INSTRUMENT TECH - Austin Industrial - Orange, TX

Austin Careers•Orange, TX

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Austin Industrial is seeking an Instrument Technician to install, test, calibrate, troubleshoot, overhaul, and repair electrical, controlling, indicating, and measuring instrument devices. This role ensures specified operating performance using various tools and equipment. The technician will read and understand manuals, schematics, and specifications, and troubleshoot electric motors and install wiring. Knowledge of electrical schematics and PLCs is required. Other duties may be assigned. This is a full-time maintenance position working 40 hours per week with potential overtime. No per diem, relocation funding, or hotel allotment is provided.

Requirements

Ability to install, test, calibrate, troubleshoot, overhaul and repair electrical, controlling, indicating and measuring instrument devices.
Ability to ensure specified operating performance using hand tools, testing and calibrating instruments and equipment and precision measuring instruments.
Ability to read and understand manuals, wiring or instrumentation schematics and testing specifications.
Ability to troubleshoot electric motors, install wiring to circuits, etc.
Some knowledge of electrical schematics and PLC's.
Ability to layout, fabricate and install tubing and tub trays.
Ability to apply knowledge of mathematics to instrumentation, such as ratio and proportions, numbers with power of 10’s, algebra equations, English-to-metric conversion, inches of water to PSI, inches of mercury to PSI, etc.
Ability to read blueprints, schematics and loop drawings and prepare job reports.
Ability to assemble and disassemble all types of electronic process controls, pneumatic controls and hydraulic systems and components.
Ability to calibrate equipment using common calibration procedures and be able to read, interpret, apply and know where to find other procedures.
Understanding of the principles of pH and redox and equipment needed to measure them and be able to control the pH and redox of a liquid.
Ability to work with and understand Ohm’s Law and Kirchhoff’s Law and with Diodes, capacitors and other electrical components.
Understanding of steam and how it reacts to different situations (e.g., saturation properties).
Ability to work with the principles of chemistry and physics required in instrumentation such as specific gravity, density of liquids and solids, mechanical advantages, proportions of liquids, melting points, freezing points, boiling points of liquids, etc.
Ability to troubleshoot and check out electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems using proper test equipment.
Understanding of fundamental instrumentation loops and how they function as a loop, and what the function of each component part is in each type of loop.
Understanding of common types of chemical plant process equipment such as distillation columns, heat exchangers, boilers, turbines and compressors.
Ability to apply the procedures for measuring pressure level, flow, temperature, weight, density, heat flux, humidity and moisture, etc.
Maintain current electrician's license or identification card to meet state regulations.
Must be legally authorized to work for ANY employer in the United States.
3-5 years of Journeyman level experience.

Responsibilities

Install, test, calibrate, troubleshoot, overhaul, and repair electrical, controlling, indicating, and measuring instrument devices.
Ensure specified operating performance using hand tools, testing and calibrating instruments and equipment, and precision measuring instruments.
Read and understand manuals, wiring or instrumentation schematics, and testing specifications.
Troubleshoot electric motors and install wiring to circuits.
Layout, fabricate, and install tubing and tub trays.
Apply knowledge of mathematics to instrumentation, such as ratio and proportions, numbers with power of 10’s, algebra equations, English-to-metric conversion, inches of water to PSI, inches of mercury to PSI, etc.
Read blueprints, schematics, and loop drawings and prepare job reports.
Assemble and disassemble all types of electronic process controls, pneumatic controls, and hydraulic systems and components.
Calibrate equipment using common calibration procedures and be able to read, interpret, apply, and know where to find other procedures.
Understand the principles of pH and redox and equipment needed to measure them and be able to control the pH and redox of a liquid.
Work with and understand Ohm’s Law and Kirchhoff’s Law and with Diodes, capacitors, and other electrical components.
Understand steam and how it reacts to different situations (e.g., saturation properties).
Work with the principles of chemistry and physics required in instrumentation such as specific gravity, density of liquids and solids, mechanical advantages, proportions of liquids, melting points, freezing points, boiling points of liquids, etc.
Troubleshoot and check out electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems using proper test equipment.
Understand fundamental instrumentation loops and how they function as a loop, and what the function of each component part is in each type of loop.
Understand common types of chemical plant process equipment such as distillation columns, heat exchangers, boilers, turbines, and compressors.
Apply the procedures for measuring pressure, level, flow, temperature, weight, density, heat flux, humidity, and moisture, etc.
Maintain current electrician's license or identification card to meet state regulations.
Other duties as assigned.