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Technician, Maintenance, Electrician & Instrument Mechanic

Celanese
Washington, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 27 Oct 2025

About the role

Overview

Celanese is immediately hiring a full-time, experienced Electrician & Instrument Mechanic at Washington Works in Washington, WV. A career at Celanese means you are a part of something bigger. By joining our team, you will have the satisfaction of working in an engaging work environment. You can expect an industry-leading benefits package and inclusive work environments designed to help you thrive. Beyond the typical 401k, PTO, medical insurance packages, we also offer: 

  • Work-life balance – Offering multiple scheduling options. 
  • Career path. From this role, you can advance to leadership or technical roles. 
  • An award-winning workplace.

As an Electrician/Instrument Mechanic you will install new equipment and maintain, test, calibrate and repair all electrical distribution systems and control instruments, whether electrical, pneumatic, or other.

 

Responsibilities

The key job responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Conform to plant safety and environmental requirements, accepting responsibility for personal safety
  • Perform safety hazard assessments prior to initiating work to ensure elimination of hazards
  • Complete Lock, Tag and Try (LT&T) procedure on machines to assure equipment is inoperable and safe to work on
  • Ability to work in a team environment and communication with other employees using multiple methods of communication
  • Understand and participate in maintenance reliability programs and processes.
  • Utilize computer and administrative skills for feedback to the Work Management Process and SAP, or as directed by management
  • Other duties as assigned by Management

 

Typical duties of an E&I Mechanic include, but are not limited to:

  • Follows safe work practices as set forth by company standards, NFPA, and other codes in electrically classified and non-classified areas.
  • Uses Lock, Tag, Clear and Try procedure and other safe work procedures before beginning work on equipment and systems.
  • Work in PSM (Process Safety Management) rated and non-PSM facilities and strictly adhere to safety principles and policies as a condition of employment.
  • Understand, skills to read Process and Instrumentation diagrams, loop sheets, control schematics, I-line diagrams, electrical control circuit diagrams.  Ability to associate circuit symbols with actual components.
  • Installation of minor improvement projects:
    • Support commissioning of improvement projects; calibrating instrumentation or verifying loop control signals
    • Field calibration of instrumentation equipment;
      • Use of field calibration tools; HART or BRAIN communicators, use of pneumatic tools to calibrate pressure devices
    • Installation of instrument tubing;
    • Ability to install conduit of various trade sizes (typically rigid) and accessories.
  • Tests, troubleshoots, and repairs electronic equipment and electrical circuits as required by using specialized instruments such as multi-meters, clamp-on ammeters, oscilloscopes, and frequency meters and computers. Installs specialized troubleshooting equipment for diagnostics.
  • Troubleshoots process control computer systems, including but not limited to DCS, PLCs, control systems using portable computers; troubleshoots temperature, level, and pressure control instruments and processors; troubleshoots AC or DC variable speed drives and speed control systems.
  • Ensures operation of machinery and mechanical equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements on equipment, following diagrams, sketches, operations manuals, manufacturer's instructions, and engineering specifications.
  • Provide emergency/unscheduled repairs of research equipment or perform scheduled maintenance repairs of same equipment as needed.
  • Read and interpret equipment manuals and work orders to perform required maintenance and service and/or install new equipment.
  • Diagnose problems, replace, or repair parts, test and adjust field process equipment.
  • Perform regular preventive maintenance and calibrations on equipment.
  • Use a variety of hand and power tools, electric meters, welding, cutting and material handling equipment in performing duties.
  • Ability to operate shop equipment such as power tools, test gauges, meters, drill press, pipe cutter and threader, reamer, gas torch, grinders, pipe benders, etc.
  • Ability to install, repair, replace all types of electrical equipment and wiring including the grounding procedure on all circuits.
  • Ability to learn new computer software systems and have experience with Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
  • Able to troubleshoot and maintai

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