What are the responsibilities and job description for the Digital Maintenance Technician position at Flint Hills Resources?
Your Job
Are you seeking an opportunity to grow and be rewarded for your performance? If so, Flint Hills Resources in Pine Bend, Minnesota has a career opportunity for an experienced Digital Maintenance Technician in our refining business and we are looking for great people to grow with us. If you are looking for a way to accelerate your career and be part of an industry-leading company, this may be the opportunity for you!
Our Team
At our Pine Bend refinery, Digital Maintenance Technicians are recognized as subject matter experts (SMEs) regarding the specification, installation, maintenance, configuration, life-cycle management, reliability/availability, troubleshooting, upgrade, and the best practices of PLC/DCS application in current use in the plant and as recommended by the vendor and industry. Our Digital Maintenance Technicians apply their knowledge and talents while collaborating daily with Board Operators, Process Control Engineers, IT Engineers, and Project Engineers, their design teams, and project stakeholders to achieve business-focused results. As a member of the Digital Maintenance Team, you will be required to participate as a member of the Digital On-Call rotation schedule to cover after-hour troubleshooting/repair activities.
What You Will Do
At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.
Hiring Philosophy
All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.
Who We Are
As a Koch company, Flint Hills Resources is an industry-leading refining company making the oil and transportation products that keep the world moving. We make a large supply of fuel for gas stations and airports in addition to transporting crude oil, natural gas liquids and refined products through 4,000 miles of pipeline – delivering energy to farmers, manufacturers and families. Our team champions innovation and excellence to help power modern life.
At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.
Our Benefits
Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.
Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.
Equal Opportunities
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aquí, or tu).
Are you seeking an opportunity to grow and be rewarded for your performance? If so, Flint Hills Resources in Pine Bend, Minnesota has a career opportunity for an experienced Digital Maintenance Technician in our refining business and we are looking for great people to grow with us. If you are looking for a way to accelerate your career and be part of an industry-leading company, this may be the opportunity for you!
Our Team
At our Pine Bend refinery, Digital Maintenance Technicians are recognized as subject matter experts (SMEs) regarding the specification, installation, maintenance, configuration, life-cycle management, reliability/availability, troubleshooting, upgrade, and the best practices of PLC/DCS application in current use in the plant and as recommended by the vendor and industry. Our Digital Maintenance Technicians apply their knowledge and talents while collaborating daily with Board Operators, Process Control Engineers, IT Engineers, and Project Engineers, their design teams, and project stakeholders to achieve business-focused results. As a member of the Digital Maintenance Team, you will be required to participate as a member of the Digital On-Call rotation schedule to cover after-hour troubleshooting/repair activities.
What You Will Do
- Support the PLC and DCS hardware at the refinery, with a primary focus on PLC Administration
- Support PLC and DCS Upgrade Projects
- Support networking of devices
- Control System Maintenance: - The troubleshooting and repair of PLC/DCS equipment in the refinery - Replacing faulty cards, CPUs, power supplies, etc. - Troubleshooting, diagnosing, and correcting PLC/DCS communication problems - Minor PLC logic or HMI (human-machine interface) graphics programming for modifications to existing software
- Control System Network Communications - The troubleshooting and analysis of communication system issues, preventative maintenance scheduling and development of reliability strategies
- Experience with PLC and DCS maintenance and configuration experience in a chemical plant or petroleum refinery or similar
- Experience using industrial plant automation/control systems hardware and software in automation and process control applications
- Experience with networking protocols such as Modbus, Ethernet, TCP/IP, and HART in industrial control system applications
- Experience with programming documentation processes and procedures
- Experience with engineering documents associated with PLC/DCS and digital equipment such as electrical drawings, logic drawings, P&IDs, Cause and Effect tables
- Experience with PLC Administration
- Experience with the Allen-Bradley family of PLCs, Triconex systems, GE, Wonderware HMI software
- AAS in Instrumentation and Process Control Technology or Electronics
- At least three (3) years of experience in industrial instrumentation maintenance, construction, or project design
- Process/operations/reliability work experience in an industrial facility
- Experience with Emerson DeltaV Distributed Controls Systems (DCS)
- Experience with Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS)Experience with asset lifecycle management
- Experience in a union environment and working with bargaining union employees
At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.
Hiring Philosophy
All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.
Who We Are
As a Koch company, Flint Hills Resources is an industry-leading refining company making the oil and transportation products that keep the world moving. We make a large supply of fuel for gas stations and airports in addition to transporting crude oil, natural gas liquids and refined products through 4,000 miles of pipeline – delivering energy to farmers, manufacturers and families. Our team champions innovation and excellence to help power modern life.
At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.
Our Benefits
Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.
Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.
Equal Opportunities
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aquí, or tu).
Salary : $110,000 - $140,000
