Instrumentation Technician

JOB POSTING Instrumentation Technician — Working Superintendent Level Copper Mine Concentrator • Grant County, New Mexico • Rapid Hire Effective: Q4 2026 | Version: 1.0 |

TEMPORARY POSITION • 3-MONTH CONTRACT

Expected to extend to 1 YEAR once a qualified team is assembled Option to go PERMANENT with WSI if you choose 50-hour base week • OVERTIME READILY AVAILABLE beyond that

THE JOB AT A GLANCE

Pay $36.00 – $42.00 per hour, DOE Base Schedule Monday – Friday, 10-hour days (50 hours per week) Overtime Time-and-a-half after 40 hours per week, including 12-hour days and Saturdays Sunday (7th Day) Double time Per Diem $125 per day worked Location Copper mine mill concentrator, Grant County, NM Duration Temporary: 3-month contract, expected to extend to 1 year once a qualified team is assembled Start Immediately, upon site clearance What a typical week looks like at $40/hr: 40 straight hours ($1,600) + 10 overtime hours ($600) + 5 days per diem ($625) = $2,825 for a 50-hour week. More hours are available on 12-hour days. Think you’re worth more than our top rate? Show us. Tell us what you bring and what you can do for our crew, and let’s talk. Got traveling buddies with the same skills? Bring them. We’ll hire the whole crew. We need two now and can make room for more.

ABOUT WSI SOUTHWEST

WSI Southwest, Inc. is an electrical and instrumentation contractor based in Cliff, New Mexico, with 22 years of industrial and mining work across New Mexico, Arizona and Texas. Our crews support large copper operations in southwest New Mexico. We are adding highly skilled instrumentation technicians to a dedicated support crew at a mill concentrator. This is a working superintendent-level position. We are looking for qualified, educated, well-rounded instrumentation technicians who are fluent in every part of instrumentation work, can run a job on their own, and can communicate clearly with the customer and the crew.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

Install, route, pull, dress, label and support instrumentation and electrical cable, including conduit, tray, junction box and field device connections. Remove and replace field instruments: flow meters, level probes, densitometers, belt scales, pressure and temperature transmitters, switches, encoders, speed, vibration and misalignment sensors, tilt probes and pull cords. Terminate cables and perform point-to-point checks on analog and digital signals. Source and simulate 4–20 mA and RTD signals to verify loops, and assist with commissioning. Correct field installation deficiencies: loose cable, routing, damaged fittings, device mounting and protective covers. Work from loop drawings, cable schedules, termination drawings and field markups. Work in a two-man team under a WSI working Foreman, following site permits, LOTO and all safety requirements.

WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU

Experience: Proven, hands-on instrumentation technician experience in heavy industry: mining, mineral processing, power generation, oil and gas, chemical, water or cement. Education: Formal instrumentation or electronics training, such as a technical school or associate degree, a completed I&E apprenticeship, or military instrumentation training. Troubleshooting: Fluent in systematic troubleshooting of analog (4–20 mA), discrete and HART loops, from the field device back to the PLC/DCS I/O card. Instruments: Knowledge of flow (magnetic, ultrasonic, Coriolis, DP), level (radar, ultrasonic, DP, nuclear), pressure, temperature (RTD and thermocouple), density, weighing and analytical instruments. Test equipment: Proficient with process meters and loop calibrators (Fluke 789/754 or equal), HART communicators, RTD and thermocouple simulators, insulation resistance testers, pressure calibrators and circuit tracers. Computers: Comfortable with laptops, configuration and diagnostic software, and reading PLC/DCS screens and logic to trace a signal. Drawings: Reads and marks up P&IDs, loop sheets, wiring and termination drawings, and instrument data sheets. Electrical: Working knowledge of VFDs, motors, motor control and protection relays. Communication: Communicates clearly and professionally with customer operations and maintenance staff, documents work accurately, and can lead a two-man team. Tools & PPE: Provides own instrumentation hand tools and test equipment (calibrator, HART communicator, meters, simulators, laptop), FR clothing and safety-toe boots. Basics: Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation. Able to pass a pre-employment drug screen and the site’s safety and access requirements. Able to work outdoors, at heights and in all weather, in full PPE.

PREFERRED

Current MSHA Part 46/48 training. ISA Certified Control Systems Technician (CCST) or similar certification. Crushing, conveying, grinding, flotation or other mill/plant experience. Prior mine -site contractor work and an ISNetworld-ready work history. Journeyman electrician license (NM or another state).

WHAT WE OFFER

Superintendent-level hourly pay for proven instrumentation hands. Overtime readily available beyond the 50-hour base week: 12-hour days and Saturdays at time-and-a-half, Sundays at double time. $125 per day per diem. A working Foreman and Superintendent who keep the crew supplied with work orders and the tools to do them. A path to a permanent position with WSI if you want one. This posting is temporary, but qualified hands who want to stay will be offered the option .

HOW TO APPLY

Email your resume and a short list of instrumentation projects you have worked to View email address on click.appcast.io . Questions: call the WSI office at View phone number on click.appcast.io. We are hiring now and will interview qualified applicants the same week. WSI Southwest, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Offers are contingent on a drug screen, site safety training and site access clearance. WSI Southwest Inc