Instrument Technician I, II, or III - St. Paul, VA
About The Position
Dominion Energy seeks a highly motivated Instrument Technician I, II, or III. There is one position available that will be filled at the level commensurate with the successful candidate’s knowledge, skills, and abilities. The role involves inspecting, testing, servicing, repairing, configuring, calibrating, and installing indicating, recording, and automatic control instruments such as flow meters, pressure gauges, thermometers, regulators, systems, and similar components in a power station. Responsibilities include locating the cause of defective instrument performance, reporting findings, and replacing component parts. The technician will use portable pressure gauges, manometers, and other test equipment, perform preventive maintenance, test flue gas, read meters, and record data. This role works on complex and detailed systems and equipment, performs engineering functions for control loop modifications, and maintains drawings and configuration documentation. The technician may also act as a project leader for control system upgrades and/or modifications and train less experienced technicians.
Requirements
- Instrument Technician I: Associate's Degree in Electronics or related technology, with 0 - 2+ years of related experience in an industrial environment OR High School Diploma or GED with at least 2 years of related experience in an industrial environment.
- Instrument Technician II: Associate's Degree in Electronics or related technology, with at least 3 years of related experience in an industrial environment OR High School Diploma or GED with at least 5 years of related experience in an industrial environment.
- Instrument Technician III: Associate's Degree in Electronics or related technology, with at least 5+ years of related experience in an industrial environment OR High School Diploma or GED with at least 7 years of related experience in an industrial environment.
- Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot various components.
- Ability to utilize configuration drawings.
- Valid Driver's license.
Nice To Haves
- Fossil power station instrumentation and controls experience
- Experience maintaining and troubleshooting Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems (CEMS)
- Start-up/operational support experience for fossil power plants
- Experience with Emerson Ovation controls
- Control system upgrade experience
- PLC experience (to include ladder logic programming)
Responsibilities
- Inspect, test, service, repair, configure, calibrate, and install indicating, recording, and automatic control instruments.
- Locate cause of defective performance of instruments, report findings to supervisor, and replace component parts as required.
- Use portable pressure gauges, manometer, and other similar test equipment.
- Perform preventive maintenance.
- Test flue gas, read meters, and record data as required.
- Perform required engineering functions for control loop modifications.
- Maintain drawings and configuration documentation as related to instrumentation.
- Act as project leader for control system upgrades and/or modifications.
- May train and guide less experienced Instrument Technicians.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
