Maintenance Instrument Technician

Instrumentation Technicians inspect, test, and repair electric, electronic, mechanical, and pneumatic instruments and systems used to indicate, record, and control operations in a refinery.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Installs, tests, calibrates, troubleshoots, and repairs field instruments including meters, transmitters, transducers, controllers, switches, solenoids, relays, control valves, regulators, actuators, positioners, and instrument loops.
• Services both electronic and pneumatic field instruments.
• Troubleshoots and repairs Distributed Control Systems (DCS), PLCs, vibration monitoring systems, and other specialty instruments.
• Performs maintenance per established written procedures. Uses drawings, equipment manuals, procedures, and proper tools to troubleshoot and repair equipment.
• Documents work performed in test forms and condition reports.
• Marks up drawings for as-built revision by drafting based upon field inspection.
• Reads schematics and logic diagrams.
• Uploads and downloads field instrumentation data.
• Reads loop diagrams, logic diagrams, and P&IDs.
• Stroke valves and calibrates instrumentation per specifications.
• Programmable logic control experience.
• Reviews and re-writes procedures for instrumentation work.
• Preforms online SIS testing on live process equipment.