Instrument Craftsman

Basic Function

HF Sinclair in Artesia, NM is seeking an Instrument Craftsman. This position focuses on maintaining and commissioning process control instrumentation and associated valves including troubleshooting, installing, repairing, and adjusting equipment to ensure the refinery process operates in a safe and reliable manner.

• Install, repair, maintain and calibrate indicating, recording and controlling instruments that measure and control process variables such as pressure, flow, level, temperature, motion, force and chemical composition using hand tools, precision instruments, hydrocarbon detectors and H2S monitors.
• Maintain non-conventional instrumentation such as product blending systems, tank farm gauging and management systems, distributed control systems and programmable logic controllers (PLCs).
• Reassemble instrument, test and calibrate assembly for conformance with specifications using test instruments such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, manometers, documenting process calibrators, smart communicators and PC-based diagnostic equipment.
• Inspect instruments periodically and make minor calibration adjustments to ensure they are functioning within specified controlled variables.
• Read schematics, P&IDs, and loop sheets and understand digital control systems and valves, transmitters and transducers.
• Perform various safety procedures including communicating any unsafe conditions to the Shift Foreman, ensuring all work and operations are performed in accordance with safety policies and procedures, and participating in monthly safety walk-through audits.
• Maintain and troubleshoot pneumatic instruments and controllers.
• Work extended hours outside of routine schedule; including weekends, holidays, etc.
• Travel to Lovington site for various work.

Minimum of 3 years instrumentation/electronics background or equivalent work experience in an industrial setting or a combination of equivalent work and education.

Preferred Experience:

Refinery or chemical plant experience. Experience with the maintenance of distributive control systems, analyzers, and PLC expertise helpful. Ability to maintain and troubleshoot pH equipment, hydrocarbon and H2S detectors, and furnace oxygen analyzers.

Minimum of a High School degree or equivalent is required.

Preferred Education:

Associate's Degree in Process Control/Electronics or similar.

Ability to solve problems quickly and efficiently, cope with several problems or projects at the same time, make decisions and take responsibility, read and interpret blueprints and control loop sheets, troubleshoot and repair intermittent failures on process control equipment, strong analytical skills, knowledge in mathematics to calculate accurate figures for setting up flows, levels, temperatures, and pressures, ability to read electrical schematics and draw simple work sketches, background in instrument maintenance and troubleshooting along with construction, understanding of refinery instrumentation and troubleshooting of P&I diagrams, loop sheets, control valves, recorders, controllers, and process control valves.

Computer literate, comprehends and follows verbal instructions, rules and regulations, both job and safety related, proficient in the use of precision test and calibration equipment, knowledge of the four primary process variables—flow, level, pressure, and temperature, understanding of types "J" and "K" thermocouples and the ability to effectively communicate with others, basic reading and writing skills, with the ability to perform basic mathematical calculations.

Must be flexible to changing schedule, willing to work overtime and 12-hour shift schedules during outages, able to work in adverse weather conditions, able to grip, hold, operate various power tools and make precise hand and finger movements, able to lift up to 50 pounds, able to lift, carry, climb heights exceeding 100', walk, stand, stoop, kneel, push, reach, climb stairs and ladders with a sense of balance, able to hear alarms and emergency horns, make visual inspections, and wear negative and positive pressure breathing apparatus.

• Medical Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Paid Time-Off
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with match
• Educational Reimbursement
• Parental Bonding Time
• Employee Discounts

HF Sinclair Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other prohibited ground of discrimination.