Controls & Instrumentation Technician

Overview Why this role

This is not a maintenance job. As a Controls & Instrumentation Technician at Prime Controls, you will be embedded in complex systems integration projects from the ground up — troubleshooting, commissioning, programming, and solving problems that actually matter. You will work alongside engineers on large-scale industrial automation systems, travel to customer sites, and build the kind of hands-on experience that accelerates a career.

If you want to do real work on real systems with a team that takes quality seriously, this is the role.

What You'll Own

• Troubleshoot, calibrate, install, test, and commission instrumentation and automation systems on large industrial processes.
• Diagnose and repair instrumentation — from I/O operation and calibration to defective drives, motors, and electronic components.
• Set up new instrumentation using schematics and drawings, calibrating to spec from day one.
• Work directly with engineers to test and commission PLC systems, troubleshoot logic issues, and validate installed equipment during start-up.
• Program and navigate PLCs and HMIs, including communications drivers, connections, and controlled logic manipulation.
• Identify and source parts and components for PLC, network, computer, and software systems on integration projects.
• Develop and assemble project documentation and user manuals throughout the development process.
• Travel to customer sites to provide on-site controls and instrumentation services as needed.

What You Will Bring

The Basic

• 4 Years experience in Controls & Instrumentation
• Technical knowledge of the operation of AC and DC drives.
• A thorough understanding of speed feedback devices theory and operation.
• An understanding of temperature control and temperature components.
• A good understanding of PID and control loops.
• A good understanding of Ethernet communications and connections.
• Proficient in PLC and HMI systems, including communications drivers and connections, PLC program navigation and controlled manipulation.
• A thorough understanding of all electrical components and electronic devices.
• Show an understanding and demonstrate the processes involved in diagnosing defective components, motors, drives and electronic components.
• Able to demonstrate the ability to use diagnostic equipment.