Maintenance Specialist - Decatur, IL
Posted: July 16, 2025
Company: ADM
Employer Type: Other
Position Type: Full Time
Job Type:
Experience Level: Mid Level
Education Required: Bachelors
City: DECATUR
County: MACON
Salary Range: $45000-$55000
Shift(s) Available: 1st Shift, Mon-Fri. Must be available for overtime including weekends, holidays, or different shifts with advance notice as needed.
At ADM, we unlock the power of nature to provide access to nutrition worldwide. With industry-advancing innovations, a complete portfolio of ingredients and solutions to meet any taste, and a commitment to sustainability, we give customers an edge in solving the nutritional challenges of today and tomorrow. We’re a global leader in human and animal nutrition and the world’s premier agricultural origination and processing company. Our breadth, depth, insights, facilities and logistical expertise give us unparalleled capabilities to meet needs for food, beverages, health and wellness, and more. From the seed of the idea to the outcome of the solution, we enrich the quality of life the world over. Learn more at www.adm.com.
Desired Skills
In addition to possessing core requirements necessary to be qualified as a 1st Class Maintenance, the following criteria should be met to be qualified as an Instrumentation Specialist.
- Minimum 5 years' experience and/or equivalent degree or schooling (industrial or commercial setting)
- Able to run conduit, troubleshoot, read blueprints
- Associate's degree and/or Instrumentation education and knowledge of a PLC
- Install, replace, repair, calibrate, and/or troubleshoot 4-20ma devices (temperature transmitters, pressure transmitters, flow transmitters, control valves, pH monitors, various types of level transmitters, pneumatic devices, etc.)
- Use of HART communicator as required
- Install and wire up PLC racks, power supplies, I/O cards, communication, scale transmitter inputs, etc. and be able to troubleshoot issues with any of these items
- Ability and willingness to work overtime, nights, weekends, and holidays as needed in food grade and industrial areas including hazardous locations (Class I & Class II)
- Industrial safety experience required, including, but not limited to, Lockout/Tagout, Confined Space, Arc Flash, Level 1-3 Electrical Training, etc.
- Can terminate motors, troubleshoot controls, with use of multi-meter
- Maintain accurate and through knowledge of manuals, publications and files concerning equipment, programs, and production processes, organization and record keeping skills are essential
- Must be able to communicate with other employees in a clear and professional manner and cooperation with other departments and management to achieve efficient production processes in all areas
- Ability and willingness to perform general industrial maintenance activities outside of instrumentation scope of work
On-The-Job Training Requirements:
- New colleagues will need to undergo on-the-job training to acquire skills and certifications, which will be assessed according to established standards
- Complete ADM safety, food safety, quality, and environmental training
- Participate in company planner operations training
- Equipment training may include but not limited to JLP, Forklift, Non-DOT Truck, Reach Lift, Lock Out/Tag Out, etc.
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