Instrumental Electrician|Pine Bluff|

Pay Rate Starting at $33.18 per hour

Shift: 7am-3pm (Monday-Friday)

Nice to meet you, we are Suzano! 

At Suzano, we believe innovation and sustainability go hand in hand. This union gave rise to a meaningful attitude: innovability, which guides us in thinking outside the box and looking beyond to tackle the challenges of the 21st century. We plant and grow trees. We transform this renewable raw material into innovative and sustainable bioproducts that are part of the everyday life of over 2 billion people. We cultivate life on the sheet of the notebook that teaches children, in the diaper that protects babies, in the biodegradable cup of coffee that does not harm the environment, in absorbent papers and in the convenience of using sustainable packaging. 

Suzano is expanding its operations in the U.S., and we are seeking an experienced Instrumental Electrician to join our team at our paper packaging facility in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. 

Job Specific Responsibilities:

• Perform routine, preventive, and predictive maintenance on electrical and instrumentation equipment throughout the plant.
• Perform emergency maintenance on failed equipment to ensure minimal equipment downtime
• Maintain and troubleshoot PLC’s, process controls, electrical, instrument, hydraulic, and pneumatic equipment
• Apply all applicable codes, regulations, reliability strategies, safety, environmental, and OEM standards.
• Maintain power distribution systems
• Improve operations productivity and quality by anticipating and eliminating potential delays through planning,
• Successfully support daily activities, shutdowns, long-term planning and capital projects
• Support reliability initiatives such as motor testing, ultrasonic, power analysis, thermography
• Perform precision maintenance calibrations and repairs.
• Manage system changes by backing up programs, updating documentation, schematics, and drawings.
• Work in temperature extremes in summer and winter months.
• Work in and around automated manufacturing equipment with moving forklifts, cranes and floor conveyors.
• Employees must strictly adhere to attendance policy.
• Employees must perform all assigned task as directed.
• This is a full time position working 48 or more hours per week.
• Understand and comply with all safety rules, regulations and policies.
• Employees must wear various types of personal protective equipment (safety glasses, side shields, hearing protection, aprons, harnesses, steel toed shoes, gloves, reflective vest, etc.) Safely work in confined spaces, use LO/TO procedures and other safety processes, etc.

Physical Requirements:

• Lifting and Carrying: Must be able to lift, carry, push, or pull objects that weight at least 50 pounds on a regular basis.
  
• Standing and Walking: Must be able to withstand frequent standing or walking, sometimes for extended periods of time.
• Climbing and Bending: Must be able to perform tasks that involve ascending or descending ladders, stairs, or scaffolding, and performing bending, stooping, or kneeling actions.
  
• Repetitive Movements: Must be able to engage in repetitive motions, such as typing, grasping, or operating machinery and power tools.Mobility: Must be able to move between or within work areas, including navigating various surfaces and confined spaces.
  
• Exposure to Elements: Must be able to work in outdoor or indoor conditions with exposure to precipitation, wind, or varying temperatures.

Required Qualifications:

• • Two (2) years or more of experience as an Electrical and Instrumentation Technician in an industrial environment OR
  • A two (2) year degree or higher in Industrial Electrical Maintenance and one (1) year experience in Industrial Electrical Maintenance OR
  • Three (3) years or more experience in Industrial Electrical Maintenance.

• Meets the physical and safety requirements of the job while working 12 hour shifts, including holidays, overtime, and weekends.
• Experience reading blueprints, schematics, and loop sheets.
• Knowledge of electrical hazards and safety procedures and OSHA requirements.
• Experience diagnosing and repairing various electrical and electronic equipment such as AC and DC motors, motor starter circuits, PLC’s, Variable frequency drives, 480v circuits and above,
• Good communication skills
• Ability to work with others
• Ability to work in hostile environments.
• Self-motivated with a sense of urgency

Desired Qualifications:

• Good computer skills
• Experience with a Computerized Maintenance Management System
• Experience with mechanical maintenance such as welding, cutting, fitting,
• Hydraulics experience
• Paper mill experience
• Experience with distributed controls systems
• Programming experience including the ability to create, monitor, modify PLC and DCS logic.
• Pneumatics experience
• Experience with power distribution