Instrumentation & Controls Technician

Brunel is recruiting Instrumentation & Controls Technicians to work in Sabine Pass,TX for initially 1 year contract.

We are seeking an Instrumentation & Controls Technician to support safe and reliable operations. This role is responsible for installing, inspecting, calibrating, maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing field instrumentation and control equipment supporting LNG production, storage, and export operations.

Responsibilities:

• Perform preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance on pressure, temperature, flow, and level instruments, including smart transmitters, switches, gauges, thermocouples, RTDs, and flow meters.
• Use pressure, temperature, and multifunction calibrators, HART communicators, and other test equipment to complete calibrations, loop checks, signal verification, and functional testing.
• Inspect, calibrate, and troubleshoot pneumatic and electro-pneumatic control valves, positioners, actuators, solenoid valves, and associated accessories.
• Perform valve stroke testing and support maintenance of emergency shutdown valves, blowdown valves, and other critical final control elements.
• Troubleshoot field instrumentation connected to DCS, PLC, and remote I/O systems, including 4–20 mA signals, HART communications, I/O faults, and field-to-control-room signal issues.
• Support control loop performance checks, field device integration, and control system upgrades within the technician’s authorized scope and approved change procedures.
• Maintain and test SIS, ESD, and fire and gas field devices, including safety transmitters, shutdown switches, gas detectors, flame detectors, and heat detectors.
• Perform safety instrumented function proof testing according to approved procedures, including required isolation, bypass management, restoration, and documentation.
• Maintain instrumentation supporting liquefaction, gas treatment, dehydration, refrigeration, cryogenic equipment, LNG storage, boil-off gas, loading facilities, and utilities.
• Support commissioning, startup, shutdowns, turnarounds, equipment failure investigations, and reliability improvements.
• Read and interpret P&IDs, loop drawings, wiring diagrams, hook-up drawings, control narratives, and cause-and-effect charts.
• Complete CMMS work orders, calibration reports, test records, and equipment history documentation.
• Follow permit-to-work, LOTO, JSA, confined space, hazardous-area, and management of change requirements.

Required Qualifications:

• Associate degree, technical diploma, apprenticeship, or equivalent qualification in Instrumentation and Control, Industrial Electronics, Electrical/Instrumentation Technology, or a related discipline.
• 3–7 years of relevant industrial instrumentation and controls experience.
• Hands-on experience calibrating, maintaining, and troubleshooting industrial field instruments.
• Practical experience with control valves, positioners, actuators, and valve functional testing.
• Working knowledge of DCS/PLC interfaces, analog and digital I/O, 4–20 mA signals, HART communications, and loop checks.
• Experience maintaining or testing safety-related instrumentation, emergency shutdown devices, fire and gas detectors, interlocks, and safety instrumented functions.
• Experience in an LNG facility, natural gas processing plant, refinery, petrochemical facility, or another complex industrial process environment.
• Strong understanding of process safety, work permits, LOTO, and hazardous-area work practices.
• Strong troubleshooting skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work effectively across technical teams.

Preferred Experience:

• LNG, natural gas processing, pipeline, refining, or petrochemical operations.
• Emerson DeltaV, Honeywell Experion, ABB control systems, Siemens PLCs, and remote I/O platforms.
• Rosemount, Yokogawa, Endress+Hauser, ABB, and Siemens instrumentation.
• Fisher, Emerson, ABB, and Siemens control valves and positioners.
• Modbus, Foundation Fieldbus, Profibus, and Ethernet-based industrial networks.
• PID control loops, signal conditioning, instrument power supplies, barriers, isolators, grounding, and shielding.
• SIS testing and maintenance under applicable IEC 61511 and IEC 61508 requirements.
• Plant commissioning, startup, shutdowns, turnarounds, and major maintenance.
• Manufacturer training, instrumentation certifications, control valve training, or SIS-related training.