Instrument and Electrical Maintenance Technician

VLS Environmental Solutions, LLC, is a recognized leader in providing sustainability solutions, with three divisions providing industry-leading services. With a mission to innovate solutions to meet clients' sustainability goals, VLS has over 1,200 employees in 40+ locations across North America.

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VLS Waste Services provides customized waste processing solutions for hazardous and non-hazardous industrial and commercial waste, including landfill diversion and sustainability programs, solidification of liquid waste, recycling, wastewater treatment, and waste sequestration.

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Marine Services

VLS Marine Services division offers state-of-the-art barge cleaning, repair, and gas-free facilities for various chemical solvents and downstream petroleum products.

Requirements:

Role Summary:

Maintenance, trouble shooting, new installation, and repair of the instrumentation and electrical equipment.

Job Duties:

• Knowledge of DCS system, Delta V system, and Calibration equipment (Hart Communicator). Instrumentation installation of level controls, flow meters, flow valves, assist with design and placement of new instrumentation install. Trouble shooting flow meters, levels, DCS system, and control valves.
• Installation and troubleshooting of electrical controls, motors, switch gear, and conduit.
• Inspects wiring and equipment for conformance to company specifications or local electrical codes.
• Establishes or adjusts work procedures to meet production schedules. Suggests changes in working schedules/conditions and use of equipment to increase efficiency of department.
• Interprets specifications, blueprints and Work Orders.
• Meets with supervisors to coordinate activities with other individual departments.
• Ensures constant communication with other departments to maintain equipment consistency and repeatability, resulting in producing a quality product.
• Perform periodic walk through of work area to ensure all instruments are calibrated and working correctly
• Troubleshoot problem areas to determine root cause and devise corrective action plan.
• Understanding and knowledge of Safety Procedures.

Requirements:

• Certificate from a college or trade school;
• five to ten years or more related experience and/or training.
• Experience in Instrument/Electrical in a chemical process plant.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules and maintenance instructions and procedures.
• Ability to receive detailed instructions by telephone and/or hand held radio.
• Ability to solve practical problems.
• Must be able to write routine reports and correspondence.

Req Benefits:

At VLS our employees are the core of our business. As such, we value our employees' physical, mental, and financial wellbeing by providing first class, high value benefits and resources that are centered around a proper work-life balance.

Physical and Mental Wellbeing: VLS is committed to supporting our employees' physical and mental health by providing:

Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance - Based on each employee's need, we offer various high quality, low-premium medical, dental and vision plans, which include our first-in-class concierge service (available in Spanish) and 2nd MD Offering.

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and Healthcare Saving Accounts (HSA) - Set aside pre-tax money to use toward your health care spending. VLS provides an employer contribution to all HSA accounts.

Time Off - We offer 11 (eleven) company-paid holidays, in addition to our paid time off and voluntary time off plans.

Employee Assistance Program - 24/7 assistance and counseling services that are 100% confidential and free to all employees and their dependents.

Telemedicine - All employees and dependents receive free virtual visits by licensed practitioners any time, any day...including holidays

Financial and Retirement Planning: At VLS we offer the following to assist our employees with planning around their finances and saving for retirement:

401(k) - Generous 401(k) matching program after 90 days of employment. VLS will match up to 5% of your pay every pay period. Matching contributions are 100% vested immediately.

Life and Disability Insurance - Employer-paid life insurance, along with short-term and long-term disability coverage provided to all full-time employees.

Voluntary Life Protection Plans - Employees and their dependents can elect coverage in our voluntary life/add, critical illness, hospital indemnity and accident plans.

Rewards and Recognition Programs - We celebrate our employees From birthdays to anniversaries and other various milestones/achievements, we have programs in place to recognize our employees.

Financial Planning - Free One on One financial planning with a certified Financial Planner/Coach.

Employee Discount - Employee Discount Program for savings on everyday goods and services at various retailers throughout the US.