Electrical and Instrumentation (E&I) Technician

Job overview

The Electrical and Instrumentation (E&I) Technician works onsite at a distillery and beverage-production facility in the Montgomery, AL, area; the posting specifies the site is within 37 miles of Montgomery. Compensation is $40–$42 per hour. The technician supports plant operations, reliability, and continuous improvement. The role maintains and improves electrical, controls, instrumentation, and electromechanical systems used in production and utilities. By troubleshooting failures, completing preventive and corrective maintenance, and supporting equipment upgrades, the technician helps minimize downtime and sustain safe, reliable production.

What you'll do

• Troubleshoot and repair electrical systems, control circuits, motors, VFDs, PLCs, instrumentation, and automated production equipment
• perform preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance
• diagnose failures using schematics, wiring diagrams, PLC logic, and troubleshooting tools
• respond to breakdowns
• maintain conveyors, pumps, compressors, packaging, filling, bottling, canning, and process equipment
• assist with installation, commissioning, startup, and validation
• document work in SAP, CMMS, or other maintenance systems
• conduct root-cause analysis and continuous improvement
• collaborate with operations, maintenance, and engineering
• follow safety, environmental, food-and-beverage, and lockout/tagout procedures.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

electrical and instrumentation technician

e&i technician

montgomery al area

electrical automation services

industrial maintenance

plc troubleshooting

vfds

instrumentation

preventive maintenance

beverage production

distillery

sap or cmms

$40–$42 per hour

associate degree required

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• 401(k) and matching
• dental and health insurance
• employee assistance program
• health savings account
• life insurance
• paid time off
• parental leave
• professional development assistance
• referral program
• retirement plan
• tuition reimbursement.

Why this role

Associate degree required; minimum five years of industrial maintenance experience; overtime, weekends, and shift schedules may be needed. The listing title uses E&I Technician; the description identifies the work as electrical maintenance.

About the employer

Electrical Automation Services is hiring for this role. Industry: Breweries. Sector: 31.