Senior Instrument & Controls Technician

ZipRecruiter; City of Rochester (NY); On-site; USD 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading multi-utility plant is seeking a Senior Instrument & Controls Technician to maintain critical control systems. This role demands expertise in both mechanical and electrical systems, requiring collaboration with various departments, ensuring safety standards, and managing instrumentation effectively. Candidates must possess strong problem-solving skills and significant experience in similar industrial environments.

Qualifications

• Ten or more years of experience working with industrial utility plant control systems.
• Valid driver’s license and proof of insurance required.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates work of the I&C team to assure plant needs are met.
• Installs, repairs, and maintains process instruments.
• Administers the plant distributed control system to maintain access and change control.

Skills

Good communication skills

Teamwork

Mechanical aptitude

Electrical aptitude

Problem solving

Troubleshooting skills

Ability to work independently

Education

Two-year associate degree in engineering technology

Vocational school certification

Tools

Programmable Logic Controllers

Distributed Control Systems

Windows operating system

Office programs

Job description

Job DescriptionJob Description

RED-Rochester is a multi-utility plant and district energy supplier to one of the world’s most comprehensive industrial parks: the Eastman Business Park. Supporting a 1,200-acre campus, RED-Rochester has the utilities, infrastructure, technical services, support services, space and complementary regional resources to benefit a wide range of industry verticals. We are seeking a Senior Instrument & Controls Technician who enjoys the challenge of installing, maintaining, and coordinating power plant control systems. Our infrastructure consists of a blend of classic and modern industrial assets and requires a person with broad industrial and utilities expertise – able to instruct and advise others; able to manage both up and down the organization; and able to work collaboratively with other departments to achieve success. This role is responsible for maintenance of the plant control systems and instrumentation, coordinating work of the I&C team members and working directly with a wide variety of pneumatic, electronic, microcomputer instrumentation and control systems to install, maintain and repair the instrumentation and control systems used in the utility plant.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Coordinates work of the I&C team to assure plant needs are met.
• Installs, repairs, maintains, and adjusts process instruments, used to control and measure variables, such as pressure, flow, temperature, and analytical properties, using precision instruments and hand tools.
• Repairs and maintains pneumatic and electronic final control elements, such as control valves and damper drives.
• May occasionally work in motor starters and other electrical enclosures to debug and repair control system issues.
• Inspects and calibrates instruments and test equipment periodically and adjusts calibration to ensure functioning within specified or established standards.
• Repairs and maintains I/O, power systems, and controller hardware for both programmable logic controllers and distributed control systems.
• Maintains and edits control programming for both Programmable logic controllers and distributed control systems.
• Administers the plant distributed control system to maintain adequate access and change control.
• Works closely with field service of key suppliers to assure plant control systems are operated in safe, secure, and effective manner.
• Coordinates outside contractors to accomplish control system project and maintenance work as required.
• Reconfigures plant controls and operating graphics to make improvements and corrections.
• Assures physical security of sensitive control system equipment is maintained.
• Identifies and implements improvement opportunities to improve the efficiency of RED’s operations.

Education and/or Experience: Two-year associate degree in engineering technology or a related field, vocational school certification, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Ten or more years experience working with industrial utility plant control systems

Qualifications

• Must have valid drivers’ license and proof of insurance

Competencies:

• Good communication skills in English.
• Teamwork.
• Strong mechanical and electrical aptitude.
• Ability to follow procedures, work instructions and safety/environmental rules and regulations.
• Excellent problem solving and demonstrated trouble shooting skills.
• Ability to recognize opportunities for process improvements and assist in implementation.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to consult manuals read and interpret circuit diagrams, electrical schematics, and other drawings.
• Knowledge of industrial utility equipment and systems including boilers, turbines, generators, chillers, cooling towers, and air compressors.
• Familiarity with modern network media, equipment, and technology including both copper and fiber media.
• Familiarity with the Windows operating system, Office programs, and Windows PC’s
• Experience in maintaining distributed control systems and programmable logic controllers.

Work Environment

• Industrial environment.
• Working inside in extreme conditions from basements to rooftops and above including inspections of cooling towers.
• Work may be outside in all weather conditions from street level to roof tops.
• Work may take place in chemical, noisy, hot, or dirty areas.
• Will be operating heavy-duty machinery and vehicles including, Boomlifts (Manlifts), scissors lifts, fork trucks and power-walkie trucks.

Physical Demands

• Position requires strenuous effort, climbing, stair climbing, and crawling to accomplish equipment isolation and movement of material
• Lifting and carrying of a variety of equipment weighing up to 50 lbs is sometimes necessary.