Instrumentation Technician

Sarthee Consultancy; India; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Sarthee Consultancy seeks a skilled instrumentation professional to support safety, field instrumentation, DCS/PLC/SCADA, and valve/drive systems across plant environments.

Responsibilities include installation, calibration and maintenance of transmitters, sensors, analyzers, and control valves; PLC troubleshooting; network diagnostics; and wiring/panel work, with a strong emphasis on safety and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Experience with field instrumentation and safety compliance.
• Hands-on maintenance of analyzers, transmitters and sensors.
• Ability to troubleshoot DCS/PLC/SCADA systems and tune control loops.

Responsibilities

• Follow plant safety standards; manage PTW, LOTO, confined space, hot work.
• Install, calibrate, troubleshoot and maintain process transmitters and analyzers.
• Maintain switches, sensors, gas detectors, and weighing systems.
• Handle DCS/PLC/SCADA operations; interlocks, loop checks and commissioning.
• Configure instruments, network diagnostics and alarms.
• Maintain control valves, actuators, valve tuning, and wiring.
• Work with drives (VFD/Servo) and protection relays.
• Wiring, panel work and reading P&ID with control schematics.

Skills

Safety awareness

Instrumentation maintenance

Troubleshooting

Calibration

Reading P&ID

Tools

DCS/ PLC/SCADA

Allen Bradley

Siemens PLC

SCADA/HMI

PID tuning

Job description

Role & responsibilities1. Safety & Compliance

• Follow plant safety standards (PTW, LOTO, confined space, hot work).
• Ensure safe handling of instruments and hazardous area equipment.
• Comply with SOPs and statutory safety regulations.

2. Field Instrumentation

• Installation, calibration, troubleshooting & maintenance of pressure, temperature, flow, level transmitters and analyzers.
• Maintenance of switches, sensors, gas detectors, weighing and drum filling systems.
• Preventive, predictive & breakdown maintenance.
• Calibration documentation and root cause analysis.

3. DCS / PLC / Scada

• Hands-on experience in DCS, PLC (Allen Bradley, Siemens) and SCADA.
• PLC troubleshooting, interlocks, loop checking and commissioning.
• PID, cascade and closed-loop control tuning.
• Basic automation logic development/modification.

4. Industrial Communication

• Knowledge of Profibus PA/DP networks.
• Instrument configuration (Node ID, tag, range, communication setup).
• Network diagnostics and troubleshooting.

5. Control Valves & Actuators

• Maintenance and calibration of pneumatic/electric control valves and actuators.
• Valve tuning, stroking and positioner configuration (Siemens SIPART).
• Pneumatic tubing installation and troubleshooting.

6. Drives & Automation Hardware

• Experience in AC Drives (VFD), Servo Drives and protection relays.

7. Field Wiring & Panel Work

• Field wiring, cable laying, termination and panel wiring.
• Reading P&ID, loop diagrams and control schematics.

8. Utilities & Auxiliary Systems

• Working knowledge of HMI/control systems for compressors, chillers, cooling towers, pump panels, fire alarm and environmental monitoring systems.