Electrical and Controls Maintenance Technician
Crucible Zinc
Clarksville, TN
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Clarksville, TN
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Crucible Zinc, formally known as Nyrstar, is a growth-oriented metals manufacturing company focused on producing high-quality zinc products through safe, efficient, and environmentally responsible processes. We are committed to operational excellence, continuous improvement, and responsible stewardship of our people and resources. Our team-driven culture emphasizes safety, integrity, and collaboration while investing in innovation and employee development. At Crucible Zinc, employees play a vital role in supporting reliable operations and delivering value to our customers and communities.
Overview of the role: Electrical and Controls Maintenance Technician
This role ensures the efficient, and reliable operation of all electrical and automation systems, while supporting production goals and compliance with regulatory standards. The technician provides technical expertise, works with a team of skilled electrical technicians, and collaborates cross-functionally to drive innovation, minimize downtime, and enhance system performance.
Key Accountabilities
- Complies with all CHESS work practices and electrical safety rules.
- Conduct Risk Assessments prior to work to identify and reduce risk.
- Serves as an active member on a team of electrical technicians.
- Completes on call request, outage and daily planned work.
- Directly responsible for work completion with quality. Submits time confirmations with follow on work notification as required.
- Actively participates in complex troubleshooting efforts using structured root cause analysis (RCA) processes.
- Executes work orders for the weekly plan cycle.
- Directly executes emergent work.
- Must be able to adhere to the published work schedule while being flexible in hours based on workload.
- Willing to work and take call ins all shifts including holidays and weekends when demanded by the job.
- Maintains compliance with Nyrstar Environmental policies.
- Must have knowledge to use hand tools on a daily basis such as power tools, Multimeter, Insulation Tester (Megger), Process Multimeter (Calibrator), Field Communicator, 3 phase Power Logger, Oscilloscope, etc.
- Work from elevated areas (ladders, platforms, scaffolding, and others as required) utilizing fall protection equipment when needed.
- Must be able to utilize industrial powered vehicles (Forklift, Aerial Lift, Scissor Lift).
- Work near equipment with high levels of electrical incident energy.
- Must have a working knowledge and proficiency of installing, repairing and maintaining industrial electrical components and equipment. Lighting, electrical protective devices, motors, VFD’s, soft-starts, wye-delta systems, generators along with relay and ethernet based controls. Must have a working knowledge of PLC’s, schematics, mathematics, basic computer literacy, safe electrical test and measurement best practices.
- Must have an awareness and be able to perform calibration and documentation of functions pertaining to the key elements of flow measurement, level measurement, pressure, temperature, analytical instrumentation. Must be able to troubleshoot process control loops – using key elements and specialized testing equipment.
- Must have an awareness and be able to perform functions pertaining to terminating motor starters, control & power wires; cut, thread, bend and install raceway, conduit and cable trays in an industrial setting; Install wire through raceway and cable trays.
- Maintenance and Isolation of various electrical power apparatus including medium voltage circuit breakers. High voltage transformers, instrument transformers, grounding systems, meters, relays.
- Manage and maintain a high standard of housekeeping within the department.
Qualifications/Experience:
- 3-5 + yrs. experience in an industrial electrical & Instrumentation setting.
- Certification/degree in industrial maintenance/repair.
- Strong Controls, and electrical skills with a willingness to learn and expand your skills.
- Must be willing to work overtime on weekdays, weekends and holidays as required.
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