Instrumentation Technician with Tubing Experience - Austin Industrial Decatur, IL BIO

Austin Bridge & Road•Decatur, IL

7d•Onsite

About The Position

Austin Industrial is seeking an experienced Instrumentation Technician with tubing experience for a full-time maintenance position in Decatur, IL. The role involves installing, testing, calibrating, troubleshooting, overhauling, and repairing electrical, controlling, indicating, and measuring instrument devices to ensure specified operating performance. This position requires the ability to read and understand technical manuals, schematics, and specifications, as well as troubleshoot electric motors and install wiring. Knowledge of electrical schematics and PLCs is necessary. The position is 40 hours per week with potential for overtime, but 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 use 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.
Ability to install wiring to circuits.
Some knowledge of electrical schematics and PLC's.
3-5 years of Journeyman level experience.
Maintain current electrician's license or identification card to meet state regulations.

Nice To Haves

Tubing experience

Responsibilities

Install, test, calibrate, troubleshoot, overhaul, and repair electrical, controlling, indicating, and measuring instrument devices.
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, including ratios, proportions, powers of 10, algebra equations, and conversions.
Read blueprints, schematics, and loop drawings and prepare job reports.
Assemble and disassemble electronic process controls, pneumatic controls, and hydraulic systems and components.
Calibrate equipment using common calibration procedures and interpret and apply other procedures.
Understand the principles of pH and redox and the equipment needed to measure and control them.
Work with Ohm’s Law and Kirchhoff’s Law and with diodes, capacitors, and other electrical components.
Understand steam properties and reactions.
Apply principles of chemistry and physics required in instrumentation, such as specific gravity, density, mechanical advantages, and phase change points.
Troubleshoot and check out electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems using proper test equipment.
Understand fundamental instrumentation loops and the function of each component.
Understand common types of chemical plant process equipment.
Apply procedures for measuring pressure, level, flow, temperature, weight, density, heat flux, humidity, and moisture.
Maintain current electrician's license or identification card to meet state regulations.
Perform other duties as assigned.