Instrument Technician

Eram Talent; Al Jubayl; On-site; SAR 100,000 - 167,000; Full time

Job summary

Eram Talent is hiring for Instrument Technicians for a prestigious petrochemical client in Jubail, Saudi Arabia. You will maintain, troubleshoot, calibrate, and repair plant instrumentation—including electronic, pneumatic, and safety-critical systems—to ensure safe and reliable refinery operations.

The role requires 6–8 years of hands-on experience in a refinery or petrochemical plant, plus a 2-year Technical Diploma or Industrial Trade Training Certificate, and a good command of English.

Qualifications

• 6 to 8 years of hands-on Instrument Technician experience in a refinery or petrochemical plant.
• Education: 2-year Technical Diploma or Industrial Trade Training Certificate.
• Experience certificate from a process or construction company.
• Good command of English (read, write, speak).

Responsibilities

• Safety & Maintenance: Follow plant safety standards, recognize hazards, perform preventive maintenance, and maintain clean work areas and workshop tools.
• Troubleshooting & Overhauling: Diagnose and repair pneumatic/electronic instrument issues. Overhaul control valves, controllers, Rosemount smart transmitters, boilers, and furnaces.
• Calibration & Loop Tuning: Calibrate plant equipment to ISO standards, tune field controllers/PID settings, and service analytical instruments (O2, CO, CO2, pH, and conductivity meters).
• Critical Systems Maintenance: Test safety-critical devices, Emergency Shutdown (ESD) interlocks, turbine/compressor instrumentation, Bently Nevada monitoring systems, and fire/flame detection systems.
• Technical Drawings: Read and interpret P&IDs (Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams) and instrument loop drawings.

Skills

Troubleshooting and diagnostics

P&ID reading

Calibration and loop tuning

Safety compliance

Education

Two-year Technical Diploma or Industrial Trade Training Certificate

Tools

Rosemount transmitters

P&ID diagrams

Job description

Eram Talent is hiring for Instrument Technicians for one of their prestigious petrochemical client in Jubail, Saudi Arabia. In this role, you will be responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting, calibrating, and repairing plant instrumentation—including electronic, pneumatic, and safety-critical systems—to ensure safe and reliable refinery operations.

Responsibilities

• Safety & Maintenance: Follow plant safety standards, recognize hazards, carry out preventive maintenance (PM) procedures, and maintain clean work areas and workshop tools.
• Troubleshooting & Overhauling: Diagnose and repair pneumatic/electronic instrument issues. Overhaul control valves, controllers, Rosemount smart transmitters, boilers, and furnaces.
• Calibration & Loop Tuning: Calibrate plant equipment to ISO standards, tune field controllers/PID settings, and service analytical instruments (O2, CO, CO2, pH, and conductivity meters).
• Critical Systems Maintenance: Test safety-critical devices, Emergency Shutdown (ESD) interlocks, turbine/compressor instrumentation, Bently Nevada monitoring systems, and fire/flame detection systems.
• Technical Drawings: Read and interpret P&IDs (Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams) and instrument loop drawings.

Requirements

• Education: 2-year Technical Diploma or Industrial Trade Training Certificate from a recognized institution.
• Experience: 6 to 8 years of hands-on work experience as an Instrument Technician in a refinery or petrochemical plant.
• Documentation: Experience certificate from a process or construction company.
• Language: Good command of English (ability to read, write, and speak clearly).