Instrument Tech-Austin Industrial (Baytown, TX)

Austin Bridge & Road•Baytown, TX

2d•Onsite

About The Position

This role involves testing, calibrating, troubleshooting, overhauling, and repairing controlling, indicating, and measuring instrument devices to ensure specified operating performance. The technician will use hand tools, testing and calibrating instruments, and precision measuring equipment. The position requires the ability to read and understand manuals, blueprint schematics, and testing specifications, with some knowledge of electrical schematics and PLCs. Other duties may be assigned.

Requirements

Ability to test, calibrate, troubleshoot, overhaul and repair controlling, indicating and measuring instrument devices.
Ability to use hand tools, testing and calibrating instruments and equipment and precision measuring instruments.
Ability to read and understand manuals, blueprint schematics and testing specifications.
Some knowledge of electrical schematics and PLCs.
High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
NCCER certified
State Electrical License
3-5 years of Journeyman level experience.
Applicants must be legally authorized to work for ANY employer in the United States.
Must have current electrician's license or identification card to meet state regulations.

Nice To Haves

Plant Maintenance experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Reads and works from related blueprints and other schematic drawings.
Calibrates, installs and/or removes various instrumentation devices.
Cuts, bends and installs tubing needed for the proper installation of the instrumentation device.
Reads and understands quality control manuals and testing specifications in order to obtain data needed to test or calibrate specific devices.
Sets controls to regulate factors, such as current flow, timing cycle, pressure or vacuum, or temperature according to specifications.
Disassembles instrument or device in order to determine cause of defective operation or failure.
Rejects malfunctioning devices and routes to specified departments for repair or salvaging of survivable parts.
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 Kerchoff’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.