Onsite Instrumentation Commissioning Technician

Kent; Ingleside (TX); On-site; USD 34,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Kent is seeking experienced Instrumentation Commissioning Technicians for a Texas project in Ingleside. You will support safe testing, calibration, start-up, and turnover of instrumentation and control systems, coordinating with Construction, Engineering, Operations, and vendors on commissioning activities.

The role requires field verification, loop checks, functional testing, troubleshooting, and documentation to ensure reliable system handover to Operations.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required; instrumentation/controls training preferred.
• Typically 5+ years of industrial instrumentation experience including commissioning, start-up, calibration, or maintenance.
• Working knowledge of DCS, PLC, SIS/ESD, fire and gas, and packaged control systems.

Responsibilities

• Execute pre-commissioning and commissioning activities per approved procedures, drawings, specifications, permits, and system priorities.
• Calibrate field instruments and verify transmitters, switches, analyzers, valves, solenoids, fire/gas devices, and control boxes.
• Perform loop checks, cause-and-effect testing, alarms/trips verification, and document findings in turnover packages.

Skills

Instrumentation commissioning

Calibration & testing

Field instrumentation

DCS/PLC/SIS knowledge

Electrical safety

English communication

Education

High school diploma or GED

Instrumentation technician training

NCCER credential / Associate degree

Tools

Test equipment

HART communicators

Field calibration tools

Job description

Kent is seeking experienced Instrumentation Commissioning Technicians for a Texas project in Ingleside. You will support safe testing, calibration, start-up, and turnover of instrumentation and control systems, coordinating with Construction, Engineering, Operations, and vendors on commissioning activities.

The role requires field verification, loop checks, functional testing, troubleshooting, and documentation to ensure reliable system handover to Operations.