Instrumentation Foreman - (Pasadena, TX) Austin Industrial

Austin Careers • Pasadena, TX

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About The Position

Austin Industrial provides premier self-perform maintenance, construction, and soft craft service to leading industrial companies across the U.S. An industry leader for more than 60 years, we offer single-source solutions to our customers in the oil, gas, chemical, food, agriculture, power, and manufacturing industries. To learn more about us, visit https://www.austin-ind.com/what-we-do/industrial . Instrumentation & Electrical Foreman Must be able to install, test, calibrate, troubleshoot, overhaul and repair electrical, controlling, indicating and measuring instrument devices 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. Must be able to troubleshoot electric motors, install wiring to circuits, etc. Must have some knowledge of electrical schematics and PLCs. Other duties may be assigned

Requirements

• Must be able to install, test, calibrate, troubleshoot, overhaul and repair electrical, controlling, indicating and measuring instrument devices 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.
• Must be able to troubleshoot electric motors, install wiring to circuits, etc.
• Must have some knowledge of electrical schematics and PLCs.
• Applicants must be legally authorized to work for ANY employer in the United States.
• Austin is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position.
• Education: Associates degree in Instrumentation and Electrical
• Certifications/ Licenses: NCCER, TDLR Electrical License and DL
• Experience: Instrumentation & Electrical Foreman - Minimum of Eight (8) years of cumulative experience.

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.
• When needed, 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.
• As needed, 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.
• 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.

Benefits

• We offer excellent benefits including medical, dental, life and disability insurance, and a matching 401K plan.
• We are proud to be a 100% Employee-Owned Company (ESOP)!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree