This is a job for a Electrical/Instrumentation Technician position with a company located in New Augusta, MS.

Job Summary: Our Leaf River cellulose facility in New Augusta is looking for Electrical and Instrumentation Technicians that will be doing preventative maintenance, troubleshooting, and making repairs to equipment leading to increased uptime and reliability.

Duties: Ensuring proper operation of all automation and control systems, instrumentation, and electrical infrastructure that supports the production of market pulp, from raw material handling to stock preparation and converting, its chemical recovery processes, and power and steam generation. Sharing knowledge with other technicians for maintaining and troubleshooting various process instrumentation, analytical instrumentation, PLC's and safety PLC's, Distributive Control Systems, variable frequency drives, three phase motors and controls, electrical power distribution and protective relays. Serving as a vital resource for the manufacturing machinery preventative and predictive maintenance programs. Applying all applicable codes, regulations, reliability strategies, corporate and Original Equipment Manufacturer standards. Improving operations productivity and quality by anticipating and eliminating potential delays through planning, and coordination of labor, parts, material, tools, and equipment access. Assisting in the development and implementation of reliability centered maintenance strategies. Understanding and applying electrical safe work practices every day as established in various regulatory standards such as NFPA70e and IEEE along with company established guidelines. Performing work that is physically demanding and repetitive, for extended periods of time, i.e.: lifting, walking, climbing, stooping, standing, pushing, and/or pulling. Maintaining strict adherence to safety rules and regulations, to include wearing safety equipment.

Basic Qualifications: Two (2) or more years of industrial instrumentation, automation and control, or electrical experience in a manufacturing, industrial, or military environment OR a two (2) year technical degree or higher. Experience operating, monitoring, adjusting, maintaining, and troubleshooting machinery.

Perferred Qualifications: Five (5) or more years of instrumentation or automation and control experience in a manufacturing/industrial setting. Experience with power, refining, chemical, or pulp & paper industry. ISA Certification (CCST). Experience using a computer for record-keeping and documentation functions. Experience using a Computerized Maintenance Management Software (CMMS).

Equal Opportunities Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, all offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test.