Instrument Technician

Make a Difference at Kraton!

At Kraton, we make a Positive Difference, and we are looking for individuals who are also looking to make a difference in their jobs, for our customers and to the world. We are looking to hire a key member of our Operations team at our Pensacola, Florida location.

• Carry out maintenance operations on specific tasks.
• Put in place corrective action on poor performers with the Line Manager.
• Propose improvements in the monitoring of stocks and management of spare parts.
• Participate in preparation of the program of preventive or predictive maintenance, identifying repeat failures.
• Identify deviations from schedule and report them to your Line Manager.
• Participate in preparation of plans for shutdown in coordination with the services Reliability, HSE and Production departments, the maintenance team and Engineering, to carry out all the required operations.
• Plan these needs and resources for the shutdown.
• Prepare these spare parts in close cooperation with the Store
• Analyze the needs in terms of preventive and corrective maintenance operations.
• Recommend the use of approved external resources for correct management of outstanding work to be performed with the Line Manager.
• Ensure that the permits and working methods are prepared, available and appropriate to the work to be performed for each of these work days.
• Inform the Line Manager of the spare parts to be ordered for the different operations in progress if they are not in stock before these operations.
• Identify the requirements in terms of special equipment (cranes, etc.) and estimate the human resources required to perform the works efficiently and effectively.

• Must be able to achieve goals and objectives, identifying complex problems and organizing, with your Line Manager, a working group and liaising with the Reliability and Process department to identify and resolve problems
• Must be comfortable with computer and office automation tools, familiar with SAP application and with digital instrumentation and control systems (DICS).
• Must be able to read and understand drawings, electrical diagrams and PIDs.
• Field worker, focusing on safety, team spirit and reliability. Must enjoy operating and adapting on a lower-tier SEVESO site, ensuring reliability and optimization of production facilities.
• Experience with CAMM (preferably SAP) and Microsoft Office.
• Able to suggest high-quality solutions to supervisors
• Good listener
• Client-oriented (Production)
• Demonstrate integrity and trust
• Able to communicate with peers
• Know how to manage priorities
• Know how to pass on information
• Able to communicate with supervisors
• Have technical and functional skills
• Good working knowledge of English

Bachelor’s degree

Kraton’s internal talent acquisition team manages our recruiting efforts and from time to time works with pre-selected/pre-approved external staffing agencies. We do NOT accept unsolicited resumes or candidate referrals from recruiters and/or agencies who are not pre-selected/pre-approved.

Kraton is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.