About LSB Industries, Inc.

We are a leading North American producer of industrial and agricultural chemicals. Our vision is to be a “best-in-class”, diversified chemical and clean energy producer that safely and efficiently operates our facilities, creates partnerships that deliver value to our customers, suppliers, and logistics providers, and attracts, retains, and enhances the lives of talented team members. We are well positioned to play a critical role in the reduction of global carbon emissions through our potential to produce low carbon or no carbon ammonia. We expect our success in achieving these goals to lead to superior financial performance and greater value for our public shareholders. For more information, view our website at www.lsbindustries.com.

The company is seeking your help in making this vision a reality!

Electrical and Instrumentation Technician Role Summary

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, and 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.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• 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
• Support safety and environmental personnel to ensure the facilities follows 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.
• Completes 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 the completion of all management of change activities as well as the updating and compliance with process safety management (PSM).
• Develop a working level knowledge of all PCC 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, sub-contractors, and technology suppliers.
• While performing the duties of his job, the employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts, and in outside weather conditions and is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions. The employee must be able to wear and operate in all necessary Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) which includes hard hats, ear plugs, safety glasses, goggles, fall protection harnesses, chemical exposure suits, and respirators. The employee may occasionally work in close proximity to chemical processes with toxic or caustic chemicals, airborne particles, fumes, extreme heat, extreme cold, vibration, and electrical hazards.

Education and Experience:

• Prefer 5-10 years of plant experience.
• Background experience in pneumatic, electro-pneumatic, electronic control loops, motor control circuits, low power distribution and working knowledge of high-voltage sub-stations.
• A minimum of 2 years’ experience is desired in installation, troubleshooting, repair of instrumentation and electrical control loops, rebuilding and repair of control valves, electrical motor contactors, replacement of bearings in motors, assisting mechanical group in removal and installation of motors pumps and other electro-mechanical devices.
• Experience and knowledge of HVAC a plus, but not required.

Special Attention:

This position is safety and security sensitive in nature. This position deals with hazardous materials and/or industrial processes that can pose a risk to employees and the general public. This facility complies with security standards under Department of Homeland Security (DHS) CFATS regulation 6 CFR Part 27.