Calibration and Instrument Technician

Job Summary:

The Instrument Technician is responsible for specifying, maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing control equipment associated with the processing of petroleum.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

• Repairs, maintains, calibrates, adjusts, and installs industrial measuring and controlling instrumentation.
• Calibrates and maintains continuous emission monitoring system (CEMS), system equipment, and analyzers.
• Troubleshoots and tunes industrial processes and procedures.
• Installs and maintains instruments or control equipment and systems to indicate, measure, or record specific aspects of production processes and operating plant.
• Maintains safety fail safe devices in a control system.
• Maintains distributed control systems (DCSs) to monitor process variables.
• Exercises supervision over contracted personnel when assistance is needed.

Other Functions:

• Troubleshoots control systems including fired equipment.

• Complies with safe work practices, policies, and processes at all times.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This role supervises the following positions: Instrumentation Contractors.

• The job provides information to Supervisors/Management that they use in making a decision.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field.
• 5 years of experience in refinery or related field.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of the design, development, and application of technology for specific purposes.
• Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
• Knowledge of principals and methods of analysis.
• Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
• Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• Abilities that influence the acquisition and application of knowledge in problem solving.
• The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous experience with Distributed Control System (DCS) experience preferred.
• Previous experience with following and updating piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDS) preferred.
• Previous experience with CEMS knowledge preferred.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

• Medium Work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
• This role is expected to travel: N/A
• This role is expected to use the following machines, tools, and equipment: Programmable logic controllers, Plant DCS, Boiler and Heater control systems, control valves, CEMs system, various types of transmitters, and others as assigned.
• This role may be exposed to the following physical conditions:
  • Hazardous Physical Conditions: Infrequently 25% - 50%
  • Atmospheric Conditions: Infrequently 25% - 50%
  • Hazardous Materials: Moderately >25% - 50%
  • Extreme Temperatures: Frequently >50%
  • Workspace Restricting Movement: Infrequently <10%
• This role may be required to use PPE on hands, head, feet, face, or body:
  • PPE on the hands: Moderately 25% - 50%
  • PPE on the face: Moderately 25% - 50%