Process Instrumentation Mechanic (Calibration & Controls)

Westinghouse Electric - USA; Ogden (UT); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

100Hires, Inc. in Ogden, UT is seeking a Process Instrumentation Mechanic to install, repair, and calibrate instrumentation across pressure, flow, pH, and temperature systems, ensuring NIST-compliant calibration records.

You’ll maintain preventive maintenance logs, coordinate with Engineering and Quality on material qualification testing, and support customer audits. Requires a High School Diploma or GED, five years instrumentation experience, PLC wiring proficiency, and a $5,000 sign-on bonus.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Five years instrumentation and controls experience, with at least three in an industrial environment.
• Trade/technical school education may count toward experience.
• Proficiency in PLC wiring and maintenance/repair capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Install, troubleshoot, and repair electronic instrumentation and thermoelectric elements across pressure, flow, gas chromatograph, and pH measurement systems.
• Calibrate temperature and pressure devices to NIST requirements and maintain complete calibration records.
• Own preventive maintenance schedules and logs; keep systems audit-ready.
• Collaborate with Engineering and Quality for material qualification/testing and audits.
• Coordinate area activities with the central maintenance shop to minimize downtime.
• Work hands-on with wire, pneumatic tubing, fittings, valves, controllers, sensors, process equipment involving acids and chemicals, and PLCs.

Skills

Instrumentation

PLC wiring

Maintenance

Calibration

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Trade/technical school in instrumentation

Tools

Electronic test equipment

Pneumatic test equipment

Valves & positioners

Flow analyzers

Job description

Step into a day as our Process Instrumentation MechanicSunrise in Ogden, UT finds you on the plant floor, ensuring critical chemical process controls and heat-treatment furnaces are tuned with precision. You’re the go-to pro for installing, repairing, and calibrating instrumentation that keeps production stable and compliant. By mid-morning, you’ve verified temperature and pressure loops to NIST standards, documented the results, and updated preventive maintenance logs. In the afternoon, you collaborate with Engineering and Quality on a material qualification test before prepping for an upcoming customer audit.Where you’ll work and reportThis position is 100% onsite in Ogden, UT and reports to the Senior Technical Services Manager.What you’ll take onInstall, troubleshoot, and repair electronic instrumentation and thermoelectric elements across pressure, flow, gas chromatograph, and pH measurement systems.Calibrate temperature and pressure devices to National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) requirements and maintain complete physical calibration records.Own preventive maintenance schedules and other testing logs to keep systems audit-ready.Maintain and organize a comprehensive library of calibration manuals.Rebuild and install valves, valve positioners, and other flow components.Partner with Engineering and Quality for material qualification/testing and participate in customer audits.Use electronic and pneumatic test equipment and small hand tools; work with devices such as valves, pH and conductivity probes, flow analyzers, pressure instruments, regulators, recorders, controllers, and thermal elements.Coordinate area activities with the central maintenance shop to minimize downtime.Work hands-on with wire, pneumatic tubing, fittings, valves, controllers, sensors, process equipment involving acids and chemicals, and programmable logic controllers (PLCs).What you bringHigh School Diploma or GED (required).Five (5) years of instrumentation and controls experience, including at least three (3) in a comparable industrial environment.Trade/technical school education in industrial instrumentation maintenance may count toward part of the experience requirement.Proficiency in PLC wiring and strong maintenance/repair capabilities.Compensation highlightA $5,000 sign-on bonus is available for well-qualified candidates.