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Date: Sep 24, 2025

Location: USA: Pasadena, TX, US, 77506

Company: CPChem

You may not realize it, but you’ve likely used a product today made possible by the plastics and chemicals manufactured by Chevron Phillips Chemical. From medical supplies and electronics to food packaging and cosmetics, we create the building blocks for more than 70,000 consumer and industrial products.

 

Even as a global company with 5,000 employees, we maintain a “small company feel.” Our commitment to foster a culture of belonging ensures that regardless of your background or experience, your voice is valued and heard, empowering you to make a meaningful impact and grow both personally and professionally. Ask any Chevron Phillips Chemical employee what they like best about their job, and universally, the answer is “the people I work with!” We value work-life balance, and love to see our employees thrive both professionally and personally. There has never been a better time to work for Chevron Phillips Chemical. If you’re ready to grow with us and become part of our vision of being the premier Chemical Company, apply today!

 

Introduction

Join CPC-Plastics Resins Pasadena as an Instrument Mechanic, a vital member of our Maintenance & Support Services division within the Manufacturing & Projects strategic business unit. This role is pivotal in ensuring the optimal performance and safety of our instrumentation, control, and electrical systems that support our complex industrial processes. You will engage with advanced control systems, analyzers, and electrical equipment in a dynamic environment dedicated to operational excellence and continuous improvement.

We prioritize safety, collaboration, and professional growth, providing a workplace where innovation and accountability thrive. This position offers an opportunity to contribute significantly to plant reliability and efficiency, while developing your technical skills across multiple domains. If you have a strong background in instrumentation, control systems, and electrical maintenance with a passion for problem-solving, join our dedicated team to help advance our industry-leading operations.

Responsibilities

The Instrument Mechanic will be responsible for comprehensive maintenance and support activities across instrumentation, control, and electrical systems as follows:

 

Instrumentation Responsibilities:

  • Consistently follow safe work practices, basic maintenance procedures and enthusiastically contribute to a safe work culture.
  • Repair and calibrate flow, pressure, level, temperature and differential pressure transmitters.
  • Repair and tune various types of controllers associated with process instrumentation.
  • Install or remove both field and panel mounted equipment.
  • Remove, repair and calibrate pneumatic and DVC actuated control valves.
  • Install and set pressure, temperature, flow, level switches and monitoring devices and ensure that they operate properly.
  • Perform PMs on various process instruments; including dry additive feeders.
  • Troubleshoot equipment failures, analyze process conditions and impacts in order to recommend improvements for chronic reliability problems.
  • Work in a manner that improves and enhances teamwork, plant organization and efficiency.

Required Qualifications

 

  • High School Diploma or equivalent (GED).
  • Associate degree in Instrumentation or specialized training/technical school and 5+ years of manufacturing/chemical plant maintenance experience as an instrument technician/mechanic, OR 10+ years as Instrument technician/mechanic as a maintenance person (in house or contractor). 
  • Proficiency with diagnostic and calibration tools such as TREX, multimeters, and pumps.
  • Experience with troubleshooting and installation of control valves and Coriolis meters.
  • Ability to diagnose circuit, component, and equipment faults accurately.
  • Demonstrated experience rebuilding control valves to restore and enhance operational reliability.

 

Chevron Phillips Chemical offers competitive salaries, a comprehensive benefits package and at most locations, alternate work schedules. To learn more about Chevron Phillips Chemical and to be considered for a position, please visit us online today at www.cpchem.com.

 

Paper resumes will not be accepted. All job seekers must go to the web site to be considered for positions. If you are interested in applying for this position and need an accommodation to apply, please contact our Human Resources Service Center at 1-800-446-1422, option 4.

 

Chevron Phillips Chemical Company is an Equal Opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, pregnancy, veteran status or marital status.

 

To all recruitment agencies: We are not responsible for any fee related to unsolicited resumes from 3rd party staffing and recruiting agencies (whether submitted through this website or sent directly to employees) unless a written agreement is in place between the agency and Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP (“Company”) and an authorized Company representative makes a written request to the agency to assist with this requisition. Similarly, no fee will be paid for candidates who apply and claim to be represented by an agency. Any unsolicited resumes, CVs, or other candidate information submitted by an agency will become the property of Company, and no fee will be paid in the event such candidate is hired.

 

Travel Requirements: Up to 10%

Eligibility for Relocation: No

Closing Date: 10/08/2025


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