Highlights
This is an excellent opportunity to maximize your earnings with: Pay Potential Up to $40/Hour 12-Hour Shift Schedule with Built-In Overtime Additional Night Shift Differential Sign-On Bonus Available Comprehensive Benefits Package Stable, Long-Term Career Growth Work with Modern Automation, Controls, and RoboticsIf you're looking for a challenging and rewarding role where your technical expertise is valued and rewarded, we want to hear from you. Join Austin Powder's Red Diamond Plant in McArthur, Ohio, where you'll work with advanced industrial equipment, automation systems, PLCs, robotics, and instrumentation in a highly specialized manufacturing environment.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | McArthur, Ohio |
| Industry | Mining |
| Company Size | 1,500 to 1,999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1833 |
| Website | http://austinpowder.com/ |
Description
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Job Summary
E&I Technician (Electrical & Instrumentation Technician)Earn Up to $40/Hour + Built-In Overtime + Night Shift Differential + Sign-On Bonus! Now Offering a Competitive SIGN-ON BONUS! Are you an experienced Electrical & Instrumentation Technician looking for a career, not just a job? Join Austin Powder's Red Diamond Plant in McArthur, Ohio, where you'll work with advanced industrial equipment, automation systems, PLCs, robotics, and instrumentation in a highly specialized manufacturing environment.This is an excellent opportunity to maximize your earnings with: Pay Potential Up to $40/Hour 12-Hour Shift Schedule with Built-In Overtime Additional Night Shift Differential Sign-On Bonus Available Comprehensive Benefits Package Stable, Long-Term Career Growth Work with Modern Automation, Controls, and RoboticsIf you're looking for a challenging and rewarding role where your technical expertise is valued and rewarded, we want to hear from you.Position Summary
The E&I Technician works closely with Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, and Safety teams to ensure the reliability and performance of critical electrical, instrumentation, automation, and control systems throughout the facility. This position reports directly to the E&I Maintenance Supervisor and plays a key role in maintaining safe, efficient, and reliable plant operations.
What You'll Do
Electrical Systems Maintenance & Troubleshooting
- Install, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair electrical equipment and systems up to 480V.
- Diagnose electrical faults using multimeters, ohm meters, and other diagnostic tools.
- Troubleshoot motors, drives, motor control centers (MCCs), and power distribution systems.
- Repair and maintain Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs) and motor control circuits.
Instrumentation & Controls
- Install, calibrate, troubleshoot, and maintain plant instrumentation.
- Perform loop checks, instrument calibrations, and system verification testing.
- Support PLC, HMI, sensor, and automation system reliability.
- Assist in diagnosing and resolving process control issues.
Preventive & Predictive Maintenance
- Execute preventative and predictive maintenance programs.
- Document maintenance activities within CMMS systems.
- Assist with continuous improvement and reliability initiatives.
- Help identify opportunities to improve equipment uptime, efficiency, and safety.
What We're Looking For
Required Experience
- 3-5 years of experience as an Electrical & Instrumentation Technician, Controls Technician, Automation Technician, or similar industrial maintenance role.
- Experience troubleshooting industrial electrical systems and controls.
- Hands-on experience with PLCs, HMIs, sensors, instrumentation, and motor controls.
- Proficiency using electrical testing and diagnostic equipment.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with industrial communication networks and protocols.
- Experience working with robotics or automated manufacturing systems.
- Familiarity with CMMS systems and reliability-centered maintenance practices.
Skills & Knowledge
Successful candidates will have experience with:
- Electrical and instrumentation troubleshooting and repair
- PLCs, VFDs, sensors, transmitters, and control systems
- Reading and interpreting:
- Electrical schematics
- Wiring diagrams
- P&IDs
- Loop drawings
- Technical manuals
- Ladder logic
- Electromechanical systems and automated machinery
- Root cause troubleshooting and problem solving
- Safe work practices in an industrial environment
Why Join Austin Powder?
At Austin Powder, you'll be part of a team that supports critical operations through innovation, reliability, and technical excellence. We invest in our employees and provide opportunities to expand your skills in electrical systems, automation, controls, instrumentation, and advanced manufacturing technologies.
Whether you're looking to advance your technical career, increase your earning potential, or work with cutting-edge industrial systems, this is a great opportunity to join a respected industry leader.
Compensation Highlights
- Pay Potential Up to $40/Hour
- Built-In Overtime with 12-Hour Shift Schedule
- Night Shift Differential
- Sign-On Bonus
- Comprehensive Benefits Package
- Paid Time Off and Holidays
- Training and Career Development Opportunities
Work Environment
This position is based at the Red Diamond Plant in McArthur, Ohio. Work is performed throughout the facility, both indoors and outdoors, and may involve exposure to varying weather conditions and industrial manufacturing environments.
Ready to Power Your Career Forward?
Apply today and explore why experienced E&I Technicians are choosing Austin Powder for competitive pay, career growth, advanced technology, and long-term stability.
Austin Powder is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law. Austin Powder also participates in E-Verify.
This contractor and subcontractor shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-1.4(a), 60-300.5(a) and 60-741.5(a). These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities, and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, and for inquiring about, discussing or disclosing compensation. Moreover, these regulations require that covered prime contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.
About Company
In 1833, America was emerging as a vibrant, growing country with virtually boundless energy and a manifest destiny. The Erie Canal, in operation for eight years, had cut travel time from New York westward to Buffalo by one-third for both people and cargo. The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, America's first passenger train, was opening up the western reserve.
Part of the westward migration involved, literally, moving mountains. Austin Powder was founded in that same year to produce the black powder that would help break the rocks, mine the coal and build the canals. From the banks of the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, Ohio, we grew as the country grew.
We have been in business for over 180 years. Today, we manufacture a full line of industrial explosives and accessories, and provide blasting services to customers throughout North America and around the world.
While our black powder days are long gone, the original spirit and initiative remain as part of our corporate culture. We are pleased to be of service to our mining, quarrying, construction, and seismic exploration customers in North America and throughout the world.