Operations and Instrumentation Technician

Location(s) Marshalltown, Iowa Company Koch Fertilizer Career Field Operations & Manufacturing Job Number 163059

Your Job

Koch Fertilizer, LLC is now hiring a self-driven Operations and Instrumentation Technician to join the fertilizer shipping and storage terminal located in Marshalltown, IA. You will be responsible for troubleshooting and maintaining I&E control systems and will perform duties to ensure the safe, compliant, and reliable operation of the terminal.

Our Benefits Package Includes:

• $5,000 sign on bonus!
• Bonus eligible
• Competitive 401K company contribution and employer match program
• Excellent Health benefits
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Opportunity for advancement

This is a flexible day shift position, Monday – Friday and may include some over-night travel to other terminals.  The successful candidate will be willing and able to work a rotating 24 hour on-call schedule and report to the terminal within 45 minutes.

 

Our Team

Koch Fertilizer, LLC owns network of storage and terminal assets across the Midwest responsible for storage and shipment of anhydrous ammonia and other fertilizer products to customers for agricultural and industrial use.

What You Will Do

• Manage calibration, installation, verification, and validation of Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS), Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) Human Machine Interface (HMI) systems
• Troubleshoot and maintain I&E Control systems through inspections, tests, adjustments, and repairs of electric, electronic, mechanical, instruments and systems
• Manage daily maintenance work utilizing a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS)
• Perform reliability-based maintenance, repair, or replacement of a variety of instruments including but not limited to, flow, level, pressure, temperature, vibration, variable frequency drives, electric motors, and analyzers
• Improve, develop, and implement maintenance process improvements and efficiencies
• Troubleshoot, maintain, and operate ammonia refrigeration, storage, loading/unloading systems
• Work with full life cycle of ammonia processes including refrigeration, gas fired heating, instrumentation, and PLC control systems, pumps, motors, and loading/unloading product

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience OR training in the maintenance and troubleshooting electrical control systems
• Experience reading electrical drawings
• Valid Driver's license
• Must be willing and able to live within 45 minutes of the terminal

Physical Requirements:

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