Instrument Fitter Journeyman

TIC - The Industrial Company; Greenville (MS); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

TIC - The Industrial Company in Greenville, MS, is seeking an instrumentation technician to plan, lay out, install, test, and calibrate process instrumentation in industrial settings. You will fabricate conduit, tubing, and piping, install instruments and supports, and ensure compliance with plans, specs, and standards.

Candidate should have a high school diploma or equivalent, strong tool skills, and the ability to follow instructions while communicating effectively with supervision.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent; experience preferred.
• Strong working knowledge and abilities for the position.
• Ability to understand and follow written and oral instructions and communicate effectively with supervision.
• Proficient in safe and efficient use of electrical, hand tools, power tools, layout and measurement tools.

Responsibilities

• Plan, lay out, install, test and perform all process requirements for instrumentation installation.
• Fabricate and install conduit, tubing, piping and supports for instruments.
• Select pipe, tube and materials according to job specs and install instruments and test equipment.
• Inspect and calibrate instruments, replace defective parts and ensure conformance to specs.
• Move materials, set up work sites, and comply with safety and project rules.
• Climb ladders and work at height; pass pre-access drug/alcohol testing if required.

Skills

High school diploma

Strong knowledge

Communication skills

Tools proficiency

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Electrical tools

Hand tools

Power tools

Layout tools

Measurement tools

Job description

Plan, lay-out, install, test and perform all process requirements for installation of instrumentation in accordance with all applicable plans, specifications, codes and industry standards. Fabricate and install conduit, tubing, and piping including the installation of instruments and supports

Primary Responsibilities and Duties

• Selects type and size of pipe, tube and related material according to job specification
• Installs, repairs, maintains, and adjusts indicating, recording, tele-metering, and controlling instruments and test equipment, used to control and measure variables, such as pressure, flow, temperature, motion, force, and chemical composition
• Measure, cut, bend, thread, assemble and install primary piping and tubing
• Moves materials and equipment to work locations and sets up work sites
• May disassemble malfunctioning instruments or test equipment and examine and test mechanisms and circuitry for defects
• Replaces or repairs defective parts, using hand tools
• Reassembles instrument or test equipment, and tests assembly for conformance to specifications, using instruments
• Inspects instruments and test equipment periodically and adjusts calibration to ensure functioning within specified standards
• May calibrate instruments or test equipment according to established standards.
• Installs associated support structures, components and tubing
• Estimate sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
• Inspect subordinate's work for compliance and/or deficiencies

Qualifications

• May require a high school diploma or its equivalent with previous years of experience in the field or in a related area.
• Must possess strong working knowledge skills and abilities for position.
• Ability to understand, follow and transmit written and oral instructions and communicate effectively with management/supervision.
• Proficient in the safe and efficient use of electrical, hand tools, power tools and layout tools as well as measurement tools

Requirements

• The person in this position needs to constantly move about a construction/industrial site, so should be able to stand, walk, sit, reach, stoop, kneel, crouch, and/or crawl
• Constantly works in a construction environment and will be exposed to changing outdoor weather conditions
• Work irregular hours, weekends, overtime and holidays as required
• May be required to use ladders/mechanical platforms/manlifts/scaffold to access required equipment/work areas (may exceed 200 feet), so must be able to climb and maintain balance on formwork, steel formwork, stairs, ladders and scaffolds
• Move and work in and around confined and cluttered places, and uneven surfaces
• Must be able to complete tasks in a noisy and dusty environment
• May be required/able to move items weighing up to 50 pounds across construction/industrial site
• Must have required tools
• Must pass Fit For Duty Testing
• U.S. Driver's License may be required
• Observe and comply with all safety and project rules, perform other duties as required
• Ability to pass pre-access drug and alcohol testing

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.

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Whether it’s cement for our sidewalks and driveways; aluminum for our automobiles; wood pellets for our grills; paper plates for our picnics; food for our pets or the beverages we consume with our friends, our longstanding work in the industrial market touches the tiny details in our daily lives.