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Technician IV at BAE Systems in Location not listed
Mid LevelOn-siteNot specified
Job Description
Role Summary
The Control Systems Technician is a critical role responsible for ensuring the operational reliability and safety of chemical production and plant utility systems. This position focuses on the troubleshooting, repair, and preventive maintenance of complex electrical and instrumentation systems in a continuous manufacturing and plant utility environment. Work schedule is 6 am – 4:30 pm (M – Th).
Primary Responsibilities
Technical Troubleshooting, Corrective, & Preventive Maintenance
The Control Systems Technician is a critical role responsible for ensuring the operational reliability and safety of chemical production and plant utility systems. This position focuses on the troubleshooting, repair, and preventive maintenance of complex electrical and instrumentation systems in a continuous manufacturing and plant utility environment. Work schedule is 6 am – 4:30 pm (M – Th).
Primary Responsibilities
Technical Troubleshooting, Corrective, & Preventive Maintenance
- Provide diagnostic and repair support for instrument and control system failures within explosive / acid production and utility environments.
- Conduct preventive maintenance tasks to service and calibrate process control (temperature, pressure, level, flow, valves), analytical instrumentation (pH, Conductivity, TOC, CEMs), and laboratory equipment.
- Troubleshoot and repair a wide array of industrial equipment, including:
- Controls: PLCs, VFDs, and complex control systems.
- Instrumentation: Pneumatic and electrical sensors for temperature, humidity, flow, level, pressure, pH, and conductivity.
- Power Distribution: Secondary power distribution, medium voltage switchgear, high-current breakers, and high-voltage pumps.
- Fire Suppression / Detection: Fire Alarm control panels, initiating devices, supervisory panels, annunciators, RF systems, ESD devices.
- Utilize electrical schematics, single-line diagrams, and P&IDs to diagnose system faults and identify required repair materials.
- Communication Systems & Protocols: mobile radios, base stations, repeaters, duplexers; RF, HART, Profibus, Ethernet, Fiber, CCTV
- Execute assigned work orders and preventive maintenance (PM) tasks to minimize unplanned downtime.
- Collaborate with electricians and other skilled crafts to ensure integrated system functionality.
- Assist occasionally in the commissioning and check-out of new modernization projects and facility upgrades.
- Strictly adhere to Lock-Out/Tag-Out (LOTO) procedures and disable all energy sources to ensure a safe working environment.
- Maintain full compliance with National Electric Code (NEC), NFPA, and OSHA safety standards.
- Document all corrective actions accurately within the CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System).
- Ensure precise labor reporting via the KRONOS system.