Senior Instrument & Controls Technician

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RED-Rochester is a multi-utility plant and district energy supplier to one of the world’s most comprehensive industrial parks: the Eastman Business Park. Supporting a 1,200-acre campus, RED-Rochester has the utilities, infrastructure, technical services, support services, space and complementary regional resources to benefit a wide range of industry verticals. We are seeking a Senior Instrument & Controls Technician who enjoys the challenge of installing, maintaining, and coordinating power plant control systems. Our infrastructure consists of a blend of classic and modern industrial assets and requires a person with broad industrial and utilities expertise – able to instruct and advise others; able to manage both up and down the organization; and able to work collaboratively with other departments to achieve success. This role is responsible for maintenance of the plant control systems and instrumentation, coordinating work of the I&C team members and working directly with a wide variety of pneumatic, electronic, microcomputer instrumentation and control systems to install, maintain and repair the instrumentation and control systems used in the utility plant.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Coordinates work of the I&C team to assure plant needs are met.
• Installs, repairs, maintains, and adjusts process instruments, used to control and measure variables, such as pressure, flow, temperature, and analytical properties, using precision instruments and hand tools.
• Repairs and maintains pneumatic and electronic final control elements, such as control valves and damper drives.
• May occasionally work in motor starters and other electrical enclosures to debug and repair control system issues.
• Inspects and calibrates instruments and test equipment periodically and adjusts calibration to ensure functioning within specified or established standards.
• Repairs and maintains I/O, power systems, and controller hardware for both programmable logic controllers and distributed control systems.
• Maintains and edits control programming for both Programmable logic controllers and distributed control systems.
• Administers the plant distributed control system to maintain adequate access and change control.
• Works closely with field service of key suppliers to assure plant control systems are operated in safe, secure, and effective manner.
• Coordinates outside contractors to accomplish control system project and maintenance work as required.
• Reconfigures plant controls and operating graphics to make improvements and corrections.
• Assures physical security of sensitive control system equipment is maintained.
• Identifies and implements improvement opportunities to improve the efficiency of RED’s operations.

Education and/or Experience: Two-year associate degree in engineering technology or a related field, vocational school certification, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Ten or more years experience working with industrial utility plant control systems

Qualifications

• Must have valid drivers’ license and proof of insurance

Competencies:

• Good communication skills in English.
• Teamwork.
• Strong mechanical and electrical aptitude.
• Ability to follow procedures, work instructions and safety/environmental rules and regulations.
• Excellent problem solving and demonstrated trouble shooting skills.
• Ability to recognize opportunities for process improvements and assist in implementation.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to consult manuals read and interpret circuit diagrams, electrical schematics, and other drawings.
• Knowledge of industrial utility equipment and systems including boilers, turbines, generators, chillers, cooling towers, and air compressors.
• Familiarity with modern network media, equipment, and technology including both copper and fiber media.
• Familiarity with the Windows operating system, Office programs, and Windows PC’s
• Experience in maintaining distributed control systems and programmable logic controllers.

Work Environment

• Industrial environment.
• Working inside in extreme conditions from basements to rooftops and above including inspections of cooling towers.
• Work may be outside in all weather conditions from street level to roof tops.
• Work may take place in chemical, noisy, hot, or dirty areas.
• Will be operating heavy-duty machinery and vehicles including, Boomlifts (Manlifts), scissors lifts, fork trucks and power-walkie trucks.

Physical Demands

• Position requires strenuous effort, climbing, stair climbing, and crawling to accomplish equipment isolation and movement of material
• Lifting and carrying of a variety of equipment weighing up to 50 lbs is sometimes necessary.