Instrumentation Electrician

• Join an encouraging group, committed to your growth and development
• Located in Wilmington, California
• Hourly pay: $44.23 per hour plus .50 cent tool allowance for every hour worked

About the role

We are looking for an Instrumentation Electrician to join our Project & Engineering Team and provide construction, installation, relocation, repair, and preventive maintenance on machinery, equipment, and facilities for the optimum operating efficiency of the Wilmington Plant.

Reporting to the Superintendent- Project & Engineering and working in an exciting environment, you will be:

• Installing conduit, switch gears, control devices, transformers, electrical feeders, programmable logic controllers (PLC), (HMI) devices, instruments, and process control equipment.
• Using test equipment to diagnose low voltage (600 volts or less). Repairing pneumatic, mechanical, electrical, and electronic instruments.
• Programming PLCs and HMIs, testing and calibrating control loops. Connect control circuits, motor circuits, and transformer connections.
• Repairing and locating faults on single and polyphase circuits. Troubleshoots circuits containing electronic components, printed circuit boards, and PLC-based controllers.
• Creating and building drawings of completed projects.
• Performing general instrumentation and electrical field maintenance. Basic troubleshooting in electrical control, distribution, and motor protection and control.

What you’ll bring

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent.
• Valid and current state Driver’s License.
• General Electrician License for the state of California
• 4+ years of experience as an Instrumentation Electrician
• Must be able to read drawings: schematic, wiring diagrams, loop drawings, process flow drawings.
• Knowledge of AC/DC electrical and electronic theory, ohms law, and Kirchhoff’s laws.
• Proficient in the use of test and calibration equipment, NEC code books NFPA70/70E
• Must be able to understand voltage drop.

What we offer

We are committed to providing our employees with a generous benefits package. Be recognized for your contribution, your thinking, your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress, we provide:

• A safety-focused and inclusive working environment
• Access to top-tier family-friendly health programs including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, life insurance coverage, and various voluntary benefits.
• 401(k) matching program (company matched .35 per dollar up to 5% of your base pay)
• Generous Rio Tinto employee share program, which allows you to purchase Rio Tinto Company shares.
• Comprehensive leave policies which cover all moments that matter in life: PTO (paid time off), paid holidays, and paid bereavement leave.
• A favorable child-caregiver leave program (Up to 100% salary top-up)
• Ongoing Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family; to help in addressing educational opportunities, addiction treatment, depression, stress, domestic issues, financial management, and legal concerns.
• Discount programs for leisure purposes and access to Virgin Pulse with incentives supporting your wellbeing.

About Rio Tinto

Every idea, every innovation, every little thing the world calls ‘progress’ begins with
a first step, and someone willing to take it: explorers, inventors, entrepreneurs. Pioneers.

For nearly 150 years, Rio Tinto has been a company of pioneers – generations of people spanning the globe, all with the grit and vision to produce materials essential to human progress.

Our iron ore has shaped skylines from Shanghai to Sydney. Our aluminium – the world’s first to be certified “responsible” – helps planes fly and makes cars lighter. Our copper helps wind turbines power cities, and our boron helps feed the world and explore the universe.
Our diamonds help us celebrate the best parts of life.

Where you will be working

Rio Tinto Borates is a global leader in industrial mineral supply and science. We supply approximately 25% of the world’s demand for refined borates, minerals essential to life and modern living. We seek to create mutual value by working closely with our investment partners and host communities. Our 20 Mule Team Borax brand pays tribute to our first borates mining operation in Death Valley in 1872.

Every Voice Matters

We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard, all cultures respected and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome – they are essential to our success. We treat each other fairly and with dignity regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation, or anything else that makes us different.

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQ+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities, and people from different cultural backgrounds.

Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V

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