Senior Instrument Technician – Refinery & Safety Systems

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 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.