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Electro-Instrumentation Technician

Cascades
Ashland, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 9/19/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 12/29/2026
Welcome to Cascades!

Every day, our team takes pride in rolling up their sleeves to create products that are mindful of the environment.

Join us as a Electro-Instrumentation Technician in Ashland and help bring materials to life in a workplace where health and safety always come first.

What’s in it for you

Taking care of our people is in our nature - so you’ll enjoy:

  • Hourly wage of $32.38-$44.84hr (based on experience, skills and education)
  • Full-time position with guaranteed hours for job stability
  • Schedule: 12 hour continental swing shift
  • A full range of benefits: group insurance, telemedicine, and an employer-contributed retirement plan
  • Profit sharing and employee share purchase plan - so you can share in our success
  • Employee assistance program, because your physical and mental well-being matters
  • Referral bonus - help grow the team and get rewarded

What You’ll Do

As a Electro-Instrumentation Technician, you’ll be at the heart of operations - right on the floor where materials take shape.

Your Day-to-day

  • Demonstrate mature levels of E&I technical capabilities resulting in excellence in safety, quality assurance and maximizing asset performance
  • Facilitate and assist in Root Cause Analysis (RCA) of premature failures, offering solutions and implementing corrective actions preventing reoccurrence
  • Utilize work processes and CMMS to document findings and initiate corrective actions
  • Assist in the further development of the predictive and preventive programs
  • Demonstrate troubleshooting skills that allow our equipment to operate as designed in accordance with OEM specifications
  • Participate in reliability focused design changes that reduce waste and improves asset/equipment performance
  • Proactively seek education opportunities in self-development both technically and professionally
  • Ensuring proper operation of, and troubleshooting of, electrical & instrumentation system components including transmitters, actuators, controllers, motor and drive systems, programmable logic controllers (PLCs), distributed control systems (DCS) for process control, etc.
  • Mentoring and sharing knowledge with other technicians
  • Apply all applicable codes, regulations, reliability strategies & corporate standards

Your strengths as a Electro-Instrumentation Technician

  • A minimum of 2 years of electrical and instrument control experience preferably in a manufacturing environment
  • Experience in an industrial or manufacturing environment
  • Experience with Rockwell, ABB, Valmet equipment
  • Experience with Microsoft Office Software and Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS)
  • Experience with smart instrumentation (Fisher, Rosemount)
  • Able to maintain consistent attendance, positive attitude, and initiative.
  • Team-oriented, with a strong desire to support and mentor junior mechanics or apprentices in developing their technical skills

Apply now and join our team as Electro-Instrumentation Technician in Ashland.

Cascades values diversity and inclusion and considers all applications equitably. This posting is for an active vacancy within our organization. #ST01

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