Instrument Technician

PTS Advance; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

PTS Advance in Houston, TX seeks an Instrumentation & Controls Technician to maintain district energy plant systems, calibrate instruments, and program DeltaV and PLC controls. The role requires hands-on knowledge of process instrumentation, troubleshooting, and KPI reporting for energy transfer stations.

Qualified candidates typically hold a 2-year technical degree in electrical/controls or instrumentation, or an equivalent combination with 5 years of experience in process controls in an

Qualifications

• A minimum 2-year technical degree in electrical, controls or instrumentation engineering.
• In lieu of a bachelor's degree, a 2-year associates degree in controls or instrumentation and 5 years of experience in process controls and instrumentation in an industrial environment will be considered.
• Must be able to basic understanding of programming, troubleshoot and maintain all instruments and logic controllers which utilizes programming languages: plain English structured text, sequential function chart, function block diagram and ladder logic.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for all instrumentation and controls and maintaining of systems for the district energy plants producing steam and chilled water and its energy transfer stations.
• Will be responsible for process control instrumentation maintenance and programming of the distributed control system and its peripherals.
• Will work extensively with Emerson DeltaV, Allen-Bradley PLCs and other types of logic controllers.
• Inspects, tests, adjusts, and repairs electric, electronic, mechanical, and pneumatic instruments and systems used to indicate, record, and control.
• Inspects meters, indicators, and gauges to detect failures and process defects.
• Calibrate accuracy of flowmeters, pressure gauges, temperature indicators, controllers, and other recording, indicating, or controlling instruments to locate defective components in system, using test equipment, such as pressure gauges, mercury manometers, potentiometers, pulse and signal generators, ammeters, voltmeters, and power meters.
• Plan and schedule corrective and preventive maintenance work orders for all types of instruments.
• Will review work orders for completeness including auditing labor hours, parts and contract vendors.
• Will be responsible for reconciling work orders with contractor invoices.
• Will work with management to issue KPI reports from the process control Delta V historian.
• Program process control loops, tune control loops, be familiar with PID and 'cascade' control loops.
• Will work extensively with Emerson Delta V, Allen-Bradley PLC or other types of PID controllers.

Skills

Instrumentation maintenance

Process control

DeltaV

Allen-Bradley PLCs

PID control

Troubleshooting

KPI reporting

Education

2-year technical degree in electrical, controls or instrumentation engineering

2-year associates degree in controls or instrumentation + 5 years experience

Tools

Emerson DeltaV

Allen-Bradley PLCs

Job description

Schedule:Monday-Friday 8-4 or 9-5, working 40-50 hours a week depending on workload

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for all instrumentation and controls and maintaining of systems for the district energy plants producing steam and chilled water and its energy transfer stations.
• Will be responsible for process control instrumentation maintenance and programming of the distributed control system and its peripherals.
• Will work extensively with Emerson DeltaV, Allen-Bradley PLCs and other types of logic controllers.
• Inspects, tests, adjusts, and repairs electric, electronic, mechanical, and pneumatic instruments and systems used to indicate, record, and control.
• Inspects meters, indicators, and gauges to detect failures and process defects.
• Calibrate accuracy of flowmeters, pressure gauges, temperature indicators, controllers, and other recording, indicating, or controlling instruments to locate defective components in system, using test equipment, such as pressure gauges, mercury manometers, potentiometers, pulse and signal generators, ammeters, voltmeters, and power meters.
• Plan and schedule corrective and preventive maintenance work orders for all types of instruments.
• Will review work orders for completeness including auditing labor hours, parts and contract vendors.
• Will be responsible for reconciling work orders with contractor invoices.
• Will work with management to issue KPI reports from the process control Delta V historian.
• Program process control loops, tune control loops, be familiar with PID and 'cascade' control loops.
• Will work extensively with Emerson Delta V, Allen-Bradley PLC or other types of PID controllers.

Requirements:

• A minimum 2-year technical degree in electrical, controls or instrumentation engineering. In lieu of a bachelor's degree, a 2-year associates degree in controls or instrumentation and 5 years of experience in process controls and instrumentation in an industrial environment will be considered.
• Must be able to basic understanding of programming, troubleshoot and maintain all instruments and logic controllers which utilizes programming languages: plain English structured text, sequential function chart, function block diagram and ladder logic.