Electrical and Instrumentation Technician

Veolia North America • Richmond, VA • 11h ago

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 Plant Manager 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 2400 Volts.

Demonstrated experience and knowledge at reading process flow diagrams and control and instrumentation diagrams and interpreting manufacturer's manuals and drawings.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

Thorough understanding of electrical safety procedures and Lock-Out.

Tag-Out procedures.

Familiarity with principles of refrigeration and thermodynamics.

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 Virginia 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:

Ability to lift heavy equipment and carry materials up and down stairs with the capacity of lifting 50 pounds.

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. Pay and benefits for employees represented by a union are outlined in their collective bargaining agreement.

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.

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