Instrument Technician

The Instrumentation Technician is responsible for installing, calibrating, maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing industrial instruments and control systems. The role ensures the accuracy, functionality, and efficiency of instrumentation used in manufacturing, power plants, refineries, or other industrial facilities.

Responsibilities

• Performing all necessary servicing, condition monitoring, fault analysis and restorative maintenance duties on field instrumentation and control panel.
• Inspects tests, adjusts, and repairs electric, electronic, and pneumatic instruments and systems used to indicate, record, and control generating operations in site.
• Makes periodic preventative maintenance inspections of all metering control instruments, diagnosing existing or potential trouble; cleans, lubricates, calibrates and adjusts as conditions.
• Gas detection system installation configuration in the gas panel, trouble shooting and functionality checking in labs.
• RTD, thermocouple, transmitter, pressure switch, pressure gauge, MFC, PSV calibration, calibration report generation and maintenance.
• PLC, DCS panel wiring, understanding the GIA, PDB, and TLD drawing for maintenance and project activities, cable scheduling, and cable size selection based on the requirement.
• Ensure Weekly, Monthly, Semi Annual and Annual maintenance schedule is generated and associated checklists are completed and submitted
• Ensuring basic tools are available with operator when responding to complaints trouble shooting activities
• Ensuring basic and minimum quantity of spares available in stocks
• Provide site orientation and training to new staff ensuring smooth operation.

Qualifications

• Degree / Diploma in Electrical/Instrumentation Engineering essential.
• O&M and Contract Administration experience of 3 yrs. or more.
• Very Good people skills and ability to interact with a wide range of client staff and demands.
• Knowledge of Occupational Health Safety and requirements.
• Strong PC literacy and proven ability to manage daily activities using various systems.
• Demonstrated experience with continuous improvement initiatives highly desirable.
• Demonstrated experience with client reporting and preparation of reports required.
• Able to communicate effectively with Admin, Facilities Team and operator for smooth day-to-day operation.
• Experience in coordinating with own service team, operator, Facilities Team and Admin for timely closure of issues.
• Environment Health and Safety basic training and awareness.