Electrical and Instrumentation Technician III

Job ID: 526165

Ash Grove family of companies is one of North America's leading cement manufacturers, with a legacy of innovation and excellence dating back to 1882.

The company operates 12 world-class cement plants and a vast network of 41 terminals across the United States and Canada.

Renowned for its forward-thinking approach, Ash Grove combines technical expertise, robust safety standards, and empowered talent to deliver high performance and better serve our customers.

At Ash Grove, we stand together to reinvent the way our world is built.

To learn more about us go to www.ashgrove.com

Position: Electrical and Instrumentation Technician

Reports to: Electrical Superintendent

Shift: Day Shift, Monday-Friday with on-call rotation every 5 weeks

Pay: $37/hour+

At Ash Grove Cement, people are our first priority.

We offer a complete benefits package to include:



* Health Insurance


* Dental Insurance


* Vision Insurance


* Retirement Plan


* Paid Time Off, Paid Holidays


* Tuition Reimbursement


* Employee Assistance Program


* Disability Pay


* Life Insurance


* Growth Opportunities and more!

What you'll be contributing:

Under the supervision of the Electrical Superintendent, the primary function of the Electrical/Instrument Technician is to maintain, calibrate, perform trouble analysis, consult, research, and develop process control instrumentation for the purpose of obtaining optimum production efficiency.



* Promote and follow all plant safety guidelines.


* Installs, maintains and calibrates process control and instrumentation equipment including, but not limited to, flow meters, thermocouples, RTDs, transmitters, weigh feeders, starters, DC drives, AC drives, VFDs, and emissions analyzers.


* Calibrates and maintains all emissions analyzers in accordance with service manuals and regulatory permit requirements


* Maintains instrument logbook on all maintenance activity


* Ensures process control data is being recorded, backed-up and archived


* Performs maintenance on existing instrument equipment


* Performs new instrumentation construction installation


* Operates mobile equipment


* Pull wires and to repair or replace lights and fixtures.


* Perform ground testing and megger testing.


* Repair and service HVAC equipment, laboratory equipment, cameras and kiln scanners, and motors.


* Inspect, PM and maintain generators, Pfister and other feeders, MCCs and Transformers, PLCs, hydraulic systems,, pressure vessels,


* Inspect, PM and maintain other cement plant equipment such as dust collectors, conveyors, kilns, clinker coolers, coal mills, ball mills, vertical mills, vibrators, flow meters, bin level systems, temperature probes, level gauges, fans, blowers, pressure vessels, pumps, valves and gates, air separators, silos, reclaimer, load-out equipment, etc


* Additional duties as assigned by supervisor

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