Arkema · 16 hours ago
IE Controls Technician Job
Houston, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expArkema Inc. is actively recruiting for an IE Controls Technician who will be responsible for troubleshooting and repairing electrical and instrumentation equipment in a chemical processing facility. The role involves ensuring compliance with safety policies and continuous improvement processes, as well as engaging in various technical responsibilities related to instrumentation and controls.
IndustrialManufacturingPlastics and Rubber Manufacturing
Responsibilities
Engages in corporate and site safety policies and initiatives. (The Essentials, SWAT, CHATS-BBS etc.)
Supports and promotes the reporting of all health, safety, environmental, near-miss, accident, or injury incidents
Ensures safe work practices and policies are being followed. Permitting, Waste Disposal, Decontamination of equipment, PPE
Performs effective preventive and predictive monitoring and maintenance techniques to identify and define abnormal operating conditions
Troubleshoots, repairs, calibrates, and installs electrical and instrumentation equipment that is used in the chemical processing facility
Ensures housekeeping is always kept high priority
Updates maintenance supervisors with job status
Reads and interprets work orders, equipment manuals, and I&E drawings to perform required maintenance
Creates and submits repair reports and documentation to meet ISO standards
Collects equipment operation and history data to facilitate reliability improvements
Creates comprehensive procedures to meet corporate and industry requirements related to instrumentation, Electrical, and Analyzers
Updates equipment records
Participates in Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Incident Investigations
Assists other trades in performing assigned work as requested
Actively engages with assigned plant capital I&E/Controls project activity
Supports plant through continuous improvement of process controls equipment reducing repair frequency and increasing equipment reliability
Provides advanced troubleshooting capabilities of plant equipment, such as tracking trends
Performs programming for DCS Controls and remote PLC’s
Responsible for supporting the management of Safety Critical Safeguards by ensuring the discipline of PM loops checks and safety bypass is performed in compliance with site, corporate and industry standard (ISA)
Responsible for creating comprehensive procedures related to calibrations, validations and loop checks for all needed instrumentation
Engages in PHA’s representing as an instrument and controls SME
Assists Maintenance support staff with job scope, planning, and scheduling of instrument and controls related items
Provides continuous engagement with operations/production staff around controls providing effective results to operating procedures, operator rounds, alarm management and SCS discipline
Qualification
Required
High school diploma. Technical education/certification preferred
Minimum 5 years IE Technician experience in industrial type environment
Minimum 5 years DCS and PLC controls programming experience. Honeywell/TRICONEX Preferred
Knowledge of Microsoft Office, Outlook, and SAP
Demonstrated leadership, learning and development skills
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Ability to effectively interface with manufacturing, engineering, and other functions including contractors
Strong interpersonal skills are required as well as the ability to solve problems and present solutions
Ability to influence without formal authority
Extensive knowledge and experience with various instrumentation installation, calibration, maintenance and troubleshooting along with the ability to read and understand P&ID and Loop Drawings. Experience using communicator to verify settings and programming of instruments in the field
Experience troubleshooting and programming PLC's, ladder logic, control valves, Triconex and Honeywell software packages or related DCS platforms
Knowledge and experience of troubleshooting equipment with Voltages 12.47 kV and 480V
Proficient with reading and understanding P&ID, Relay Drawings, Electrical One-Lines and Loop Drawings
Knowledge of testing and maintenance of VFD's, Transformers, Large Motors, UPS Systems and Breakers
Company
Arkema
Arkema produces speciality chemicals.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.47B2025-09-02Post Ipo Debt· $584.71M
2025-05-20Post Ipo Debt· $450.07M
2024-03-14Post Ipo Debt· $435.31M
Leadership Team
Thierry Le Hénaff
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Marie-José Donsion
Group CFO
Recent News
2026-01-15
2026-01-14
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