Instrument Technician

Instrument Technician Newport, DE

The Instrument Technician is a hands on member of the maintenance team working to maintain instrumentation, control valves, and process analyzers across the site. The role interacts with all levels of the organization site wide. This position is responsible for performing daily tasks as part of a team to ensure safe, productive, reliable, and cost-efficient maintenance of plant equipment and facilities. In addition, this position provides field level support for reliability efforts, innovation, and continuous improvement. Provide direct support in the preventative maintenance, installation, configuration, troubleshooting, calibration, and repair of instrumentation and control valves. Demonstrate and maintain a high level of technical expertise. Assist with the installation and commissioning of capital projects. Practice safety and housekeeping while performing job duties. Execute maintenance tasks in a quality manner to avoid rework. Complete job feedback forms to document equipment history. Participate in 5S activities to maintain a clean and orderly work area. Provide support for site reliability efforts. Identify potential bad actors and opportunities for continuous improvement and innovation. Protect the environment, health, safety, and security of our employees, contractors, carriers, distributors, visitors, customers, and neighbors.

Job Duties:

• Perform work orders as assigned
• Troubleshoot/check/calibrate/repair/replace process instrumentation from Endress and Hauser, ABB, and Foxboro. Includes pressure, temperature, and flow transmitters.
• Troubleshoot/check/calibrate/repair/replace control valves, pressure regulators, etc.
• Fabricate and install tubing (stainless, plastic, etc.) for control valves
• Calibrate and repair Mettler Toledo scales
• Troubleshoot and repair Honeywell and Fire Eye burner systems
• Troubleshoot and repair gas chromatographs
• Loop check and verify operation of instrumentation
• Perform wiring of instrumentation
• Utilize electrical multi-meters and various electronic communications devices to Troubleshoot/check/calibrate all type and brand of instrumentation.
• Clearly and properly document all work
• Interface with vendors for maintenance of equipment and other related activities.

Minimum Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED
• 5+ years of relevant work experience related to the job roles and responsibilities
• Ability to drive forklift
• Ability to use scissor lift or boom lift

Physical Requirements:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to reach and lift with hands and arms and to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to twenty pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to fifty pounds. The employee is required to ascend/descend ladders or steps. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. Employee is required to be respirator qualified.

Benefits:

We offer a range of market-competitive total rewards that include merit increases, paid holidays, Paid Time Off, medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k)+match and life insurance. Eligibility of benefit timing may vary.