E&I Technician

About LSB

LSB is committed to playing a leadership role in the production of low and no carbon products that build, feed and power the world. The LSB team is dedicated to building a culture of excellence in customer experiences as we deliver essential products across the agricultural and industrial end markets and, in the future, the energy markets. Join our team and help us develop innovative solutions that will improve the quality of life for current and future generations.

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The Electrical and Instrumentation (E&I) Technician will provide technical support, installation, and repair services to the operation of all plants with the goal of assisting in the optimization, production, efficiency, and reliability of the units while maintaining a safe plant operation. To perform this job successfully, the individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Analyze and troubleshoot plant operations (procedures, equipment, and controls) for efficient and reliable operations.
• Repair and/or install various motors, control valves, transmitters, gauges, wiring, switches, and motor control equipment.
• Manage and maintain instrument calibration documentation.
• Perform work requiring a thorough knowledge of instrument application, operation, and of the electrical and mechanical principles involved in repair, testing, and calibration.
• Maintain and calibrate process instrumentation devices, electrical power distribution and monitoring devices, VFD drives and motor control.
• Perform preventive and predictive maintenance including calibration, using data collectors, testing, and diagnostic tools.
• Investigate equipment failures, determine root cause of failure.
• Able to support call‑out/on‑call requirements.
• Support safety and environmental personnel to ensure the facilities follow all facility emissions permits (air, water, and solid waste) and safety regulations.
• Design, size, select, and estimate installation costs for new process equipment associated with plant modifications and improvements.
• Understand and optimize plant control logic, including implementation via the distributed control system.
• Complete routine process surveys on equipment and operations (pressure, temperature, composition) to ensure efficient operations.
• Actively participate in the completion of inspections during plant outages.
• Complete root‑cause analysis on plant downtime.
• Actively participate in completing all management of change activities and updating and compliance with Process Safety Management (PSM).
• Develop a working‑level knowledge of all LSB Industries – Pryor operating units while having a detailed understanding of the interaction between the ammonia unit and the interconnected units.
• Develop, maintain, and track project schedules to ensure that a project execution is timely and on budget.
• Coordinate input from PCC operations, maintenance, EH&S to ensure all needs are supported in day‑to‑day activities and in projects.
• Develop strong working relationships with all facility personnel, subcontractors, and technology suppliers.