations, and driving safety and quality while optimizing plant efficiency.
**Responsibilities**
+ Follow all safety policies and procedures to maintain a safe, accident-free work environment.
+ Assist in analyzing, troubleshooting, installing, and repairing electrical equipment, instruments, controls, machinery, and systems.
+ Perform precision work using machines, equipment, and measuring instruments relevant to the job.
+ Ensure the availability of required items and inventory.
+ Utilize journeyman-level electrical, electronic, and instrument functional skills and light mechanical assembly to preserve and optimize plant assets.
+ Provide support and leadership to other craft and non-craft employees during maintenance tasks, particularly during breakdown scenarios.
+ Plan and perform operational maintenance on machinery and equipment associated with plant operations.
+ Work from electrical diagrams, engineering drawings, sketches, equipment manuals, and written or verbal instructions.
+ Act as a trainer for production, apprentice, and other craft personnel, participating in training plans and certification processes.
+ Act as a liaison to management, suppliers, and customers.
+ Assist with developmental and experimental projects.
+ Utilize computer expertise to complete records and reports, manage data, and use software applications like SAP.
+ Develop and maintain skills and knowledge through formal and informal training situations.
+ Modify and update schematics and catalogs.
+ Maintain and calibrate pH probes.
+ Perform lighting repairs, including lamp/ballast replacement, socket replacement, and wiring repair.
+ Make process equipment mechanical repairs, such as solenoid replacement, limit switch adjustments, and vertical pump rebuilds or replacements.
**Essential Skills**
+ PLC troubleshooting
+ Ladder logic
+ Electrical maintenance
+ 480v and 24v systems
+ Photo eyes
+ Variable frequency drives (VFD)
+ Sensors
+ Start-stop switches
+ Electrical circuits
+ Schematics
+ Multimeter usage
+ Mechanical skills
+ Hydraulics
+ Pneumatics
+ Strong electrical maintenance abilities with high-level troubleshooting skills
**Additional Skills & Qualifications**
+ Experience in electrical maintenance
**Why Work Here?**
Join a union plant with great pay and incredible tenure, where the average employee has been with us for over 20 years. Enjoy a good work-life balance and benefit from a week of vacation starting immediately after a 90-day probationary period.
**Work Environment**
Industrial setting with open availability required for day shift (Monday to Friday, 7 AM to 3:30 PM) and night shift (3 on 3 off, 7 PM to 7 AM).
**Job Type & Location**
This is a Permanent position based out of Fairburn, Georgia.
**About Aerotek:**
We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.
Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
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