Instrumentation Technician Preferred qualifications/experience
- Associates Degree in Applied Sciences preferable
- Electrical Engineering Technology
- Electrical Engineering Science
- 5 years equivalent experience in related field.
- Industrial vacuum application
- Controls / PLC experience
- Process instrumentation experience
Responsibilities
- Calibrate all equipment under the responsibility of the Instrument Department.
- Interpret and analyze abnormalities in various instruments.
- Aid Maintenance in location problems such as: troubleshooting complex electrical systems, motor drives, hydraulic controls, rectifiers, power supplies and water-cooling systems. The Instrument Technician's expertise in these areas is important to ensure that equipment downtime is minimized.
- Perform temperature surveys on heat treat ovens. This involves working with Maintenance and Production to prepare the oven, execute the survey and recording the temperature data per SMC procedures.
- Install new or modify existing instrumentation and equipment as directed by the Instrument Supervisor, Facilities Engineers and/or under the guidance of the Instrument Specialist.
- Layout and construct electronic circuits working from schematics and, if necessary, make modifications to enable the circuit to function properly.
- Maintenance and operation knowledge of computers and programmable logic controllers.
- Answer questions and/or instruct personnel on the use and operation of new instruments and control equipment.
- Interpret recording devices and meter indications for an operator or foreman to assist in the decision related to equipment problems.
- Provide overall technical and service support to all SMC production, processing or research equipment as directed by the Instrumentation Supervisor, Engineering, and/or under the guidance of the Instrument Specialist.
- Maintain the daily log to document instrumentation work and to insure continuity of work between the shifts.
- Maintain a safe working area, promote and implement good housekeeping practices.
- In addition to these duties, the Instruments Specialists shall have the following accountabilities:
- Perform periodic calibration of secondary standards traceable to NIST and record calibrations per SMC procedures.
- Design modifications to improve existing equipment and provide updated documentation to Engineering
- Maintenance understanding of new equipment and technology as it is applied in the plant. This includes equipment such as computes, machine controls, and instruments.
- Develop and write software for programmable logic controllers as directed by Engineering.
- Install new equipment as directed by the Instrumentation Supervisor or Engineering.
- Oversee the Instrument Department when the Instrument Supervisor is not present. This includes planning and scheduling work for the Instrument Technicians.
Desired Skills
- Experience with PLC, primary GE and Rockwell software.
- Ability to read and interoperate electrical, mechanical and hydraulic prints and schematics.
- Experience with various electronic test equipment such as multimeters, oscilloscopes and voltage/current sourcing equipment.
- Knowledge of DC drives and Variable frequency drives.
- Ability to manage own workload with minimal oversight.
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