Per Sé Group has an excellent opportunity for an Instrument Technician who is looking to build meaningful experience in the refinery setting. In this role, you will be working as a Level 2 (entry to mid level) Instrument Technician on the night shift. This is a 1 year contract at our client’s oil & gas refinery in Illinois. This refinery has a total crude oil capacity of 177,000 barrels per day and manufactures several grades of gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and high-quality hydrocarbon solvents. You will be working with an outstanding team committed to safety and environmental stewardship.
Responsibilities
- Install, test, calibrate, troubleshoot, and repair field instruments including meters, transmitters, transducers, controllers, switches, solenoids, relays, control valves, regulators, actuators, positioners, and instrument loops.
- Service both electronic and pneumatic field instruments.
- Troubleshoot and repair Distributed Control Systems (DCS), PLCs, vibration monitoring systems, and other specialty instruments.
- Perform maintenance per established written procedures. Uses drawings, equipment manuals, procedures, and proper tools to troubleshoot and repair equipment.
- Document work performed in test forms and condition reports.
- Mark up drawings for as-built revision by drafting based upon field inspection.
- Read schematics and logic diagrams.
- Upload and download field instrumentation data.
- Read loop diagrams, logic diagrams, and P&IDs.
- Stroke valves and calibrate instrumentation per specifications.
- Review and re-writes procedures for instrumentation work.
- Perform online SIS testing on live process equipment.
Desired skills and expertise
- 2+ years of experience working as an Instrument Technician at a refinery (maintenance and/or projects work).
- Two-year degree/certificate from an Instrumentation training program/technical school.
- Experience reading loop diagrams, logic diagrams, and P&IDs.
- Experience with stroke valves and calibrating instrumentation.
- Programmable logic control experience.