The Junior (Trainee) Instrument Technician supports the installation, calibration, maintenance, and troubleshooting of instrumentation and control systems used in oil and gas operations.
Responsibilities
Assist senior technicians with the installation, calibration, and maintenance of field instruments such as pressure, temperature, level, and flow transmitters
Inspect, maintain, troubleshoot and repair instrumentation and control devices, including measurement sensors, analyzers, transmitters, signal transmission systems, control processors, Human Machine Interfaces (HMI), final control elements, safety instrumented systems, process control networks, fire and gas systems, Distributed Control Systems (DCS)/Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems and associated applications
Identify and implement reliability, integrity, economic, carbon reduction, and safety improvements for above systems
Support routine preventive and corrective maintenance activities and assist with basic fault finding and troubleshooting of instrumentation loops
Help with loop checks, functional testing, and commissioning activities
Requirements
Technical diploma, vocational training, or apprenticeship in Instrumentation, Electrical & Instrumentation (E&I), Automation or related discipline
Nice to have: Basic understanding maintain on electrical or instrumentation equipment in a process operating facility
Nice to have: Knowledge of fire and gas protective systems