Onsite Instrumentation Specialist - PLC & Calibration

Westinghouse Electric - USA; Ogden (UT); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus $5,000

Job summary

Westinghouse Electric - USA in Ogden, UT is seeking an onsite Instrumentation & Controls Technician to maintain and calibrate process systems. You will install, repair, and optimize instrumentation, ensuring accuracy and compliance with documentation practices.

The role emphasizes hands-on troubleshooting, PLC wiring, and adherence to preventive maintenance and NIST calibration standards; strong candidates bring 5+ years of relevant experience and a high school diploma or GED.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• At least 5 years in instrumentation and controls, with a minimum of 3 years in a comparable industrial environment.
• Trade/technical education in industrial instrumentation maintenance may fulfill part of the experience requirement.
• Proficiency in PLC wiring and strong maintenance/repair fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Install, repair, and optimize instrumentation across pressure, flow, gas chromatograph, and pH systems to stabilize operations.
• Calibrate temperature and pressure elements to NIST standards and maintain complete physical records.
• Champion preventive maintenance discipline—up-to-date logs, test records, and a well-curated calibration manual library.
• Restore and fit valves, valve positioners, and other flow devices to peak performance.
• Partner with Engineering and Quality on material qualification/testing and represent the function during customer audits.
• Apply electronic and pneumatic test equipment and small hand tools; work across devices including valves, pH/conductivity probes, flow analyzers, pressure devices, regulators, recorders, controllers, and thermal elements.
• Coordinate maintenance efforts with the central maintenance shop to reduce downtime.
• Operate with wire, pneumatic tubing, fittings, valves, controllers, sensors, process systems involving acids and chemicals, and PLCs.

Skills

PLC wiring

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Westinghouse Electric - USA in Ogden, UT is seeking an onsite Instrumentation & Controls Technician to maintain and calibrate process systems. You will install, repair, and optimize instrumentation, ensuring accuracy and compliance with documentation practices.

The role emphasizes hands-on troubleshooting, PLC wiring, and adherence to preventive maintenance and NIST calibration standards; strong candidates bring 5+ years of relevant experience and a high school diploma or GED.