Instrumentation & Controls Technician

Amentum•Groton, CT

3d•$34 - $38•Onsite

About The Position

Amentum is seeking an Instrumentation & Controls Technician V for a client site in Groton, Connecticut. The technician provides calibration, maintenance, troubleshooting, and commissioning services for production and process equipment, including instrumentation associated with water discharge, emissions monitoring, and water treatment. The role requires strong mechanical and electrical skills, familiarity with digital control systems, and the ability to respond to work orders while ensuring safety, regulatory, and industry-standard compliance. The technician works with site management, end users, other technicians, and customers. Responsibilities also include evaluating equipment condition, maintaining records and schedules in a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS), improving procedures and maintenance methods, and reporting on work and projects. The successful candidate works collaboratively, communicates professionally, manages competing tasks, and adapts to shifting priorities. The typical schedule is five eight-hour days, Monday through Friday; days and hours vary with business demand. The position may require overtime, weekends, holidays, and alternative schedules. Compensation is listed as 34.00–38.00; the posting does not specify the pay period.

Requirements

High school diploma or demonstrated equivalent.
Six years of experience as an instrumentation and controls technician, including operating and maintaining steam-driven turbines for power generation in a pharmaceutical, chemical, industrial, or related laboratory environment; an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
Knowledge of industrial boiler operation, including pressure, temperature, and flow monitoring equipment.
Knowledge of steam turbine operation, including operating speeds, pressures, and safety protocols for steam-driven turbines in a power plant or distribution center.
Knowledge of gas turbine operations.
Knowledge of the relationship between digital control systems and field instrumentation.
Knowledge of maintenance and operation of remotely operated valves, including actuators, positioners, and valves.
Ability to maintain monitoring equipment associated with ancillary systems.
Understanding of process automation and its integrated relationship with automated steam and water systems.
Ability to obtain a security access badge at the client location.
Ability to work overtime, holidays, weekends, and alternative work schedules.
Ability to obtain an appropriate driver's license issued by the State Department of Motor Vehicles, as requested.
Must be a United States citizen or permanent resident; the position does not include sponsorship for United States work authorization.
Ability to regularly lift up to 50 pounds; regularly climb ladders, steps, and scaffolding; and perform repetitive bending, stooping, squatting, kneeling, stretching, reaching, and wrist movements.
Ability to walk or ride a bicycle extensively throughout the plant during a shift and work at an accelerated pace in emergency conditions.
Ability to differentiate colors used for wire color-coding.
Ability to wear steel-toe safety shoes, safety glasses, gloves, hard hats, and other personal protective equipment as needed.
Ability to cope with demands and stressors associated with the job or work environment.

Nice To Haves

Associate degree or technical school certificate in instrumentation and/or electronics.
ISA Level 1 certification.
Experience with digital control systems, PLCs, or similar systems.
Connecticut E2 or higher license.
Experience working with Reliability Engineers on root cause failure analysis and discussing vibration findings.
Hands-on experience operating, repairing, and maintaining Honeywell, Siemens, and DeltaV control equipment devices.
Experience in semiconductor facilities or chemical or pharmaceutical production or research facilities.
Experience calibrating and repairing instrument transmitters for pressure, differential pressure, vacuum, temperature, relative humidity, CO2, speed, flow, and level.

Responsibilities

Respond to work orders as a subject-matter expert, troubleshoot production equipment, and provide calibration services.
Communicate effectively with site management and end users.
Identify and correct safety-related issues.
Independently evaluate equipment to identify potential failures.
Perform general equipment maintenance.
Use DeltaV, AMS, and ValveLink software to commission and troubleshoot equipment.
Maintain and calibrate instrumentation associated with water discharge.
Maintain and repair emissions monitoring and water treatment equipment to ensure compliance with state and federal regulations.
Use mechanical and electrical skills to complete assignments.
Operate measuring, diagnostic, and testing instruments to support energy-efficiency solutions.
Use hand tools, laptop computers, and diagnostic hardware to perform work.
Use the CMMS to track, schedule, calibrate, and maintain records for process equipment.
Comply with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP).
Analyze and resolve work problems or assist workers in resolving them.
Develop and monitor work assignments for other technicians and coaches.
Respond to customers and provide service and feedback on work orders while ensuring compliance with codes, regulations, and industry standards.
Create and modify site operating procedures for equipment and recommend improvements to maintenance methods and equipment performance.
Provide regular reports to senior management on throughput, performance, issues, and projects.
Perform other duties assigned by management or the lead.
Work collaboratively and respectfully with teammates and clients, demonstrating cultural awareness and professionalism.
Balance multiple tasks, prioritize assignments, take initiative to solve problems, and adjust priorities as needed.