Instrumentation Technician

Instrumentation Technician

Preferred qualifications/experience

· Associates Degree in Applied Sciences preferable

o Electrical Engineering Technology

o Electrical Engineering Science

· 5 years equivalent experience in related field.

· Industrial vacuum application

· Controls / PLC experience

· Process instrumentation experience

Responsibilities

· Calibrate all equipment under the responsibility of the Instrument Department.

· Interpret and analyze abnormalities in various instruments.

· Aid Maintenance in location problems such as: troubleshooting complex electrical systems, motor drives, hydraulic controls, rectifiers, power supplies and water-cooling systems. The Instrument Technician’s expertise in these areas is important to ensure that equipment downtime is minimized.

· Perform temperature surveys on heat treat ovens. This involves working with Maintenance and Production to prepare the oven, execute the survey and recording the temperature data per SMC procedures.

· Install new or modify existing instrumentation and equipment as directed by the Instrument Supervisor, Facilities Engineers and/or under the guidance of the Instrument Specialist.

· Layout and construct electronic circuits working from schematics and, if necessary, make modifications to enable the circuit to function properly.

· Maintenance and operation knowledge of computers and programmable logic controllers.

· Answer questions and/or instruct personnel on the use and operation of new instruments and control equipment.

· Interpret recording devices and meter indications for an operator or foreman to assist in the decision related to equipment problems.

· Provide overall technical and service support to all SMC production, processing or research equipment as directed by the Instrumentation Supervisor, Engineering, and/or under the guidance of the Instrument Specialist.

· Maintain the daily log to document instrumentation work and to insure continuity of work between the shifts.

· Maintain a safe working area, promote and implement good housekeeping practices.

· In addition to these duties, the Instruments Specialists shall have the following accountabilities:

· Perform periodic calibration of secondary standards traceable to NIST and record calibrations per SMC procedures.

· Design modifications to improve existing equipment and provide updated documentation to Engineering

· Maintenance understanding of new equipment and technology as it is applied in the plant. This includes equipment such as computes, machine controls, and instruments.

· Develop and write software for programmable logic controllers as directed by Engineering.

· Install new equipment as directed by the Instrumentation Supervisor or Engineering.

· Oversee the Instrument Department when the Instrument Supervisor is not present. This includes planning and scheduling work for the Instrument Technicians.

Desired Skills

· Experience with PLC, primary GE and Rockwell software.

· Ability to read and interoperate electrical, mechanical and hydraulic prints and schematics.

· Experience with various electronic test equipment such as multimeters, oscilloscopes and voltage/current sourcing equipment.

· Knowledge of DC drives and Variable frequency drives.

· Ability to manage own workload with minimal oversight.